PRESS RELEASE:
CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER RUNS 200 MILES FOR CHARITY
On Friday afternoon Vaughan school teacher, Chris Bailey, arrived on the steps of
Westminster Cathedral to complete the final leg of his 193-mile charity run: Vaughan to Run.
Running from Cardinal Vaughan’s birthplace in Gloucester to his final resting place at
Westminster Cathedral, ‘Vaughan to Run’ was an extraordinary challenge set up by The
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in memory of Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, third Archbishop
of Westminster.
Over the course of just six days, Chris ran an exhausting 193 miles (310km) and passed
through five Catholic dioceses and over thirty Catholic parishes. From staying overnight at St
Peters Church, Gloucester, to the group of Sixth Formers who accompanied Chris across the
finish line, Vaughan to Run was very much a communal celebration with every penny raised
being donated to Aid to the Church in Need and the Good Shepherd Project.
Mr Bailey said:
“I have been teaching at Cardinal Vaughan for 13 years so to take on a challenge as tough as
this one offered a brilliant opportunity for me to give something back. I am grateful for all the
support I have been shown so far and hope that many others will get involved and donate to
the Good Shepherd Project.”
Collecting funds to support and run the local Catholic school of Kassala, the Good Shepherd
Project helps provide a place of safety and education for 990 local refugee children on the
Sudanese/Eritrean border. Full details can be found on the website (www.vaughantorun.com).
Donations can be made online through the Vaughan’s JustGiving page:
https://www.justgiving.com/vaughantorun/
Thank you for your support.
Note to editors:
Born in Gloucester in 1832, Herbert Vaughan, Bishop of Salford, was appointed third Archbishop of
Westminster by Pope Leo XIII in 1892 and was enthroned in the Pro Cathedral of Our Lady of
Victories in Kensington. His achievements, before and after translation to Westminster, were of a
remarkable nature: one example is the building of Westminster Cathedral, whose first stone was laid
in 1895. The Cardinal died on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, 1903, and the Cathedral was opened for
the first time for public service for the funeral of its great founder. The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial
School was built on 21 September 1914 in London’s Holland Park as a national memorial to His
Eminence.
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