Dynamix, Inspiring Vivacious Adventurer (DIVA)

I was raised going to a catholic school until high school, and there in catholic school they taught me what it meant to believe, love, and accept. I learned to believe when things cannot even be seen. I studied many things and went to church two times a week, once on wednesday and once on sunday. I was surrounded with people who were able to find hope even when it seemed like there was no way out, people who were able to believe when many couldn’t, and I was able to find that motivation too.

Going to Catholic school allows me to grow in faith as one body of Christ. Our school, St. John Neumann, allows us to go to mass twice during the school week and on holy days of obligation. Also in our school we have religion class every day. This has allowed me to grow and flourish in my faith. This school has allowed me and my class mates to grow in the body of Christ.

My parents have discovered a different religion since then, one even closer to God, and me not being religious drives a wedge between us. I believe that if I hadn’t gone to catholic school, there would be a possibility of me being religious, as I would have been taught a different mentality than Catholicism regarding religion.

This has shaped me as a person beyond what words can express. Catholic schools truly prepare students for more than school and careers; they shape the whole person, body, mind, and soul, in Jesus. Imagine how different the world might be if every person realized and believed that God loves them just for who they are. Picture how different the world would be if we all viewed every other person as possessing that same degree of dignity and treated each other accordingly. Envision how different the world might be if people found their identity in Jesus rather than in the fleeting amusements and distractions so far beneath their worth. Can you imagine such a world? I can because of my education. Catholic school teachers can. Catholic school students can. Hopefully, together we will create a light that inspires others to realize the full truth of their potential and worth in God’s eyes, as well as realize the fullness of

The lessons I’ve received from transitioning through the church as a child, youth, and adult member have taught me a number of lessons; patience, reverence, and empathy are all traits I’ve strengthened, and they have undoubtably helped me through my high school career. Taught how to ask thoughtful questions, I’m unashamed of my curiosity. Our faith is not always one of direct answers— even our most devoted

Incipiently, my understanding of the faith has grown immensely. Coming to saint joachim school has let me Receive two of the seven sacraments. It also gave me the opportunity to altar serve and or lector. However my faith was at its peak with our 5th grade teacher sister ana rosa. Not only was she a nun but the most loving teacher i have ever had. Always taking us to the convent was and will be my most favorite part of religion.

Everyone in their childhood has a moment that stands out and defines who they are. Mine is a moment, but is also part of my background. This came about in my nine year Catholic education. I attended St. James Catholic School from when I was a kindergartner until I graduated eighth grade. I am the third generation of my family to attend St. James, and can still remember my first day as a kindergartner. I walked into school with the same feeling as all of my other kindergarten classmates with a blank face and did not know which direction to go. Kids, who I thought were giants, guided me to class. From that time on I looked up to them as my friends, and could count on them if I needed help. For the next nine years that building was my home, but I can recall a moment in second grade that sky rocketed me in my Catholic faith. This moment was when I made my First Communion.

Salem Academy, my alma mater, from pre-school to graduation I was steeped in Christ-centered education. I was instructed in the importance of morals, faith, love, grace, and charity, but to a contrary button-pushing adolescent male, most of the calls to holiness went in one ear and out the other.

Holly Kucenski, a follower of God, son of Lynne and David Kucenski, born and raised Catholic, a person who was loosing faith in God, called to change my ways, and was set apart from all the evil in the world. Divine Mercy Encounter changed my life, I then knew that I needed to change, and get people closer to God. It makes me sad when I see people losing God, when they just can't reach him. If you lose God, then you will will start losing yourself. grace and peace from God the Father to you.

Everyone has their own personal faith story. Personally, I haven't had the wide awakening of my faith or something big to encourage my faith more than it is. Just as most kids in high school I struggle with keeping my faith my number one priority. For example, I struggle with doing things in likeness of God. Everyone, not just high school kids, we struggle with temptations into drugs, alcohol, lying, lust and many more things. This is something that I need my faith the most.

The catholic education I have received at Holy Rosary really shaped me has a person because it has shown me how true friends are. Growing up has an only child I was pretty attention seeking and it didn't help that I was the most energetic kid ever. My parents were always at work so I would go to base. At base I met kids that were in older grades and always thought of them has adults. They were so mature and I wanted to be like them. I would try so hard in class to sit still and focus but I never could. In second grade I got tested for ADHD. I did have it. I would go to classes after school and they would try to help me focus. In fifth grade we started getting letter grades instead of ones twos threes and fours. That year I really struggled to focus and it didn't help that that was the year my parents got a divorce. In the end of sixth grade I finally got medicine for my ADHD and I could focus. So in seventh grade I was pretty focused but was still immature. But in eighth grade I really shaped up and could finally take responsibility. It was so great seeing

As I grew older, I began to understand that there are differences between Islam and Christianity. I started studying and learning more about Catholicism through Sunday schools and the Bible. I also started learning about the sacraments and how every person has to go through them to become a true and a well-rounded Catholic.

Additionally, Going to a catholic school all my life has made me value my faith and learn more about my faith. Service hours have helped me value being catholic more because we get to go out and

During elementary school I decided I wanted to move in with my father who did attend church religiously every Sunday morning. Catholic mass was awful and difficult to understand. My father put my brothers and I through communion and made us participate in church bible study to further understand the religion. As I got older my views on Catholicism had gotten worse, I started hating going to church. When the nuns called my age group to have children’s church my father forced me to go, they took us to a room that had no windows and was always cold. The nuns made us read the old testament in the King James Bible version and I always had a hard time reading and understanding it because of the way it was written. This experience made me hate and

I grew up in a Catholic home. From my earliest memories, I believed in God and knew He existed. Every week we faithfully attended our local parish. There was no Sunday School so we sat with our parents during mass. I remember my youngest sister, Jennifer, playing with my Dad’s keys