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Susan Lochrie • Published 28 Aug 2010 14:00
HUNDREDS of school children from Inverclyde will get the once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the Pope when he comes to Scotland next month.
Coach-loads of kids from the three Catholic secondary schools are off to Bellahouston Park in Glasgow on Friday 16 September to join thousands of worshippers for a public mass lead by Pope Benedict XVI, pictured.
Second-year pupils from Notre Dame have been invited to take part in a special parade in Edinburgh to welcome him to Scotland.
Since his visit was announced, Catholic pupils in Inverclyde have been working on projects to mark the big event.
Notre Dame’s principal religious education teacher John Paul McGovern said: “There is a real buzz about the school.
“The very next day after it was announced I had pupils at my door asking what we would be doing to celebrate. We are all really excited about the event.”
A party of around 120 senior pupils from the Greenock school will head to Bellahouston while the second-year pupils are heading to Edinburgh.
Around 200 pupils in total from St Columba’s High, Gourock, and St Stephen’s, Port Glasgow, are going to Bellahouston Park for the public mass.
On the day, they will be treated to special performances as part of the build-up from international superstar Susan Boyle, who was made famous on Britain’s Got Talent, as well as Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus.
It is expected many more people from Inverclyde will be heading to Bellahouston Park.
Pope Benedict XVI is coming to Scotland in his first visit to the UK at the invitation of the Queen.
The last papal visit to Scotland was made by Pope John Paul II in 1982.
Next month, Pope Benedict XVI will meet the Queen at Holyrood Palace in the capital before heading out in the Popemobile for a St Ninian’s Day Parade.
On the big day, pupils in Inverclyde have permission to be absent from school if they are going to Bellahouston with their families.
This article appeared in Greenock Telegraph 28 Aug 10
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