JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Josephine and I celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary

Monday, 19 May 2014

Josephine and I celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary

Josephine and I celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary by going to Mass at St Joseph's, Wealdstone, where we are pictured here today. The second picture taken after our wedding in the same spot features my late mum and dad, Margot and Jack, to my right, and Josephine's sister, May, and Josephine's late dad, Mick Clarke. Sadly, Josephine's mum, Josie, had died seven years earlier. God rest all our parents this happy, sun-filled, day.

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About Me

I became involved in SPUC after graduating, when I established a branch in south London in 1974. I have worked full-time for SPUC for 42 years. I became chief executive of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. I was elected vice-president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. At UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome, I helped coordinate more than 150 pro-life/pro-family groups resulting in pro-life victories in Cairo, Istanbul and Rome. I was educated at Salesian College, London, before going to Oxford where I graduated in English Language and Literature. I qualified as a teacher, becoming head of English at a secondary school. I am married to Josephine. We have a grown-up family and we live in north London.