Marist Brothers celebrates Ash Wednesday

Lent lasts for 40 days in preparation for the great feast of Easter when Jesus died and rose again from the dead.

SYMBOLISE: A cross pattern is put onto the learners' foreheads to symbolise their repentance and willingness to change over the Lenten season.

ON March 6 Marist Brothers Linmeyer celebrated Ash Wednesday. After liturgy readings and a talk by Fr Sean McEwan, the staff, learners and parents received ashes on their foreheads, spread in a cross pattern to symbolise their repentance and willingness to change over the Lenten season.

Lent lasts for 40 days in preparation for the great feast of Easter when Jesus died and rose again from the dead.

MARK OF A CROSS: High school principal Gary Norton makes the mark of a cross on a learner’s forehead.

ASH WEDNESDAY: Learners at Marist Brothers Linmeyer celebrate Ash Wednesday.

PRIMARY SCHOOL: A learner receives the symbol of a cross on his forehead from Fr Sean McEwan.

SYMBOL OF A CROSS: Receiving ashes on her foreheads.

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