Thank you to Dr. Gabriel and the Gabriel Family Foundation and Natural History Museum & to Kathy
and Jim McCaffery and the Catholic Community Foundation for making this possible. Congratulations
to our winners!
and Jim McCaffery and the Catholic Community Foundation for making this possible. Congratulations
to our winners!
Gabriel Family Foundation Junior/Senior Essay Contest:
• 1st Place ($1,500): Enrique Castellon-Davis —“The Papacy of Pope Francis: His Holiness’
Contributions”
• 2nd Place ($1,000): Stephanie Okeke — “Pope Francis"
• 3rd Place ($500): Kariamu Cross — “Peace, Poverty, Love, and Protection”
Gabriel Family Foundation Freshman/Sophomore Essay Contest:
• 1st Place ($500): Lauryn Carter — “The Real Meaning of Gratitude”
• 2nd Place ($300): Jordan Shanez — “Gratefulness”
• 3rd Place ($200): Kimmia Saunders — “Gratitude Throughout the Ages”
Literary Magazine Poetry Contest:
• 1st Place ($100): Laura Okeke — “Immortal”
• 2nd Place ($50): Elaine McClinton — “Letter to My Boy”
• 3rd Place ($25): Jordan Shanez — “A Mother’s Pain”
Literary Magazine Short Story Contest:
• 1st Place ($100): Destiny Cabico — “Milk Tears and Blueberry Pancakes”
• 2nd Place ($50): Stephanie Okeke — “Hailey Prest and the Gods of Olympus: A Hero’s Fate”
• 3rd Place ($25): Duong Nguyen — “Hannah”
Literary Magazine Essay Contest:
• 1st Place ($100): Cardinal Fernandezees — “A Vengeful Villain”
• 2nd Place ($50): Destiny Cabico — “Power”
• 3rd Place ($25): Kayla Jenkins — “Nature Overrules Nurture”