OLM stages Hunger Banquet

OLM stages

Hunger Banquet

With millions

of people across the globe starving to death on a daily basis, many local

high school students do not see the actual tragedy that is taking place.

The students at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School in Fayette County

learned the lesson of global starvation the hard way March 12.

Campus ministry

teacher Margarete Smith conducted a Hunger Banquet where students were

divided into three divisions representing the lower class, the middle

class and the upper class of people across the earth. Each class was served

a meal that was reflective of what people in those divisions eat each

day.

The upper class

was served a hot meal complete with salad and dessert. The middle class

was served a meal consisting of bean soup and water. The lower class was

served a very small portion of rice and water. The students were not aware

of what class they were being placed into.

"We tried

to represent what is going on around our world each day," said Smith.

"Fifteen percent of the world is in the upper class, 30 percent is

in the middle class and 55 percent is in the lower class. Our students

are very blessed but we wanted to give them a dose of reality.

"The students

that represented the lower class were shocked to see what they would have

to eat each day. I think many of them realized how fortunate they are

to be here and have what they need to survive."

The Hunger

Banquet kicked off the Operation Rice Bowl project designed to raise funds

to assist the less fortunate around the world. For more information about

the Hunger Banquet or about Our Lady of Mercy, call 770-461-2202.

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