Preparing for Lent

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Preparing for Lent

Posted on February 2, 2010 at 9:05 PM

Lent, from the Middle English word Lenten, meaning springtime – the time of lengthening days, is a period of 40 days of fasting, prayer, and penitence before Easter. Lent traditionally begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday.

Lent offers us all a special opportunity to grow in our relationship with God and to deepen our commitment to a way of life, rooted in our baptism. It is an opportunity to reflect on our lives, pray more deeply, repent of the wrongs we have committed or in what we have failed to do, and to be charitable to those in need.

All of us at St. Patrick School have begun to spend time preparing for Lent. Students and staff will attend Mass on Ash Wednesday. The distribution of ashes reminds us of our own mortality and calls us to repentance. In the early Church, Ash Wednesday was the day on which those who had sinned, and who wished to be readmitted to the Church, would begin their public penance. The ashes that we receive are a reminder of our own sinfulness, and many Catholics leave them on their foreheads all day as a sign of humility. Some other activities that our students will be involved with during Lent are:

• Stations of the Cross: Each Friday during Lent, students will come together and pray the Stations of the Cross. The Stations of the Cross are a Catholic devotion which commemorates the Passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. Each of the fourteen stations represents an event which occurred during Jesus' Passion and death at Calvary on Good Friday.

• Sacrament of Reconciliation. Students in even numbered grades (students in odd numbered grades received the Sacrament during Advent) will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

• Operation Rice Bowl: There will a renewed sense of charitable giving. Students will participate in Operation Rice Bowl to raise money to help feed those less fortunate in our area and around the world.

• The student council will hosts a Red Cross Blood drive on Thursday, March 4.

Lent is a time to focus on repenting from our sins and consecrating ourselves to God, not on trying to earn God's favor or increase His love for us. What are you doing to prepare for the death and Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Good Friday and Easter Day?

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This Month at St. Pat's

Feb 6

4:15 PM Bus Dep to MS GB Game at Laingsburg

5:30 PM MS GB at Laingsburg

Feb 7

10:45 AM PFCU Student Run School Branch

2:30 PM Bus Dep to Var Bowl at Lansing Christian

3:30 PM Var Bowling at Lansing Christian

4:00 PM Freshman GB at Lakewood

6:00 PM JV GB vs. CC-C at PMS

7:30 PM Var GB vs. CC-C at PMS

Feb 8

4:30 PM Bus Dep to JV and Var BB Games at CC-C

5:30 PM MS GB at CC-C

6:00 PM Sanchin Ryu Class

6:00 PM JV BB at CC-C HS

7:30 PM Var BB at CC-C HS

Feb 9

2:30 PM Art Club

4:30 PM Bus Dep to JV and Var GB Games at Laingsburg HS

6:00 PM JV GB at Laingsburg HS

7:30 PM Var GB at Laingsburg HS

Feb 10

6:00 PM JV BB vs. Laingsburg at PMS

7:30 PM Var BB vs. Laingsburg at PMS

Feb 11

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Feb 13

3:30 PM Var Bowling vs. P-W at Meadow Bowl Lanes

5:30 PM MS GB vs Fowler at SPS

Feb 14

10:45 AM PFCU Student Run School Branch

Feb 15

5:30 PM MS GB vs P-W at SPS

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Feb 16

2:30 PM Art Club

5:30 PM Freshman GB at Eaton Rapids

6:00 PM JV GB vs. Fowler at PMS

7:30 PM Var GB vs. Fowler at PMS

Feb 17

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5:30 PM Bus Dep to JV and Var BB Games at Fowler

6:00 PM JV BB at Fowler HS

7:30 PM Var BB at Fowler HS

Feb 18

8:30 AM Paper Drive / Pop Can Drive sponsored by the Class of 2014

Feb 19

Feb 20

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2:15 PM Bus Dep to Var Bowl at Central Montcalm

3:30 PM Var Bowling at Central Montcalm

5:30 PM MS GB vs Saranac at SPS

Feb 21

4:45 PM Bus Dep to JV and Var GB Games at Potterville HS

6:00 PM JV GB at Potterville HS

7:30 PM Var GB at Potterville HS

Feb 22

4:45 PM Bus Dep to JV and Var BB Games at Potterville

5:30 PM MS GB at Fulton

6:00 PM JV BB at Potterville HS

7:30 PM Var BB at Potterville HS

Feb 23

8:15 AM MS Retreat Day

2:30 PM Art Club

4:30 PM Freshman GB vs. P-W at SPS

6:00 PM JV GB vs. P-W at SPS

7:30 PM JV BB vs. P-W at SPS

Feb 24

10:50 AM Open Campus Lunch for Seniors

Var Bowling Regionals

6:00 PM Var GB vs. P-W at PMS

7:30 PM Var BB vs. P-W at PMS

Feb 25

Var Bowling Regionals

Feb 26

6:30 PM Athletic Assn. meeting

Feb 27

Feb 28

10:45 AM PFCU Student Run School Branch

6:00 PM JV BB vs. Fulton at PMS

6:30 PM Pre-School / DK / K Open House

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6:00 PM Sanchin Ryu Class

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