Catholicism is a tradition. It is a whole way of life, contemplating God and reflecting inwardly so that we may respond to people and situations in our daily lives. One of these traditions is recognising the significance of Lent.

Lent is the liturgical season of forty days before Easter, during which Catholics traditionally fast, pray, contemplate, and participate in acts of spiritual renewal. The forty days of Lent imitate the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert before entering his public ministry (Mt 4:1-11).

As a Catholic school, we follow this tradition by abstaining from meat on Ash Wednesday and on Fridays during Lent. Instead, we eat fish on these particular days, as fish is a symbol of Christ.

This means no meat will be served in our canteen next Wednesday for Ash Wednesday or on Fridays during Lent.