Columnist Bios.
Maria G. -5 posts
Grade: graduated
Hobbies: playing piano, violin, auto harp, and cow bells; German dancing, figure skating, reading, singing, and horseback riding
Patron/Favorite saints: Saint Maria Goretti, Saint Cecilia, Saint Lydwina, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Favorite school subjects: logic, geometry, music
Other: I love acting with the St. Genesius of Rome Theater group, which has recently celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary. I teach piano at the Harmony Organ and Piano Studio, and teach the Pittsburgh District Kinderchor and Jugendchor. My Senior year has quickly filled up, and I am always on the go.
Maya M. -5 posts
Age: 15
Grade: 10th
Hobbies: Sewing, Reading, Baking, Horseback riding, singing, soap making, watercolor painting, and ice skating.
Patron/Favorite saints: Our Lady of sorrows, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Joan
of Arc, St. Rose of Lima, St. Margret of Cortona, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Martin de Porres.
Favorite school subjects: Math, Latin, Biology, and homesteading
Other: I love Eucharistic Adoration! I am the oldest of seven children. I am determined and not afraid to get my hands dirty. My dream (and now pursuing career field) has always been to become a natural-pro-life Midwife.
Olive M.
Age: 8
Grade: 2nd
Hobbies: Writing letters and short stories, listening to music, and reading
Patron/Favorite Saints: St. Veronica and St. Therese
Favorite School Subject: Math
Other: My favorite season is winter because I love playing in the snow!
Sophia E. -4 posts
Age: 10
Grade: 5
Hobbies: riding bikes, playing with cousins, eating, and waking my siblings up in the morning (I’m loud)
Patron/favorite saints: Saint Lucy and Saint Sophia
Favorite school subject: handwriting
Other: I have two dogs, thirty chickens, and one turkey. One day I would like to have a mini horse and a mini cow.
Theresa P. -5 posts
Age: 17
Grade: graduated
Hobbies: ballet, piano, organ, reading, cooking
Patron/Favorite saints: Saint Therese of Lisieux and the Blessed Mother
Favorite Subjects: Latin, math, and English
Other: I am a lifeguard and have seven younger siblings. After I graduate this spring, I am probably going to Christendom College in Virginia.
Xavier L. -14 posts
Age: 14
Grade: 9
Patron/Favorite saint: St. Martin de Porres, St. Dominic, St. Louis de Montfort, St. Francis Xavier
Favorite school subject: Religion