Dear Parents and Carers

This weekend we commence the season of Advent. Advent is the four week period of preparation for the season of Christmas. Advent begins the cycle of the Liturgical Year and focuses on the coming of the Lord. The first weeks offer a vision of the future, looking to the end of time when Christ will come again. The final weeks point more specifically to the birth of Christ. The First Sunday of Advent follows the final Sunday of Ordinary Time, and the season concludes on Christmas Eve.
The season of Advent invites us to renew our lives in preparation for the coming of Jesus. The people who heard the message of John the Baptist repented for their sins and were baptised as a sign of God's forgiveness. In Baptism, our sins are forgiven. and we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit who helps us in our life of discipleship. Led by the Holy Spirit, we use this Advent season to renew our lives so that we, like John the Baptist, might prepare the way for Jesus.