Eucharistic Ministers Commissioned
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n Tuesday, October 15, students, faculty and staff gathered in The Academy Center to celebrate the commissioning of 34 seniors as Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. The students can now distribute Communion at all school masses, as well as in their home parishes. The commissioning was held on Founders’ Day, celebrating the founding of the Congregation of St. Joseph in Le Puy, France in 1650. Congratulations to the following students: Catherine Carey, Samantha CarusoTaylor, Claudia Chadwell, Rachel Chokan, Ashley DiMarco, Emily Ernst (daughter of Donna Corrigan Ernst ’80), Christina Ferra, Molly Gallagher, Stephanie Gorsek, Annie Grove, Halli Grunder, Sara Hurley, Brooke Kahl (JoAnn Aerni Kahl ’82), Gabrielle Leon, Ciara McGlynn (Rose Forrest McGlynn ’76), Sarah McMahon, Nicole McManamon, Caroline Mills (Debbie Ghazoul-Mills ’79), Juliana Minich, Molly Moore, Clare Panek, Emily Pellegrino, Jennifer Polito (LuAnn Aerni Polito ’82), Emily Rouse (Colleen Lang Rouse ’81), Rebecca Sedlak, Dana Sirchen, Hannah A. Smith, Erin Stefancin (Ann Fox Stefancin ’80), Breanna Strasser, Alesha Vovk, Katherine Waters, Bethany Weisenseel, Madeline Zimmerman and Pasqualina Zindroski. Bless you all!
Students do make a difference! Between their efforts and those of other nature lovers, Issue 80 passed in Cuyahoga County by a margin of nearly 70 percent, with 172,783 voting for Issue 80 and 75,490 against! Here is a link to the students’ video: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=j8j3icRHMqA
Juniors Amanda Burns and Shauna Slezak show their support of Issue 80. SJA’s own view of the Rocky River Reservation is in the background.
Students Show Passion for Life at Annual Rally As in previous years, members of the SJA’s Catholic Schools for Peace and Justice Club (CSPJ) put action behind their passion for the sanctity of life by traveling downtown in early October to attend mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and march to Public Square in support of October “Respect Life” month. Twenty-seven students joined their peers from a dozen schools in the Catholic Diocese at the rally, which was sponsored by the Cleveland Diocese. SJA speakers included seniors Caroline Mills and Melissa Waltos. “The rally was an amazing experience. It was my second time attending, and I was blessed enough to be a co-master of ceremony with a senior from Saint Ignatius High School. It was a fantastic way to advocate respect for all kinds of life, and the student speakers did a phenomenal job! It was great to be able to lead hundreds of students in respecting life,” shared Melissa.
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