Catholic and Loving it!

From this month's Middlesbrough Catholic Voice...

Since October 2007 there has been a pro-life group established in St Mary’s College, Hull. The pupils decided to form as a result of a truly amazing and inspirational speaker who came to Hull to address the Hull Faith Forum. Berni Smyth, the foundress of ‘Precious Life’, the major prolife group in Northern Ireland, works with girls and women who want to have an abortion and with those who have had abortions. Berni highlighted the physical, emotional and spiritual consequences that abortion has on women. She urged everyone to attempt to do something to highlight the passing of the 40th year of the legalisation of the Abortion Act in the UK.

Every Wednesday SMILE (St Mary’s Inviting Life Eternally) meets at 3.30 pm. The SMILE group have just finished putting up a display in the School. The display has testimonies from famous women who have had abortions (such as Sharon Osborne) and have regretted their decision. It illustrates foetal development and highlights celebrities and companies who support abortion. SMILE have put together an assembly for the entire school and have already given their first assembly to the sixth formers. SMILE sell the precious feet and give all money to pro-life organisations. In their last meeting the group wrote strong letters of appeal to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

Sarah Holmes, Diocesan Youth Worker

What can I say? Well done to all involved. You are good eggs one and all.