Beryl is honoured by the Pope
Wednesday 5th March 2008, 11:00AM GMT.
Beryl Linehan has received the Benemerenti medal from the Pope for her charity work. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0544939)
A CASTEL woman has been recognised by the Pope for her work with children and charities.
Beryl Linehan, 83, has raised almost £20,000 for Life by selling second-hand books and potatoes from the roadside at her Rue des Goddards cottage. She has fostered several children and leads a team which knits blankets for Romania and Dr Sue Wilson’s Tumaini charity, which aids orphans in Tanzania.
Mrs Linehan regularly attends St Mary & St Michael Catholic Church at Delancey but on Sunday her family persuaded her to go with them to 8am Mass at St Joseph’s, where Father Michael Hore presented Mrs Linehan with the Benemerenti Medal and a framed certificate.
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