{"id":8736,"date":"2025-03-14T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/?p=8736"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:06:16","slug":"spanish-twist-to-lenten-almsgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/03\/14\/spanish-twist-to-lenten-almsgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish twist to Lenten almsgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/03\/14\/spanish-twist-to-lenten-almsgiving\/img_6342\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14122603\/IMG_6342.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1741947786&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_6342\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14122603\/IMG_6342-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14122603\/IMG_6342-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8738\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14122603\/IMG_6342-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14122603\/IMG_6342-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14122603\/IMG_6342-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14122603\/IMG_6342-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14122603\/IMG_6342.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>Cathedral&#8217;s Lenten almsgiving took on a Spanish twist on Friday 14th March, with learners and staff being invited to wear the colours of the Spanish<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/03\/14\/spanish-twist-to-lenten-almsgiving\/spanish-day\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14123057\/Spanish-day-rotated.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1741955250&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spanish day\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14123057\/Spanish-day-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14123057\/Spanish-day-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8741\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14123057\/Spanish-day-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14123057\/Spanish-day-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14123057\/Spanish-day-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/olga\/uploads\/sites\/26254\/2025\/03\/14123057\/Spanish-day-rotated.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/> flag. There was also the opportunity to get some Spanish-themed face painting, which was very popular with learners across the school.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Lenten activities have already raised <strong>\u00a3668.53<\/strong> for Missio. Next week, the children are invited to wear brightly-coloured or odd socks to mark Down\u2019s Syndrome Awareness Day and donate an item for the local foodbank.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to Cathedral families for your generosity during this season of Lent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8365 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/files\/2025\/02\/Pope-Francis-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"127\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"s1\">Please continue to pray for Pope Francis, as he remains in hospital:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/02\/23\/please-pray-for-pope-francis\/\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/02\/23<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathedral&#8217;s Lenten almsgiving took on a Spanish twist on Friday 14th March, with learners and staff being invited to wear the colours of the Spanish flag. There was also the opportunity to get some Spanish-themed face painting, which was very &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/03\/14\/spanish-twist-to-lenten-almsgiving\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8736"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8748,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8736\/revisions\/8748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}