Celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia

On Wednesday our Year 6 leaders and Ms Richards represented St Mary’s at St Christopher’s Cathedral in Canberra for a special Mass to celebrate 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia. Many other schools from our diocese also attended this special and holy celebration led by Archbishop Christopher Prowse.

Lent

Lent  is  a  time  to  rediscover  the  meaning  of  life  and  prioritise  what  is  important  in how  we  live  our  lives.  We  try  to  simplify  our  lives, take  time  out  to reflect  and  pray,  and  listen  and  respond  to  those  in  need. Prayer,  fasting  and  almsgiving  are  concrete  ways  in  which  can  demonstrate  our relationship  with  God.  In  prayer  we  speak  through  language  and  action,  and  in fasting  through  abstinence,  and  in  giving  we  reach  out  to  others.  Lent  is  a  period of preparation  for and renewal of baptism.

Melissa Hotham - Religious Education Coordinator