LADY HELEN ASQUITH was the granddaughter of the former British Prime Minister H.H. Asquith and was aged 7 when her father died on the Somme in 1916.
She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, London, and at Somerville College, Oxford.
She was a teacher and schools inspector, and for 40 years played a leading part in the annual English National Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
From 1970 to 1984 she was the Chief Handmaid of the Society of Our Lady of Lourdes, organising voluntary workers to care for the sick pilgrims, and from 1984 to 1990 she was responsible, as secretary, for the overall planning and running of the Society's pilgrimage.
Lady Helen was appointed OBE in 1965. In 1989 she was awarded the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, London, and at Somerville College, Oxford.
She was a teacher and schools inspector, and for 40 years played a leading part in the annual English National Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
From 1970 to 1984 she was the Chief Handmaid of the Society of Our Lady of Lourdes, organising voluntary workers to care for the sick pilgrims, and from 1984 to 1990 she was responsible, as secretary, for the overall planning and running of the Society's pilgrimage.
Lady Helen was appointed OBE in 1965. In 1989 she was awarded the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
LADY HELEN ASQUITH was the granddaughter of the former British Prime Minister H.H. Asquith and was aged 7 when her father died on the Somme in 1916.
She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, London, and at Somerville College, Oxford.
She was a teacher and schools inspector, and for 40 years played a leading part in the annual English National Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
From 1970 to 1984 she was the Chief Handmaid of the Society of Our Lady of Lourdes, organising voluntary workers to care for the sick pilgrims, and from 1984 to 1990 she was responsible, as secretary, for the overall planning and running of the Society's pilgrimage.
Lady Helen was appointed OBE in 1965. In 1989 she was awarded the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, London, and at Somerville College, Oxford.
She was a teacher and schools inspector, and for 40 years played a leading part in the annual English National Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
From 1970 to 1984 she was the Chief Handmaid of the Society of Our Lady of Lourdes, organising voluntary workers to care for the sick pilgrims, and from 1984 to 1990 she was responsible, as secretary, for the overall planning and running of the Society's pilgrimage.
Lady Helen was appointed OBE in 1965. In 1989 she was awarded the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
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