Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Kindergarten, Springsure

Watch As Our Lenten Flowers Grow....?

The kindergarten children and staff gathered for Ash Wednesday to commence the season of Lent.

The children were thrilled to have Fr. Yon return for our service, he clearly made a lovely impression with the children at the 'blessing service’ three weeks ago through his inclusiveness of practice.

In the Catholic tradition, Lent is a time of turning away from worldly distractions and instead shifting our focus to our relationship with others and our relationship with God as we prepare for the joyous celebration of Easter. 

Fr. Yon visited the kindergarten after Mass to distribute the ashes. Special care was taken to ensure the action was carried out in a COVID safe manner, while also maintaining the deeply moving symbolism of the tradition. 

Fr. Yon and Miss Belinda spoke with the children about the three elements in Lent. 

• Pray - During Lent, we are encouraged to pray more.
• Fasting - During Lent, we give up the food we love as a sacrifice. Miss Belinda is giving up 'sweets' for Lent.
• Almsgiving - During Lent, we must think about giving more to those who are in need. We can give money to charities, give old clothes, make hampers etc. St Francis of Assisi said, “in giving we receive.” 

At Kindy we spoke about how 'sharing' and being 'kind' are ways of preparing for Lent. 

We have some flowers that we're going to watch grow over the next 40 days. 

• Pippa - I will help to clean up and to pack my toys away.
• Indie - I will try to work better with Kaleb to pick up our toys.
• Zoe - I will help mummy get ready for kindy. 

Through this experience, we observed the children as confident and involved learners.