St Mary's Primary School Yarram
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2-6 Buckley Street
Yarram VIC 3971
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Email: principal@stmyarram.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 03 5182 5659

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Religion News:  The Season of Easter: The Season of Glory

Easter is not just a day or a weekend.  It is a whole season that lasts seven weeks, it's a season of 50 days, derived in its length from the fifty days between Passover and Pentecost (whirisen.jpgch means fiftieth) in Judaism. Easter season begins at sunset on the eve of Easter and ends with Pentecost, the day we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church.

After the penance and fasting of Lent, we make this season one of joy and celebration.
Easter season is more than an extended celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. In the early church, Lent was a season when persons who wished to become Christians were learning how to live the way of Jesus and preparing for baptism on Easter Sunday.

Today, this extended season gives us time to rejoice and experience what we mean when we say Christ is risen and that we, as the church, are the body of the Risen Lord. It’s a season for focusing on the core doctrines and mysteries of the faith and for preparing for the ministries the Spirit has empowered us to undertake in Jesus’ name.

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Sue Benc