JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: SPUC Peterborough honours Our Lady of Guadalupe

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

SPUC Peterborough honours Our Lady of Guadalupe

James & Christine Conlon
at the tomb of Katherine Queen of England

Last night SPUC Peterborough invited me to speak after Vespers at the Catholic Church of St Peter and all Souls held in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mother of the unborn) of whom the Missionary Image was visiting the parish from its shrine in Bedford.

Vespers was led by Fr Adam Sowa the parish priest. Before the meeting SPUC Peterborough Chairman, Christine Conlon, and James, her husband, took me to visit Peterborough Cathedral, where Katherine of Aragon, Queen of England, the wife of Henry VIII, is buried.

I was edified to read in the church bulletin of St Peter and All Souls that SPUC is described as upholding "all the tenets of our faith regarding protection of the unborn, sex education in schools, assisted suicide and other life issues and lobbies Parliament on our behalf".

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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.