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Migrant workers boost Catholic churches & schools

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 12:34 UK time, Tuesday, 3 April 2007

The is reporting another interesting change in local trends with the influx of migrant workers.

In fact, the newspaper is calling it a 'Roman Catholic revival', as attendance at church services has increased and enrolment in Catholic schools has increased sharply across Wales.

We blogged recently that Wrexham's St Mary's Catholic Church now holds weekly services in Polish and is expecting to be packed out with several hundred parishoners attending a special service this weekend as Easter is a special time in the Polish calendar.

Meanwhile, the newspaper quotes a Wrexham Council report: "The education department has decided to continue with the focus of aligning education with religious denomination and with location in order that they are placed in their local school. However, given the pressure on numbers of Catholic schools, the children are now being placed in a wider area."

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