St Augustine’s Priory, Ealing, took part in the Lent Fast Day to raise money for the work that CAFOD does overseas and in remembrance of one of their past pupils who was one of the founding members of CAFOD.
Jacqueline Stuyt-Simpson was born in 1919 and attended St Augustine’s Priory before going on to lay the foundations of CAFOD with the first Family Fast Day.
In 1960 she, together with Mrs Elspeth Orchard and others from the National Board of Catholic Women, the Catholic Women’s League and the Union of Catholic Mothers organised the first Family Fast Day to be promoted throughout Catholic parishes in England and Wales.
Having raised over £6,000 for a mother and baby clinic in the Caribbean island of Dominica through this occasion it was only two years later that the Bishops’ Conference registered CAFOD as an official charity.
Jacqueline was awarded an MBE in 1980, the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 1968 and made a Dame of St Gregory in 1995.
She died in 2008 after a life of service. CAFOD’s life-changing work is a tribute to her and all at St Augustine’s Priory remember her with pride, with her legacy proving you don’t need to be a world leader to change the world.
