1st-2nd Grade
1st  – Nick Leep
2nd – Olivia Hicks
3rd  – J.P. Wyman
Hon. Mention – Katka Grube
Hon. Mention – Seth Thomson

 3rd-4th Grade
1st – Nathan Tuchscherer
2nd – Livi Hale
3rd – Dominic Schultz
Hon. Mention – Patrick Bath
Hon. Mention – Lana Lupini

 5th-6th Grade
1st -Cory Hanson
2nd – Elizabeth Bath
3rd – Cole Hanson
Hon. Mention – Aaryan Morrison
Hon. Mention – Camden Hochgesang
Hon. Mention – Hannah Granfield

 7th-8th Grade
1st – Danielle Schultz
2nd – Nicki Kuhn
3rd – Jacqueline True
Hon. Mention – Seth Wexler

Sts. Joan of Arc and Patrick School Serra Poster Contest Winners

From the Catholic Moment – January 9^th, 2011 ( http://www.thecatholicmoment.org/articles/January/010911b.html )  “The Serra Club is a 75-year-old organization devoted to t he promotion of vocations to the priesthood and vowed religious life.  The Lafayette diocese has three Serra Clubs: in Lafayette, Kokomo and the Carmel Deanery. Other organizations, including the Knights of Columbus, promote vocations, too, but not as single-mindedly as the Serra Club.  Pope John Paul II designated Serra as the lay vocation arm of the Church. “We are only dedicated to vocations. We don’t collect for children’s homes or do drives opposing abortion. We concentrate on one thing. We concentrate our efforts and prayers for vocations — not just new ones, but for perseverance in the priesthood,” said Tom Hausladen, of Lafayette, a 13-year member.     

 The Kokomo Serrans help sponsor annual “nun run” convent visits for girls and young women. They also organize a school poster contest. With the help of Father David Hasser, they developed a “traveling chalice” program in which classes at Sts. Joan of Arc and Patrick School compete to host the “Father Serra Chalice” for a month and pray for vocations.  “It’s a big honor to win it,” said Jim Harris, a parishioner at St. Patrick Church and president of the 30-member club. The Kokomo Serrans have been recognized nationally for the chalice project, which has been copied in South Bend Catholic schools.  The club gives each local seminarian or prospective woman religious a yearly stipend of several hundred dollars, but Harris said the biggest gift for them is prayer.  “We have a pretty good presence here in Kokomo. There are the two churches, and about everybody knows everybody else,” Harris said. “There is an awareness of Serra, and the priests have been very good about saying the Serran Prayer for Vocations at Mass almost every Sunday. It’s posted in our song books in the pews.”  Other activities include:      

• Attend Sunday Mass once a month as a group (alternates monthly between St. Patrick and St. Joan of Arc)
• Meet the first Wednesday and third Sunday of  month.  Meetings usually include speaker and refreshments
• Send birthday greetings to diocesan seminarians, permanent diaconate candidates and  religious at Sisters of St. Joseph in Tipton
• Host annual Religious Appreciation Dinner at St. Joseph Hospital
• Hold annual Serra Poster and Essay Contests for students at Sts. Joan of Arc and Patrick School and Sunday Religious Education Students of St. Joan of Arc and St. Patrick parishes
• Pray, Pray, Pray for our clergy, religious and those discerning a vocation.