On Tuesday 21st February it is Shrove Tuesday. We will gather at 10:40 on the PRIMARY campus, to burn the palms from Palm Sunday last year to create  ash for Ash Wednesday. 

The day preceding Ash Wednesday is popularly known as Shrove Tuesday. It is also frequently called Pancake Tuesday or Fat Tuesday as well as by its Latin name, Mardi Gras, which when translated from the French also means “Fat Tuesday.”

But it is the name “Shrove” that shows its religious origins. Shrove is the past tense of the English verb “Shrive” which means to obtain absolution for one’s sins by way of confession and by doing penance.

Shrove Tuesday remains an important day of observance for Catholics and Christians to prepare for Lent and the Lenten fast.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday - 22^nd February 2023. Pope Francis has called for everyone to remember that Lent symbolises a time of new beginnings and Christ's victory over death. 

There will be Mass for students from Year 5-11 in the Church commencing at 10:20.

Anita Mason

Religious Education Coordinator