News Archive March 2009

PAX CHRISTI PEACE CHALLENGE 2009

Congratulations to our student Peace Team who have just been announced as the overall national winners of the Pax Christi Peace Challenge 2009, a competition that spans the Catholic educational community of the whole of Europe. The team have now been invited to Peace House in Italy to meet the other national winners from across the continent.

As part of their project, the team submitted a DVD demonstrating the impact of violence and conflict on young people from across the world, and who are now part of the St Mary’s community.



The Peace Team are committed to continuing their work and have organised a ‘Peace Day’ for 16 March 2009. Speakers will include a Holocaust Survivor and members of other faith communities in order to spread a universal message of peace. Our ESOL students are working on presentations about their own experiences of unrest, conflict and trauma to explain to the entire College community the strength of their feelings and their reasons for being here in Middlesbrough.

The students have responded magnificently to this project and we are very proud of the hard work and commitment that they have shown since day one. It is wonderful to see such dedication recognised with such a prestigious award.