Around n’ About
July 2008 :: Teen Web Log
Pilgrims, pilgrim journalists arriving in Sydney for World Youth Day 2008
Young people from around the world are beginning to descend upon Sydney, Australia in preparation for World Youth Day 2008 that runs from July 15 – 20.
The Florida Catholic has launched an online WYD Special Section with blog entries from five pilgrim journalists from around Florida who are taking part in WYD events, news articles and photos from Catholic News Service, and a video page.
It’s the next best thing to being there, so bookmark this page to keep up–to–date on the happenings at World Youth Day 2008.
07.12.08
St. Thomas More youths fix-up widow’s farm
GADSDEN COUNTY | While Calcutta, India, is known for its poverty and sweltering weather, this rural county in June doesn’t fall far behind in heat and humidity and has its share of poverty.
The youths of the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Tallahassee spent the week of June 9 on a mission to make life a little easier for those in need in the northwest Florida county – one of the poorest in the state. Working with Christ Town Ministries, 12 youths, under the theme “Finding Your Calcutta,” stayed on farms belonging to parishioners. Along with their chaperones, they spent the majority of the week repairing a home and a shed for an 81-year-old widow. Read the complete article here.
07.12.08
Teen shares perspective on Steubenville Florida
Holly Loeffler is a 17–year-old parishioner of St. Joan of in Boca Raton and a rising senior at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale. She attended Steubenville Florida June 13–15, a youth conference directed by Franciscan University in Ohio and coordinated by the Diocese of Palm Beach. Holly writes about her experience here.
07.12.08
Palm Beach Scouts earn honors
PALM BEACH GARDENS | The Diocese of Palm Beach annually pays tribute to Catholic boys and girls in Scouting. This year, Brynn Carlson, Maria Fernandez, Jacquelyn–My Do, Christina Pengelley and William O’Leary were awarded top honors. Read more here.
07.12.08
Dana Edwards is hooked on history
TALLAHASSEE | It’s been five years since Dana Edwards became hooked on history.
In that seemingly short period, the 16–year–old student from John Paul II Catholic High School in Tallahassee has parlayed her self–named “addiction” into an award–winning love of bringing history to life.
Dana, who is going into her junior year, won first place in the state in the National Council of Jewish Women’s “Holocaust Essay Contest” in May. She also recently returned from Washington, D.C., where she competed June 18 in the 2008 National History Day competition at the Smithsonian’s Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. Some 2,800 students from around the country attended the competition and Dana placed 12th out of 92 finalists.
07.12.08