Debbie Ferris, St Edmund’s Lay Chaplain, took some students to St Chad’s Cathedral in Birmingham earlier this week.
They took part in a Cafod workshop looking at pitching a product to help a village in El Salvador. Our pupils had the opportunity to work with some pupils from Hagley High School and decided to pitch a bread kitchen. It was based on ‘Dragons Den’ and they had to convince 4 ‘Dragons,’ one being a member from Cafod to invest in their product.
We are delighted to say that, they were offered a 25% backing from each dragon – that’s a 100% investment! There was only one other school that received the same. We were pleased with how the team worked together and proud of how they conducted themselves.
In the afternoon, we attended a Solemn Mass for Justice and Peace with remembrance of the 35th anniversary of Archbishop Oscar Romero. It was celebrated by The Right Reverend David Mc Gough. He spoke of Archbishop Romero’s assassination on March 24th 1980 and how Pope Francis has recognised his Martyrdom and will be beatified on March 23rd in El Salvador. Pope Francis is a powerful advocate for the poor and Romero’s quote: “Aspire not to have more but to be more,” is one we could all take note of.
