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Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (November 21, 2003) St. Margaret’s students followed in the footsteps of their school’s patron saint when they donated more than $150 worth of groceries to St. John’s Episcopal Church Food Pantry in Tappahannock. That’s because Queen Margaret of Scotland devoted part of each morning to personally feeding the poor. 
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St. Margaret’s School students donated groceries to the St. John’s Episcopal Church Food Pantry in Tappahannock as part of the school’s recent St. Margaret’s Day celebration
“Many church schools are named for saints,” said Chaplain Ann Reeder Riggs, “but rarely are their missions and values so closely allied as St. Margaret’s School is with Queen Margaret of Scotland. She was a woman of both prayer and action who contributed to her family, community and country—the kind of person who embodies the ‘education for life’ that we offer students.” Seniors Blair Fisher of Lottsburg and Sarah Weakley of Montross presented the canned and boxed foods at the altar during the November 16 celebration of St. Margaret’s Day. Fisher is co-head of the SMS “Basic Needs” local community service organization, and Weakley is senior warden, the student who helps coordinate the school’s chapel program. Queen Margaret of Scotland is recognized as a saint by both the Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches. Born a Hungarian princess, she and her family were seeking political asylum when their ship landed on the rugged coast of Scotland. Although educated to lead a life of religious contemplation, Margaret followed her family’s wishes and married King Malcolm, the monarch who followed the bloody Macbeth. She taught him to read, civilized the royal court, and reformed the Scottish church while raising eight children and leading a faithful life of prayer and service. St. Margaret’s School celebrates her feast day on the Sunday closest to November 16, the date of Queen Margaret’s death in 1093. |
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