During this season of Lent, the children will participate in prayer opportunities at school. We will continue to celebrate Mass each Friday, but we will also pray the Stations of the Cross together.

Normally, each Lent, families have been invited to participate in the Parish Soup and Sacrifice on Friday nights. This year, the Soup and Sacrifice event has been canceled due to the pandemic. Even with the canceled event, there are still many ways that families can grow in faith together through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Are you looking for ways to grow in faith this Lenten season?

Prayer

• Pray a decade of the Rosary each evening together: How to Pray the Rosary
• Read the Gospel reading for the day together: Readings for the Day
• Attend the Stations of the Cross together on Fridays: Stations at OMOS
• Reflect on the Saints this Lent: Lent with the Saints

Fasting

• Focus on spending intentional family time together. Some ideas may include having dinner together each evening, playing a game together on Friday nights, going for a walk, etc.
• Discuss your family habits together. Have you developed any "bad" habits as a family? Make a plan to work together to create a new "better" habit? Some examples might include speaking to each other with kindness, listening to other members of the family without technology distractions, pitching in around the house to help keep the family living spaces organized.

Almsgiving

• Choose a charity and collect loose change over the course of Lent to donate.
• On Friday, eat a simple soup meal. Donate the money you would have spent on a normal Friday night dinner to the charity of your choosing.
• Donate gently used clothing that is no longer being worn to the charity of your choice.

The best way to grow in faith as a family is to work together and develop a plan. The season of Lent might look a little different due to the pandemic, but God is still calling us to a deeper relationship with Him.

Last week was nothing like a traditional Catholic Schools Week celebration, but at its core, it was still a celebration about one of the best things in Catholic education: the members of our community. Here at Our Mother of Sorrows, we have a wonderful community! Our school is truly blessed by each member. We all bring our unique gifts and talents, and we are able to accomplish so much more when we work together.

Earlier in the week, we were able to pray for and celebrate the contributions of our parish community, priests, faculty, staff, and students. On Friday, we celebrated our parents and families. The children are blessed to have the support of their families, and I am thankful for the opportunity to partner with you in the education of your child. Thank you for your support of Catholic education at Our Mother of Sorrows!

We had planned to open the registration for the 2021/2022 school year last week. Unfortunately, the registration will not be able to open until this week. We are working with Renweb to simplify the process for our families to register, and their developers have not quite finished the process yet. I will let you know as soon as the re-enrollment process opens. Thank you for your patience!

In the meantime, there are a few tax credit opportunities that are open. If you would like to begin working on the applications for tax credits in order to help fund your child's education, please speak with rloreto@omosschool.com or visit: http://www.omosschool.com/financial-assistance.htm