Marathon runners raise thousands for Jesuit charities

A total of 20 runners entered the Flora London Marathon on Sunday, 13 April, in support of Jesuit-related projects or charities.  They are expected to raise thousands of pounds for their respective causes, once all donations have been received and calculated.

The first member of the Jesuit Missions team to cross the finishing line was Stuart Mills, running his first marathon for Jesuit Missions since 2000.  His time was 3.17.14.  Next over the line was Rosalind Kieran, a medical student in London.  She was running her first marathon in support of overseas development projects and completed the 26.2 miles in 3.29.44.

The fastest Jesuit to finish the marathon was Slovenian, Robert Dolinar SJ (37), who is studying at Heythrop College in London.  He and Fr Tim Byron SJ, the Chaplain at St Ignatius College in Enfield, both arrived at the finishing line in less than four-and-a-half hours.

The full list of runners and their times is given below.  For more information about the runners and the projects they are supporting, visit the Jesuit Missions web site www.jesuitmissions.org.uk

TEAM 2008
First-time marathon runners indicated with a *
Stuart Mills, his first marathon for Jesuit Missions since 2000. 3.17.14
* Rosalind Kieran, a medical student in London and supporting overseas development projects. 3.29.44
* John McCann, a deacon at St Wilfrid's Parish in Preston. 3.44.16
* Farouk Gohil in support of the Notre Dame Refugee Centre that provides legal services to refugees. 3.45.41
Brian Thursby-Pelham - aka the fastest Womble runner of all time - returned to the team for the first time in ten years. 3.51.13
* Nick Grover, a parishioner from Wimbledon and currently a student in Bristol. 4.18.07
* Robert Dolinar SJ from Slovenia tackled the London Marathon after years of running in smaller races. 4.24.21
* Tim Byron SJ - Chaplain at St Ignatius College, Enfield; raising funds for the work at St Ignatius School in Dodoma. 4.28.45
Anthony Duffy ran in support of Jesuit Missions. 4.30.02
* Patrick Groves, a teacher at St Ignatius College, Enfield, raised funds for their link school in Dadoma 4.38.41
* Paul Nenjerama, the headmaster of Hartmann House in Harare, was raising funds for the school's Jubilee Appeal. 4.40.39
Rampe Hlobo SJ from South Africa: his third marathon for Jesuit Missions, this year for St Martin's School Redevelopment in Soweto. 4.42.46
* Anthony Eyre was inspired by his son's commitment to volunteer for Xavier Volunteer Programme in Guyana. 4.45.27
* Jonathan Sharples, a teacher at Stonyhurst, was supporting St Peter's Kubatana in Zimbabwe. 5.02.29
* Dermot Dooley - Old Wimbledonian and volunteer in Tanzania, running as one of the Wombles to raise funds for the work in Mwanze. 5.04.42
* Kerry Louise Stevens is from Preston and was raising funds for Jesuit Missions. 5.37.11
Dr Paul O’Reilly SJ, Director of the Mount Street Jesuit Centre. 5.37.31
* Raphael Gonsalves SJ, a scholastic from Guyana, had been persuaded to run in support of the Jesuits' work in Guyana. 6.30.12
* Tim Curtis SJ - Director of Jesuit Missions, Wimbledon. 6.32.55
David Hurst undertook his second marathon, raising funds for Makumbi Mission in Zimbabwe where he was a volunteer in the 70s. 6.42.24


 Jesuit Missions

 Flora London Marathon results