Project Compassion and Lent

At the moment we are attempting to become more like Jesus during the season of Lent as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the most important feast of the Church’s year: Easter. 

One way we can do this is to make sure we pray a bit more each day and read a short BIble passage. Another thing we can all get involved in is sharing our wealth with those that are less fortunate, and during Lent, the best way to do this is through Project Compassion run by the Caritas Charity. 

Imagine if every student brought $1 to donate for each of the 6 weeks of Lent! We would be able to raise $6,000. Could most students bring $2? That would be $12,000. Most of us are doing great things here in our own corner of the world, but why not empower others, in various parts of the world, to have access to clean drinking water, to food security, and to education and a future full of hope?

Mary Magdalene Reflection

Looking ahead to Holy Week, we can see that in the Gospel accounts Jesus is betrayed by Judas, let down by Peter’s disloyalty and left almost alone by most of the apostles when the "chips were down". But when most of the disciples ran away, Mary Magdalene remained at the foot of the cross with some other women and John the Apostle, praying for Jesus, as he was dying. She was a true disciple: waiting, listening and putting Jesus’ words into action. Her courage and loyalty are a great inspiration to all of us in the Magdalene Catholic College Community and also to Christians around the world.