Gambian Pupils Send Message to The Pope’s Big Assembly

21 September 2010

Children at the St John Vianney School in The Gambia watched pupils from Holy Cross Primary School in Plymouth meet Pope Benedict XVI on Friday via a live screen link. Eight youngsters from Holy Cross Primary took to the stage at St Mary’s University College in Twickenham last week as part of the Pope’s Big Assembly. The Devonshire school has links with the Gambian school and its pupils presented the Pope with gifts made by the children in The Gambia, including a stole which the Pope placed around his neck.

3,500 children from across the UK attended the Pope’s Big Assembly in Twickenham which lasted two hours. Pupils from the St John Vianney School in The Gambia also sent a message to thank the students of Holy Cross School for their support and for teaching them about their lives.