Caroline Skulski received the first place award for her Pro-Life Essay. Her paper was entitled, "Tear Away the Labels." She writes, "Bouncing up and down on my knee, Matt giggles and shrieks with laughter as I coo and babble to him. No matter what his true age is, every single person I’ve seen meet Matt has bent over backward and unabashedly appeared to be a two-year-old in public to make him smile..."
Olivia Rangaswami was the Fourth Place winner overall in the Pro-Life Essay Contest this spring. She writes, "Many people today believe that environmental factors contribute to the disabilities of millions of people. My idea of the cause is exceedingly different. I believe that God has specially chosen these people to be this way..."
Morgan Paras was the 8th Grade Serra Club essay contest winner in the Archdiocese. She writes, "God opens many peoples’ hearts every day through religious and pious people. Christians are called by name from God to spread the gospel around the world by becoming priests, deacons, and religious brothers and sisters..." Click on the link to download the complete essay.
Becca Anglen was the Serra Club 7th grade winner for the Archdiocese. Her essay begins, "Vocations to me mean a call in our life to a holy living. Whether it be called to be a nun or called to be a priest or deacon, if you hear that calling you must live it to the fullest. But people cannot always hear the divine call by themselves; they need the help of the religious leaders around them..." Click the link for the complete text.