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Archbishop Peter visits Saint Paul's Academy
On Tuesday, 13th December 2011, Archbishop Peter visited St Paul's Academy.
During his visit, he blessed the new Chapel and the Peace Garden in the Academy's grounds.
He also had the opportunity to chat with groups of students from Years 7,8 and 9 and Years 10 and 11.
View more photos of the Archbishop Peter's visit.
Turning concern into action
Saint Vincent de Paul (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was a Catholic Priest dedicated to serving the poor. He was ordained in 1600 and in 1605, on his way from Marseille; he was taken captive by Turkish pirates who sold him into slavery. After converting his owner to Christianity, Vincent de Paul escaped and returned to France, where he eventually founded a society of missionary priests commonly known as the Vincentians. De Paul was renowned for his compassion, humility and generosity and this is reflected today in the St Vincent de Paul Society, a voluntary Christian Society.
For the last four years, we have run a Saint Vincent de Paul Youth Group for Year 8 students, who meet regularly to discuss ways of helping the community. This group was set up by Mr McCann and is supported by Mr O’Connell and Ms Maestri and through its activities; it contributes to the Academy’s charity work led by Ms Stevenson, Director of Enterprise.
As part of their fundraising initiative, the SVP Youth has set up a clothes recycling unit, where staff and students can deposit unwanted clothes and shoes. All items are then collected, processed and we are paid by weight. This money is used to sustain our community projects and to support our nominated charities.
Assemblies on recycling were given to all year groups before half term and we would very much encourage everyone to donate any unwanted textiles and shoes in the recycling facility which is located in the staff car park.
For more information on the Saint Vincent de Paul Youth Group, click one of the links below:
Or contact Mr McCann, Mr McConnell or Miss Maestri or further details about the initiative.
