Programme from the Saint Matthew's School Centenary Thanksgiving Service "

Saint Matthew's Parish Church, Church Road, Buckley

5 May 1949

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ST MATTHEW'S SCHOOL BUCKLEY

1849 -1949

CENTENARY THANKSGIVING SERVICE

ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH

AT 2.45PM

THURSDAY, MAY 5TH. 1949

E.T.CROPPER, PRINTER, BUCKLEY

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ORDER OF SERVICE

Hymn 344

Then shall the Priest say, all standing:

Dearly beloved, we are gathered together to commemorate the Centenary of the opening of St. Matthew's School and to offer unto Almighty God the humble and hearty thanks for the benefits we, and past generations of Scholars, have received, and to re-dedicate ourselves to the worship of God and to the service of our fellows.

Psalm 127

The Lesson from St. Matthew 18.

Read by a Senior Pupil (Lelia Peters, married name Hewitt)

Prayers: for past benefactors, the teachers, the scholars.

Anthem "Non Nobis Domine"

Address by the Right Rev. W. T. Havard, Lord Bichop of St. Asaph

Hymn 379

The Blessing

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In his address, Dr Harvard dealt with the history of education in Wales, emphasising that until 1870 schools had been run and maintained by other than the State. When the Education Act was passed, W. E. Foster the minister for education said "if every part of England and Wales had done what the Diocese of St. Aspah had done, there would be no need for the Bill." Although the teaching of religion in church schools was optional under the Act, in practice religion had always been included in the curriculum. The Church had proved keen to maintain and expand its schools after the Act, and continued in its belief that religion should form a setting and background to education. These ideals should continue so that schools should be centres of true religion and sound learning.(precis)

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After the service there was a centenary tea held in the schools. The headmaster was J. Clifford Jones and after the tea he gave an address on the history of the school which was later published. (see 28.90) Many pupils, parents, ex-pupils, teachers and friends of the school attended. Dick Catherall made the Centenary cake and the youngest pupil, Freda Shone, performed the ceremonial cutting of the first slice.

Author: Hewitt, Lelia

Programme from the Saint Matthew's School Centenary Thanksgiving Service "

Saint Matthew's Parish Church, Church Road, Buckley

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