Our School Saints – St Peter and St Paul
These two saints were contemporaries. Peter was a disciple of Jesus and chosen by Him to lead the Church. Paul persecuted Christians, before experiencing a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus and becoming the Church’s first great missionary. Through their preaching, ministry and martyrdom, Saints Peter and Paul helped to establish the Church.
We wear their names with pride and follow their example as faithful servants.
Our House Saints
Our House Saints are chosen to reflect our diverse school are from the 4 corners of the globe. They are Vincent Pallotti, Josephine Bakhita, St Mother Teresa and St John Southworth.
Vincent Pallotti
- Born: 1795, Rome, Italy
- Died: 1850, Rome, Italy
- Canonized: 1963 by Pope John XXIII
- Feast Day: 22nd January
- Patron Saint of: charitable societies
St Vincent Pallotti was born in Rome. He was the originator of the Catholic Apostolate Union, whose members now call themselves the Pallottines. He was an active pioneer of Catholic Social Teaching in action. During his time, St Pallotti was known for his unending services to the disadvantaged.
The Pallottine fathers have served both our school and the parish in Clerkenwell for more than fifty years. Situated in the Islington Deanery, the Parish of Clerkenwell was founded in 1842 and the church was built in 1847.
Josephine Bakhita
- Born: 1869, Darfur, Sudan.
- Died: 1947, Schio, Italy.
- Canonized: 2000 by Pope John Paul II.
- Feast Day: 8th February.
- Patron Saint of: victims of modern-day slavery and human trafficking.
Josephine Margaret Bakhita, was a Sudanese-Italian Canossian religious sister who lived in Italy for 45 years after being enslaved in Sudan. In 2000, she was declared a saint, the first black woman to receive the honour in the modern era.
St Mother Teresa
- Born: 1910, Skopje, North Macedonia.
- Died: 1997, Calcutta, India.
- Canonized: 2016 by Pope Francis.
- Feast Day: 5th September.
- Patron Saint of: World Youth Day and the Missionaries of Charity.
St Teresa was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the disadvantaged of India. She is considered one of the 20th Century’s greatest humanitarians.
St John Southworth
- Born: 1592, Lancashire, England.
- Died: 1654, London, England.
- Canonized: 1970 by Pope Paul VI.
- Feast Day: 27th June.
- Patron Saint of: love, loyalty, friendships and authors.
St John Southworth spent much of the 1630’s attending to the plague victims in Westminster, administering the sacraments and helping those in need, thus gaining him the nickname ‘The Parish Priest of Westminster.’
Throughout his life, St John was arrested many times and he was eventually sentenced to death at the Old Bailey when he refused to deny his priesthood.
