CONGRATULATIONS to all the 2017 Catholic Families Student Contest FINALISTS:

Following are the finalists from the Student Contest this year:

"The Evangelizing Family”
 

• 1^st Place School with most entries: Lake Michigan Catholic, St. Joseph, Mrs. Sarah Rouse and Mrs. Lindsey Goshgarian (5^th grade teachers)
• 1^st Place VIDEO – Division I (4^th – 8^th grades) “Evangelization” by Evan Czuk & Liam Roth (4^th grade), St. Augustine School, Mrs. Raelynn Stein (4^th grade teacher)
   
• Honorable Mention (video – Division I) “Video Girls” by Abigail Ulbrich & Isabella Hentz (4^th grade) Mrs. Raelynn Stein (4^th grade teacher)
   
• Honorable Mention (video – Division I) “H&M Videos” by Hannah Hollman & Madison Jones (4^th grade) Mrs. Raelynn Stein (4^th grade teacher)
  
   
• 1^st Place ART – Division I (4^th – 8^th grades) “Giving Hands” by Ping Smith (8^th grade), St. Monica School, Kalamazoo, Veronica Schaner, (teacher)
• 1^st Place ART – Division I (4^th – 8^th grades) “Faith, Family, Prayer” by Teresa Crothers (6^th grade), Seton Home School, St. Paul of the Cross Parish, La Mirada, CA – Rev. Joseph Visperas, Pastor
   
• Honorable Mention (art – Division I) “Giving Tree” by Megan Bowden (8^th grade), St. Monica School, Veronica Schaner, (teacher)
• Honorable Mention (art – Division I) “Invitation out of sin” by Myriam (8^th grade), St. Ann Parish, Augusta, MI, Bobby Kinkela (teacher/catechist)
• Honorable Mention (art – Division I) “The World Evangelizes” by Alanna Kaiser and Julia Warner (4^th grade), St. Augustine School, Kalamazoo – Mrs. Raelynn Stein (teacher)
• Honorable Mention (art – Division I) “My family having dinner with Jesus” by Nicolas Aviles (4^th grade), Chiquitos Bilingual Montessori School, Utica, MI, Carmen Fernandez (teacher) and Luly Calleros (principal)
   
• 1^st Place WRITING – Division I (4^th – 8^th grades) “Evangelizing in the Family” by Alexandra Miller (6^th grade), St. Mary’s Catholic School – Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Jamie Formolo (teacher)
• 1^st Place WRITING – Division II (9^th – 12^th grades) “Catholicism: Our Greater Joy” by Julia Amting (11^th grade), St. Mary, Marshall, MI, Rev. Craig Lusk, Pastor