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lent 2017

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Prayer for Lent

God of love, Maker of all,
transform my heart through my Lenten journey of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
Help me to see the dignity in all my sisters and brothers, made in your image and likeness. Inspire me to share the fruits of your creation
so that all your people can become artisans of their own destiny.
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
God Bless

Lent is a solemn religious observance that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, before Easter Sunday. The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer through prayer, doing penance, repentance of sins, almsgiving, atonement and self-denial. Lent ends with the Holy week, marking the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the tradition and events of the New Testament beginning on Palm Sunday, further climaxing on Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday, which ultimately culminates in the joyful celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In Lent, many Christians commit to fasting or giving up certain types of luxuries as a form of penance. Many Christians also add a Lenten spiritual discipline, such as reading a daily devotional or praying through a Lenten Calendar to draw themselves near to God. The Stations of the Cross, a devotional commemoration of Christ's carrying the Cross and of his execution are often observed. Throughout the Christian world some people mark the season with the traditional abstention from the consumption of meat, most notably among Roman Catholics.
Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in commemoration of the forty days Jesus spent fasting in the desert.

Praying in the Garden
On Thursday 9th March, Reception enjoyed some reflective time in the prayer garden and later spent some time learning the Easter Story.

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​Our Fr. Hudson Boxes raised a total of £243.50. Thank you for all your support.

We would like to thank you and your children for your generous support during our Lenten Collections. We are pleased to inform you that we have raised a total of £1620.98. These funds will be going to each individual class charity.
The individual charities that each class is supporting are as follows:
Reception: Women’s Aid
Year 1: Mary’s Meals & Alzheimer’s Society
Year 2: Community Defibrillator
Year 3: Autism West Midlands
Year 4: Survive Miva
Year 5: Cafod
​Year 6: Rwanda

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