Gidea Park parish has a stellar speaker booked for its fifth study day on 10 June: Brother Guy Consolmagno is Director of the Vatican Observatory, an acclaimed astronomer - and a Jesuit like Pope Francis.
A talent show featuring Bollywood dancing, a magician, a female rapper, a band of Year 8 students, African dancing and even a teacher on a unicycle raised £800 for bccs recently.
The East London community has become the second parish in the Diocese to attain CAFOD's livesimply award - through living more simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the poor.
Students and staff from Our Lady & St George, St Patrick's, St Mary's, St Joseph's Infant and Junior Primary Schools, Holy Family School & Sixth Form, St John’s School and Trinity High School came together at Walthamstow for the first Aquinas Trust Mass.