Pink for Project Compassion

During this time of Lent the students at OLMC have been thinking of those less fortunate than themselves.

As part of the Lenten preparation the students have been involved with Project compassion.

This year the students have been collecting money to supply fishing nets to a South Sudanese village. Each fishing net costs $30.00. To give our fundraising a helping hand the students participated in a Pink Mufti Day on Friday 28th March.

Each child brought a gold coin that will go towards Project Compassion. We are wearing pink because it is half way through Lent and it is Pink or Rose Sunday (Laetare Sunday).

Laetare Sunday is the popular name for the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Laetare means "Rejoice" in Latin.

Because the midpoint of Lent is the Thursday of the third week of Lent, Laetare Sunday has traditionally been viewed as a day of celebration. The passage from Isaiah continues, "rejoice with joy, you that have been in sorrow," Flowers, which are normally forbidden during Lent, may be placed on the altar.

Laetare Sunday is also known as Rose Sunday or Refreshment Sunday, and it has a counterpart in Advent: Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, when purple vestments are exchanged for rose ones. The point of both days is to provide us encouragement as we progress toward the end of each respective season.

For each $30.00 raised by a grade they get a fish for the display.

Thank you to all the students who participated and raise money for Porject compassion, so far the students at OLMC have raised over $1,000.00.

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Our Lady of Mt Carmel | Wentworthville
www.olmcwentworthville.catholic.edu.au

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