Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday (March 5) and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday (April 17). We prepare to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter during this time. 

As Catholics, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture, we serve by giving alms, and we practice self-control through fasting. Called to not only abstain from luxuries but to a true inner conversion of heart, Edmonton Catholic Schools invites our families to journey with Christ and follow his will more faithfully.

“Brothers and sisters: We are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake God made Christ to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Christ we might become the righteousness of God. As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For the Lord says, “At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you.” See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 5.20 – 6.2).