Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
February 21, 2012 6:00 PM
Mt. Carmel Family Life Center
Menu: All the pancakes you can eat!

What is Shrove Tuesday?
*Shrove Tuesday is a term used in English-
speaking countries, for the day preceding
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.
The word shrove is the past tense of
shrive, which means to obtain absolution
for sins through confession and penance.
During the week before Lent (Shrovetide),
Christians were expected to go to confession
in preparation of this period of penitence.
Shrove Tuesday has long been associated
with the release of high spirits before
the somber session of Lent. It shares
this motivation with the Carnival traditions
associated with Mardi Gras (literally,
‘Fat Tuesday’) that continued separately in
European Catholic countries.
In the UK, the day is most often known
as Pancake Day. The making and eating of
pancakes with ingredients such as sugar,
fat and eggs, was considered a last feast
before the ritual fasting and restrictions
associated with Lent.