by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | 2018 essay contest
The Road of Life by Sophia Clark, grade 10 Life is a road we travel together. It is paved with joy and suffering and with heartaches and happiness waiting around every bend. We are set on this road for a common purpose: to reach eternal life. Our sorrows are the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | 2018 essay contest
Blessed Chiara Luce Badano: Joyful Embrace of the Cross by Leila Joy Castillo, grade 11 “I suffered a lot, but my soul was singing! I have nothing left, but I still have my heart, and with that I can always love.” Blessed Chiara Luce Badano’s short life of 18...
by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | 2018 essay contest
Selflessness, Sacrifice, and Suffering by Mary Purcell, grade 11 I remember the first time I heard of St. Gianna Molla. I was a little girl and was at a Catholic bookstore when my grandmother bought me a book about her. I couldn’t put it down and asked myself,...
by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | 2018 essay contest
To Suffer and to Save by Garrett Petruskie, grade 12 Jesus Christ died on the cross to save us from our sins and to open the gates of heaven. He carried His cross to Golgotha to complete an agonizing death so that He could give the entire world salvation. Every...
by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | 2018 essay contest
Daughter of God by Maria Brounstein, grade 10 As Christians, we are invited by Christ to a life of discomfort, courage, and radical love. Christ said, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Matthew 16:24)....
by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | 2018 essay contest
Inspired Suffering by Noel Vanderbilt, grade 10 “In this world you will have trouble,” Jesus told His disciples (New International Version, John 16:33). Tragedy, suffering, and challenges: This world is certainly full of pain and trouble. Jesus,...
