Young peacemakers win prize FOUR students at a Lancashire school

have won the Fax Christi European Peace Contest. Emma Atherton, Reggie Doherty, Daniel Hayes and Claire Linford, from St John Fisher RC School in Wigan, Lancashire, are to travel to the Pax Christi Peace House in Florence next month as the award winners of the 2008 Pax Christi European Peace Contest.
There they will meet other young people who have participated in the contest from Portugal. France and Belgium. Their challenge was to create a film or PowerPoint presentation to increase awareness of the link between peace and the environment and promoting peace by living more sustainably and sharing the world's resources.
The winning teams meet in Florence from April 3 to April 6. The teams will be staying at the Pax Christi Peace House. The programme for the weekend will include activities to explore the theme of Peace and. the Environment, an "Ant and Peace" tour of Florence, time for reflection and opportunities for the young people to learn from each other.
Pax Christi hopes to strengthen this contest in 2009 encouraged by the quality of work presented this year.