THE EDITOR, Sir:
THE ST. JOHN Bosco Boys' Home and School in Hatfield, Manchester, once had a chapel that served the boys and Catholics of the area from 1965 until the 1980s when a new church was built in Dunsinane.
For their self-support, the chapel building was converted into a meat shop (which I believe was sacrilegious, but necessary) while only a few of the boys can go for worship in Mandeville and Dunsinane, which leaves the majority with nowhere to go.
Now that the school has a new meat shop (one of the best in the Caribbean) and the chapel building is again used as the administration and catering departments, I think it is way past full time that the school be given back a chapel. It's been too long now over 20 years.
Like most church-run schools, there is a place of worship for the students. Most use the churches on the same compound, while others have their own school chapels. And the aim is not to convert them to a certain faith, but to give God thanks and respect for their lives, in regardless of what denominations they may or may not belong to. Besides, there is a lovely connection between God and children. The Bosco boys should not be deprived of this.
I am, etc.,
DEVON GAYNOR
(Past Student)
Kingston 2
