{"id":81779,"date":"2015-02-24T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/81779\/new-school-hall-a-blessing\/"},"modified":"2015-02-24T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T10:21:30","slug":"new-school-hall-a-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/02\/24\/new-school-hall-a-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"New school hall a blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was great excitement and thanksgiving, last Friday, at Assumption Convent School, when, after much anticipation, the new school hall was officially opened.<\/p>\n

The master of ceremonies for the event, head prefect Diane Cilengi, ran the programme with great finesse and professionalism, making sure everything went according to plan.<\/p>

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Principal of the school Neville Workman told the assembled audience that, since the school was opened in 1946, they had always longed for a large school hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2001 our mini hall was opened and this served us well, but the need for a larger space has always been present,\u201d Workman said.<\/p>

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\u201cThe building of the hall started in December 2013 and, today, apart from a few finishing touches, the building is done, thanks to a collective effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Workman went on to thank all those who played a part in realising the school\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n

The hall is simply named The Convent Hall and will be fully utilised for all aspects of school life.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully this is just the first of many needed projects at the school,\u201d Workman said.<\/p>\n

The Archbishop of Johannesburg, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, was due to officially open and bless the hall, but, unfortunately he fell ill just before the event.<\/p>\n

This duty was performed admirably by Father Tony Daniels, the school\u2019s parish priest from the Blessed Sacrament Church.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cA lot went into getting this and you can all be proud of the fact that today you have a beautiful new hall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe school has grown from strength to strength over the years and let us continue building up the school together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Father Daniels blessed the hall and dedicated the building to the education of pupils.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a place where they will learn in Christ,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n