Shrove Tuesday

 
Tuesday 5 March 2019 is Shrove Tuesday. To mark this occasion, we shall have the chance to gather and eat pancakes together between 6 – 7 pm in the church lounge.

Shrove Tuesday (also known in Commonwealth countries and Ireland as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the day in February or March immediately preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), which is celebrated in some countries by consuming pancakes. In others, especially those where it is called Mardi Gras or some translation thereof, this is a carnival day, and also the last day of "fat eating" or "gorging" before the fasting period of Lent.

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