Bishop blesses sixth form extension (From The Northern Echo)
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Bishop blesses sixth form extension
4:45pm Thursday 26th January 2012 in Durham City News
Bishop Cunningham meets staff and pupils at St Bede's
A SIXTH form centre extension has received the blessing of a bishop.
Bishop Seamus Cunningham, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, visited St Bede’s Catholic School and Sixth Form College, in Lanchester, County Durham, to bless a new Sixth Form Learning Centre.
The bishop also named the centre in honour of Denis McNally, a strong supporter of Catholic schools.
He shared his memories of arriving in Leadgate, near Consett, as a parish priest in 1966 and chatted with pupils about his youth in rural Ireland and schooling today.
In a service, Bishop Cunningham spoke of the spirituality evident throughout his visit and the care and respect between students and teachers at the school.
