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catholicnewsherald.com | February 28, 2014 CATHOLIC NEWS HERALD
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In Brief
Rademaker, Matthew Hammes and Noah Saffer received an Honorable Mention. From OLG: Will Hornfeck and Owen Morris received an Excellent Delegation Award; Mickey Brigham, Frances Byungura, Adam Lucek, Gavin Myers, Cecie Moncla and Erin Silva received an Honorable Mention; and Ashley Appel and Emily Snell won an award for Superior Delegation. Model UN enables students to debate current issues while representing various countries around the world. Students research issues and debate those issues during the course of daylong simulations.
Geography bee winners named at St. Pius X School
WINSTON-SALEM — Seventh-grader Anissa Gatland recently won St. Leo School’s spelling bee and also went on to win in the WinstonSalem Non-Public Schools’ Bee. She will compete in the Regional Spelling Bee March 23.
GREENSBORO — St. Pius X eighth-grader Brendan Chase won the final school-wide competition of the National Geography Bee Jan. 15. The competition also included classroom finalists from grades 4 through 8: Ben Dahlstedt, Evan Stoller, Owen Griffith, George Seifert, Pierce Hudson, Elizabeth Haslam, Trevor Bode, Anthony Vanore and Beth Palmisano. Chase will advance to the next level of competition, a written examination to determine state competitors. The national championship will be held May 19-21 in Washington, D.C. The top award is a $50,000 college scholarship. For the 26th year, the National Geographic Society has sponsored the competition for students fourth through eighth grades in thousands of schools across the United States and in the five U.S. territories. The 2014 Bee is sponsored by Google. Pictured are (from left) Evan Stoller, Ben Dahlstedt, George Seifert and Owen Griffith; (back, from left) Trevor Bode, Elizabeth Haslam, Brendan Chase, Beth Palmisano, Pierce Hudson and Anthony Vanore.
— Donna Birkel
— Jean Navarro
Debate team excels CHARLOTTE — Twelve members of the Charlotte Catholic High School Debate and Speech Team, led by head coach Mary A. Morales, attended the First Corona Rostrensis Tournament hosted by Charlotte Latin School Feb. 1. Charlotte Catholic was awarded third place. — Mary A. Morales
Model UN winners recognized KERNERSVILLE — During the Model United Nations competition at Bishop McGuinness High School Feb. 4, students from Our Lady of Mercy School in Winston-Salem and Our Lady of Grace School in Greensboro received special recognition. From OLM: Anthony Cancro, Vance Jacobsen, Gennaro Coppola and Matthew Kelly received a Best Delegation Award; Michael Boose, Ashton Pryce, Heidi Bleyer, Niel Ingle, Marilyn Butterworth and Samuel Wooten received an Excellent Delegation Award; and Christopher Atala, Olivia Doyle, Hayden Davenport, Jake
Gatland is spelling bee champ
OLM spelling bee winners named WINSTON-SALEM — Eighth-grader Hayden Davenport (right) won Our Lady of Mercy School’s Spelling Bee Jan. 24. Sixth-grader Jordan Duncan (left) came in second place. Seventh-grader Olivia Dioli and sixth-grader Matthew Golamco (not pictured) tied for third place. This was the second time Davenport won the school spelling bee in four years. — Lara Davenport
History bee finalists announced SALISBURY — Four students from Sacred
In His Presence… A New Chapter of Evangelization
Father Richard Fragomeni Diocese of Albany Mission Homilist
This 3 day mission based on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium will explore this new chapter of Evangelization for our Catholic Church, our World and for the Christian Faithful.
Monday, March 10th – Wednesday, March 12th from 7:00pm – 8:30pm St. Mark Catholic Church – Huntersville, NC We will kick-off this 3 day mission on Sunday evening from 7-8 pm with an evening of adoration and music led by Psalm 150. Monday and Tuesday evening we will have our Children’s Mission running simultaneously with the parish mission in parish hall. To sign up for the Children’s Mission go to website www.stmarknc.org. For questions or more information please contact Donna Smith (704-948-1306/dsmith18@bellsouth.net)
12th Annual Conference March 28-29, 2014 North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Jim Graham Building, Raleigh, NC
Dr. Scott hahn St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
Kimberly hahn Author of “Beloved and Blessed: Biblical Wisdom for Family Life”
Jennifer Fulwiler Former Atheist & Blogger at Conversion Diary
Jason Simon Executive Director of Evangelical Catholic
FRee FRiDAy eveninG For a full list of speakers and to register for Saturday, visit: www.IgnitedByTruth.com “Bringing to light the truth of the teachings of the Catholic Church and igniting in our hearts a love for our Faith”
Who Will you invite? Bishop Michael F. Burbidge Diocese of Raleigh, NC | Vigil Mass Celebrant and Homilist