St Richard Gwyn Rc High School

St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is a Secondary School situated in Flint , Flintshire . It was founded in 1954 to serve the Catholic population of Flintshire.

It is one of three Catholic secondary schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese Of Wrexham , the others being St Joseph's RC High School , Wrexham and Blessed Edward Jones RC High School , Rhyl .

It is a mixed Comprehensive school, currently serving close to 1000 pupils (including a mixed Sixth Form of over 120). It draws its pupils and students from the Roman Catholic parishes of Flint , Holywell , Queensferry , Mold , Saltney , Buckley , Connah's Quay , Hawarden and Pantasaph .

Its patron Saint, St. Richard Gwyn , was Canonized in 1970 ; prior to this, the school was called " Blessed Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School". The school observes his Feast Day on 17 October with a whole school Mass ; every year, this is preceded by a week of religious observance and themed lessons as part of a "whole school retreat" that is called a faith 'focus week'.

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