Southwark Schools' Music Festival 2018
On Wednesday 12th of December, seven Catholic schools in South East London gathered at Sacred Heart Church in Camberwell for the 5th occasion of this musical celebration.
The schools were St Joseph's Infant and Junior Schools in Camberwell, St Francis' Primary School, Peckham, St Michael's Secondary School, Bermondsey, Virgo Fidelis Secondary School, Upper Norwood, St Thomas the Apostle Secondary School in Nunhead, and Sacred Heart Secondary School, Camberwell.
The parish priest, Fr Victor Darlington, welcomed all the schools and their headteachers, and emphasised the importance of the gathering as a means to express the true meaning of Christmas, namely the birthday of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, echoed in melodious songs in an atsmosphere of prayer.
The special guest of honour, Bishop Patrick Lynch, encouraged the congregation to truly live and proclaim the joyful message expressed in the songs,'tonight, this Christmas and always'. He stressed that as Christians we should always seek to follow the true Light of the World, whose birthday we celebrate at Christmas. He offered the final blessing and wished every one present a very happy Christmas.
