Gulf Pine Catholic

20 Gulf Pine Catholic • March 23, 2018 During Catholic Schools Week this past January, students and their parents, principal, teachers, and staff at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School in Pass Christian raised $650 for Sr. Cecilia and her Community to purchase 13 bicycles for 13 poor students/families in Ben Tre, Vietnam. Left, SVDP principal Charlotte Church is pictured presenting the check to Sr. Cecilia. “The students at St. Vincent are involved in many service projects throughout the school year. Being able to show service to others allows our students to realize their impact on the community and the world,” said Church. “Through acts of kindness and service, we are able to evangelize to those around us. The students at St. Vincent know that the service project ‘Dressing down for Bikes’ allowed us to collect money to help children in Vietnam. This means we are making a global impact as well as a community impact.” Right, Sr. Mary and Sr. Cecilia will travel to Ben Tre this July to distribute these bicycles and will share photos of these bikes distributions. Their goal is to have 200 bicycles for a village in Ben Tre, Vietnam, by June 1, and they currently have 77 bicycles as of March 4. St. Vincent de Paul School, Long Beach Holy Trinity Catholic School, Bay St. Louis Holy Trinity students in kindergarten through sixth grade selected for the Knight of the Month for January are as follows: First row: Addison Tallent, third grade; Annabel Barber, kindergarten; second row: Kaulen Schmitt, third grade; Zoey Alonso, second grade; Cameron Ross, fourth grade; Helen Hoffmann, first grade; third row: Mason Jacobi, fifth grade; Anna Kate Ivey, fifth grade; Grace Oliver, sixth grade; Jailyn Matheny, sixth grade. These students were chosen based on their demonstration of the Fruit of the Spirit, Joy. Each student received a certificate, a Coca-Cola Student of the Month t-shirt and drink. Pre-K students of Holy Trinity sponsored a service project for the month of February to benefit the Hancock County Animal Shelter. Throughout the month, students brought in supplies such as food, towels, blankets, and cleaning supplies. The students delivered the supplies and spent some time helping at the shelter. It was an added treat for the students to spend time petting and sharing some love with many cats, dogs, and even guinea pigs. Seated left to right: Easton Seal, Beck Bearss, Noah Vollenweider, Hannah Estrade, Dolly Schulz, Cannon Wilson, and Trace Carter. Amid much fanfare and congratulations, five Saint Stanislaus seniors sat at tables surrounded by family, friends, and faculty, as they signed their respective collegiate letters of intent on National Signing Day. Those signing were JD Rutherford (Jones County Junior College), Andrew Trapani (SUNY Maritime College), Jake Greer (Pearl River Community College) and Brandon Tartavoulle (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College). Congratulations and best of luck next year! The 2018 Rock-a-Chaw soccer team (19-3-1) took the top spot over all the land with a 1-0 victory over the Amory Panthers. The victory gave the program its ninth Class 4-A state title since 1996. St. Stanislaus soccer players understand what the term consistency means. Saturday’s appearance was their 13th berth in the state championship game. They have hoisted the trophy nine times (1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018). The squad kept the pressure on offense at full throttle and the defense allowed just three shots on goal in 80 minutes of action. SSC head coach Danny Patton said, “Defensively, we played a very solid game allowing just three shots on our goal. Offensively, we were not able to finish our opportunities. In the first half, we hit the crossbar on shots five times and their keeper made some really impressive saves. It was a one-sided match but we were not able to finish. I attribute that to playing three matches in seven days against three extremely talented teams. We seemed to be tiring somewhat late in the match; however, as this team has always done, they just figured out a way to win. I was very impressed with their poise throughout the game. They made their adjustments to the flow of the game and I am extreme- ly proud of this team.” The two teams battled to a scoreless first half. Late in the second half, Carter Landry took a shot from about 50 yards out aimed at Brandon Elkins. Elkins then fed Beau Rimmer who sent the ball past the keep- er with a header to make the final score. St Stanislaus College, Bay St. Louis