Diocese of Kalamazoo announces student contest winners

Diocese of Kalamazoo announces student contest winners

“The Family Fully Alive”
         

          Winners of the inaugural student contest, “The Family Fully Alive”, have been chosen by a panel of diocesan judges. The contest was launched last fall to encourage students in both Catholic schools and religious education programs to explore the topic, “how is my family fully alive in the faith” through a variety of art mediums from painting, drawing, writing, music or video. Entries were received both locally and nationally.  St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School, Coldwater; Holy Angels Parish (Religious Education Program), Sturgis; and Lake Michigan Catholic Elementary School, St. Joseph; were honored and will also receive awards for having submitted the most (local) entries.

 

Winners receive a monetary scholarship award donated by the Michigan Knights of Columbus and an official Diocese of Kalamazoo award signed by +Bishop Paul Bradley. Visit the diocesan website, diokzoo.org-student-contest winners, for a full list of winners.

 

Kalamazoo and National Student Contest Winners

 

ART Division 1 (Grades 4-8):
1^st Place WINNER: “Alive and Filled with the Spirit” by Maxine Poage, 8^th grade, St. Monica School, Kalamazoo, MI
1^st Place WINNER: “Faith Collage” by Serena Fontecchio, 7^th grade, St. Joseph Parish, Downingtown, PA
HONORABLE MENTION: “My Family Fully Alive Praying the Rosary” by Isabelle Shea, 5^th grade, St. Margaret Parish, Otsego, MI
HONORABLE MENTION: “Faith” by Tania Lizzette Villegas, 6^th grade, St. Basil Catholic School, South Haven, MI
HONORABLE MENTION: “Mi Familia” by Joselin Yarel Reyes, 3^rd-4^th grades, Holy Angels Parish, Sturgis, MI
HONORABLE MENTION: “Family Alive” by Fernanda Garcia, 4^th grade, Holy Angels Parish, Sturgis, MI
HONORABLE MENTION: “The Family Fully Alive: Actions Spread the Message” by Xin Wei Pei (Elva), 7^th grade, The OLC School, Jersey City, NJ
HONORABLE MENTION: “My Family Fully Alive” by Chanelle Jimenez, Mother Seton School, Union City, NJ
HONORABLE MENTION: “Family that Prays Together…Stays Together” by Anita Damodar-Desloire, 5^th grade, The OLC School, Jersey City, NJ
 

WRITING Division 1 (Grades 4-8):
1^st Place WINNER: “My Family is Fully Alive in the Faith” by Kathryn Wertheimer, 7^th grade, St. Basil Catholic School, South Haven, MI

1^st Place WINNER: “My Faith Alive in the Arts” (poem) by Joshua Schutte, 8^th grade, Emmanuel Parish, Beaver Creek, OH

HONORABLE MENTION: “The Family Fully Alive” (poem) by Ashleigh Cotter, 7^th grade, St. Michael School, Cranford, NJ
 

MUSIC Division 1 (Grades 4-8):
HONORABLE MENTION: “We’re All About the Mass” by Lucy Arbanas, 7^th grade, St. Basil Catholic School, South Haven, MI
HONORABLE MENTION: “The Christian Family Fully Alive” by Scarlett Caballero, 5^th grade, Mother Seton School, Union City, NJ
HONORABLE MENTION: “Family Time = Together Time” by Michelle Pichardo, Saint Peter’s School, Belleville, NJ
 
VIDEO Division 1 (Grades 4-8):

1^st Place WINNER: "My Catholic Family" by Samantha Ochoa, 5^th grade, Mother Seton School, Union City, NJ

HONORABLE MENTION: “Faith in My Family” by Daniel Sanchez, 5^th grade, Mother Seton School, Union City, NJ

WRITING Division 2 (Grades 9-12):
1^st Place WINNER: “My Family Fully Alive” by Amanda Lawrence, 11^th grade, Hackett Catholic Prep, Kalamazoo, MI
1^st Place WINNER: “In Faith and Family” by Molly Schutte, 12^th grade, Emmanuel Catholic Church, Dayton, OH
HONORABLE MENTION: “Fully Alive: Fighting for the Kingdom” by Ian Poage, 11^th grade, Hackett Catholic Prep, Kalamazoo, MI
HONORABLE MENTION: “My Family Fully Alive in the Faith” by Caroline Yapp, 11^th grade, Hackett Catholic Prep, Kalamazoo, MI
HONORABLE MENTION: “My Family Fully Alive” by Matt Mancuso, 11^th grade, Hackett Catholic Prep, Kalamazoo, MI