Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners (8th grade Alexis deLongpre, 9th grade Isabell Gunther, 10th Jeffrey M Asejo Domingo, 11th Yesnia Salazar, 12th Grade Victoria R Mayorquin. Judges were Fr Lalo & BK Jeff Ripa and Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest Chairmen BK Jack Schwarzel
OVERVIEW
This contest encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their faith. The goal of this program is to involve young Catholics in grades 8 to 12 (public, private, parochial or home schools during the current school year) in civic discourse and instill in them religious and life-affirming values. The essay should be 500-750 words on a specific topic, changing every other year. Entrants will be judged on grammar, style, and how clearly they present the theme in a way that showcases creativity, imagination and overall development of the topic
Student essays must be original compositions of 500-750 words that address the following topic:
Virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do good. It governs our acts, orders our passions, and guides our conduct by reason and faith. It also encourages Christians to live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity. The call to live a virtuous life applies to individuals in every state of life and occupation, including our elected leaders.
In an essay of 500-750 words, what are the two most important virtues for an elected leader to possess, and why? How can you determine if the leader has these virtues?
