Year 7 choose their Patron Saint

After playing ‘Who wants to be a Patron Saint’ each form, presented the Saint they had been researching – St John Bosco; St Oscar Romero; Bl Chiara Badano; St Josephine Bakhita;  Mother Teresa of Calcutta and St Jose del Rio. St Jose del Rio received the highest number of votes and therefore, will be their Patron Saint over the next five years at St. Paul’s

St Jose del Rio was put to death for his Catholic Faith, at the age of 14 by the Mexican authorities in 1928. He refused to give up his faith, despite torture at a time when Catholics were being persecuted by the Mexican government.