Record Total For Children

 

School children from across the Diocese crowded into the Cathedral Church of St Anne's, Leeds, on Tuesday afternoon to meet the Bishop. They came with their banners proclaiming their schools and bearing gifts - in fact many gifts £36,000 worth.


All during Lent the children had been collecting in their schools money for Catholic Care and now was the time to present it to the Bishop. In his words to them he thanked them for all the hard work they had done to raise so much money and said how proud he was of them for all they had done - once again they had proved that they would do all these things for children who were less fortunate than themselves.
Though the Cathedral was full and it took a long time for all the schools to approach the Bishop with their cheques St John Fishers school from Dewsbury made sure that everyone joined in the activity singing. They had led the short service for the day - and it was enjoyed by all.


After the service a lot of the schools took the opportunity to have their photograph taken with the Bishop.