High schoolers go to summer camp to consider nursing career
Catholic News Service
6/26/2006, by Sam Lucero
FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Summer camps are common for youths, but few inspire career choices and teach lifesaving skills. These were among the goals of the fourth annual Summer Nurse Camp, held June 12-15 at Marian College in Fond du Lac.
During the four-day camp, 20 high school students got a ...
Student inventors make a 'splash' with new toy, win competition
Catholic News Service
6/23/2006, by Barbara Watkins
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Four Catholic school students in the St. Louis area just finished sixth grade with a bang.
Alexis Jennings, Gloria Maciorowski, Melissa Rey and Jack Terschluse are the Neon Warriors, a team of inventors who won the grand prize in the East Coast Nationals TOYchallenge ...
The magnificent seven
The Dialog
6/21/2006, by Gary Morton
WILMINGTON, Del. (The Dialog) — Seven boys marked what they called “the end of the beginning” for Nativity Preparatory School June 10 as they became the private middle school’s first graduates.
In ceremonies at Salesianum School’s Centenary Hall, the students and some of those who guided them ...
Church-run anger management program helps students
UCANews
6/19/2006
UIJEONGBU, South Korea (UCAN) – Kim Bong-jun, a first-year high-school student, found himself losing his temper easily because of the stress of preparing for many exams, so he decided to do something about it. "I want to be able to control my temper and remain calm and peaceful," the youth told ...
Miraculous journey – father's story of faith touches daughter
Catholic Online
6/17/2006, by Mary Carty
BURLINGTON, Vt. (Catholic Online) – Father’s Day is a chance to look back and reflect on the gifts we each have received from the person we call dad. But sometimes, those remembrances go back years, decades or even generations.
The story of George that made the papers around the time of the ...
100 Father’s Day gift ideas for one in a million dads, and grandpas too
Catholic Online
6/14/2006, by Mary Carty
(Catholic Online) Along with graduations and weddings, June also brings the annual celebration of Father’s Day in many countries as a day set aside to honor and pay special tribute to dads. For many, this day becomes the opportunity to reflect upon and to give thanks for the many gifts given over ...
Emotions surround father of bride
Relevant Radio
6/14/2006, by Dick Lyles
GREEN BAY, Wis. (Relevant Radio) – My shoes were shined, my tux was pressed and my toast was written. By all practical accounts, I was ready to be father of the bride this spring. But no checklist could prepare me for the powerful emotion that accompanied my firstborn’s wedding.
When ...
Catholic-sponsored programs provide care for thousands of kids
Catholic News Service
6/13/2006, by Nancy Frazier O'Brien
ORLANDO, Fla. – The spotlight was on children at the Catholic Health Association's annual assembly in Orlando June 6, as a Catholic-sponsored program in South Carolina received the organization's achievement citation and another in Oregon was featured in an "innovation forum."
The achievement ...
Multi-generational valedictorians
Today's Catholic
6/9/2006, by Kay Cozad
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Today's Catholic) — Have you ever done something so reminiscent of one of your parents that your first thought was, “I’ve become my mother”?
Well, that’s not such a bad thing for 18-year-old Claire Ensley, who is following in her mother Susan’s footsteps as Bishop Dwenger’s ...
Quads + 2=busy life for parents
Catholic News Service
6/7/2006, by Mary Ann Wyand
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Constant motion. That's how Holy Name School first-grade teacher Ellen Taylor describes her life in the classroom with 12 students and at home with a 7-year-old son, a 4-year-old son and 2-year-old quadruplets.
When Taylor and her husband, Rick, celebrate Father's Day with ...
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