Triple Celebration for
St Augustines, Coventry.
Bishop William Kenney visited
St Augustine’s school in Coventry
on February 2nd to bless and open the new school
entrance along with
a newly commissioned statue of St Augustine of Canterbury. The life
size
wooden statue of St Augustine was carved by
Angela Walsh, a Coventry
Artist. The statue is situated in the new entrance to the school. The
Bishop
also opened the new family centre which will serve the Radford area of
the
city. The new building, which was built with the help of a
£550,000 Government
Grant, will provide facilities for young children and their families.
There is
a crèche, offices for health visitors, midwives and adult
education teachers.
The centre will be open to the public on Thursday 26th February, The
photograph
shows Bishop Kenney with Fr Richard Scott, Assistant Priest at Christ
the King,
along with some pupils from St Augustine's school preparing to Bless
the new
entrance. As part of the afternoon celebrations children from the
school
performed a drama telling the story of St Augustine’s
Journey to England
and the beginnings of Christianity. Augustine of Canterbury
(born circa first third of the 6th century - died 26 May 604) was a
Benedictine
monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury
in the year 598. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a
founder of the English Church.
