Junior High Leadership Camp

The archdiocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is currently accepting applications for the annual Junior High Summer Leadership Camp to be held June 6-8 at Bergamo Center in Dayton. The weekend camp is open to students who will be entering the 7th or 8th grade in the next school year.

Funded by the Kramer Foundation, the camp is a weekend of fun and learning experiences. Participants will learn more about God and the Catholic faith through innovative and interactive discovery sessions including: What it means to be a young Catholic and how to talk to others about your faith.

For more information or to register you may contact through the website at www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin or call 937-223-1001.

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY

Roger Bacon teacher receives Kneip Service Award

Joseph Kneip, a teacher for 37 years at Roger Bacon, was a role model in the spirit of St. Francis; he contributed time and energy beyond what was expected of him; he had a positive influence on his peers and students; and he was an excellent teacher. In his memory, Roger Bacon honors a teacher each year who displays these same qualities.

Kneip was for many years also a proofreader at The Catholic Telegraph.

Diane Brewster, who has taught math at Roger Bacon for 19 of her 34 years in teaching, was awarded the Joseph A. Kneip Distinguished Service Award at the Service Awards Assembly on May 14.

Outside of the classroom, Brewster has dedicated hours to her students. She designed and printed all the programs for Roger Bacon events and organized and helped secure funding for the Veterans’ Breakfast each year at Roger Bacon.

Brewster, who is retiring at the end of this year, is the 13th winner of the Kneip

Distinguished Service Award.

ARCHDIOCESE

Alter Scholarship grants announced

The Office of African-American Catholic Ministries of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has announced its 2008–2009 Archbishop Alter Scholarship Grant Awards.

In 1964, Archbishop Karl J. Alter established the Archbishop Alter Scholarship — a four-year grant — to promote African-American Catholic leadership among high school seniors who sought to pursue higher education. It is one of the ways the Archdiocese of Cincinnati assists in developing African-American leaders who rise from their communities to affect change in our world.

This year’s scholarship recipients, who have been awarded a four-year grant of $1,000 per year, are:

Sierra Waller, who is graduating from Dayton Wayne High School. She is a member of Saint Peter Parish in Huber Heights.

Valicia Tolbert, who is graduating from Seton High School and is a member of Saint Joseph Parish in Cincinnati.

Whitley Tye, graduating from Purcell-Marian High School, who is a member of Saint Joseph Parish in Cincinnati.

Marice Woody, a graduate of McAuley High School and a parishioner at Mother of Christ Church.

Brittany Methena, a graduate of Mount Notre Dame High School, and a member of the Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church.

ST. ANDREW DEANERY

Pope Benedict XVI visits St. Columban

To help commemorate the April visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States, St. Columban School in Loveland joined the celebration of this important event with zeal.

The talents and creativity of the school’s teachers and parish catechists were evident in the many pope-themed activities and lesson plans that were presented to the students. There were birthday parties for the pope (since his 81st birthday occurred during his visit), pope trivia games, redesigning the pope’s coat of arms and even reconstructions of the popemobile.

In addition to all of this, a pope look-alike visited the individual classrooms to share more information about his papacy and to help the pontiff become more alive and real to the students. These personal visits also served to emphasize the message Pope Benedict XVI continually spreads to our young people, which is how important they are to the present and to the future of our Catholic Church.

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"Pope Benedict" meets with St. Columban students.