Patriotic Essay Contest winners

The Knights of Columbus Bishop Stanley J. Ott Assembly 2441 at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge presented awards to its Patriotic Essay Contest for Catholic Schools students. There were 85 students who participated and their essays went through three rigorous grounds of grading. This year’s theme was “What does the Idea of Our Nation’s Citizen’s Right to Vote Mean to Me?” Pictured below are, from left, Father Trey Nelson, pastor of St. Jude Church in Baton Rouge, 1st place winner Philip Wesley of St. Jude School, Kelly Mestayer, eighth-grade English teacher; and Dave Goldsmith of the Knights of Columbus.


Pictured, from left, are Lisa Mongrue, St. Aloysius School eighth-grade social studies teacher, 3rd place winner Evan Milligan, 2nd place winner Sydney Faulk and Jon Reise of the Knights of Columbus.

Photos provided by Jon Reise