Lent begins today—plus a forensic anthropology lab, Tolkien lecture, and free religion lessons for the season ahead
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Today we receive ashes and hear the words: Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. It's a jarring reminder in the middle of an ordinary Wednesday—but that's the point. Lent interrupts our routine to ask what really matters.
For homeschool families, Ash Wednesday is a chance to learn together. Explain to your children why we wear ashes, why we fast, why we give things up. Let them see you receive the cross on your forehead. Make the sign on theirs. This is the kind of formation that happens not in a classroom but in the living of it—parent and child, side by side, entering the desert together.
What will your family do differently these forty days?
Lord, teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. — Psalm 90:12
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27: TWO WAYS TO SPEND THE DAY
CSI: Forensic Anthropology Lab | 9:30–11:30am | Houston Museum of Natural Science | Grades 7–12 | $25
Get up close with bones and discover what secrets they can tell. This two-hour hands-on lab includes work with skeletal reproductions. Drop-off only; family museum entry included. Only 9 spots left!
Forming the Imagination with J.R.R. Tolkien | 2:00–3:30pm | University of St. Thomas, Malloy 12 | Ages 13–19 | $5
Sr. Maria Frassati Jakupcak, OP, leads a lecture and discussion on Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" as part of our Philosophy & Theology series. Parent session: "Ethical Use of AI" with UST Admissions, followed by an Honors House open house.
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