Squad from The Sacred Coronary heart in Salsburgh and St Aloysius in Chapelhall triumphed on the charity event.
A goal-heavy soccer workforce made up of parishioners from two Monklands church buildings scooped the primary ever SCIAF Protect.
The SCIAF Protect is a brand new five-a-side event that introduced collectively 16 groups for an thrilling afternoon of neighborhood and sport – all in assist of the charity’s life-changing work abroad.
A squad made up of parishioners from The Sacred Coronary heart in Salsburgh and St Aloysius in Chapelhall was led by parish priest Father Mark O’Donnell as they triumphed on the event, held at Objectives within the southside of Glasgow.
St Aloysius and The Sacred Coronary heart beat Nun The Wiser to elevate the trophy.
Father O’Donnell mentioned: “It was nice to be there supporting SCIAF, which does such nice work world wide.
“SCIAF, in fact, will get a lot of its assist from totally different faculties and parishes throughout Scotland.
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“All of us actually loved the day – we had a superb couple of video games, an excellent event and a few beautiful (wet) Scottish climate so we will’t complain an excessive amount of.”
SCIAF (The Scottish Catholic Worldwide Support Fund) is current on the earth’s most tough locations and works with individuals within the hardest circumstances, to allow them to overcome their every day struggles and the buildings of injustice that make and hold them poor.
Ben Wilson, SCIAF’s director of public engagement, mentioned: “This was our first ever SCIAF Protect, so we’re all so glad with how properly it went.
“Nicely finished to St Aloysius and The Sacred Coronary heart for popping out on prime.
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“Our motto for this yr – our sixtieth anniversary – is a greater world is feasible and we actually hope that it is a message we wish to get throughout to everybody proper now, that really, though we see a lot hassle on the earth, a lot heartache, so many horrible issues occurring in Gaza and Ukraine and the world over, that really we have to stay hopeful.
“By supporting SCIAF, by giving to SCIAF, we’re giving hope to people who find themselves dealing with actually tough instances the world over.”
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