Students choose saints they want to resemble

As All Saints Day approaches, people are celebrating saints, one and all, including students at Catholic schools across the archdiocese. The fourth-graders at St. Mary’s Catholic School in O’Neill dressed as their favorite saints and explained briefly why they chose their particular saints.

Having saints as friends and models for Christian life is important, said Emily Peter, the students’ teacher at St. Mary.

“As Catholics we have so many things that can help us better our relationship with Christ and strengthen our faith, and saints are one of them!” Peter said. “They are literal examples of how to live your life.

“Saints are not always perfect and go through a conversion in some time of their lives, which is a good reminder to us that we are human and we will fail sometimes, but we have the saints to look at for inspiration,” she said. “We can learn new things from studying them to improve our faith life!”

Peter’s students would agree.

Parker O’Connell – I chose St. Thomas because he is a cool saint and he was an apostle.

Reed Kliesen – I picked Saint Peter because I wondered what happened in his life.

Lexi Olson – I chose Saint Cecilia because she sang and it stood out to me.

Ozzy Drueke – I chose St. Oswald because he has the same name as me.

Devin Becker – I picked St. Francis of Assisi because I like animals, too.

Rook Chohon – I chose St. Andrew because I like fishing and I’ve heard about him.

Case Cole – I chose Saint Dominic Savio because he got the laws changed.

Coby Doolittle – I chose St. Michael because he defends God’s kingdom and is a defender against evil.

Ellie Bulau – I chose St. Bridget because that’s my mom’s name.

Emma Losing – I chose St. Clare because my aunt’s name is Clare.

Hatti Bulau – I chose Mother Teresa because she inspired me to help others.

Mackson Spader – I chose Saint Patrick because my grandpa is named Patrick.

Brezlyn Shields – I chose St. Elizabeth of Hungary because I liked how she dedicated her life.

Bryson Leisy – I chose St. Joseph because he is the foster father of Jesus.

Huxton Kelly – I chose St. Paul because he taught a lot of people about God and the good news.

Kambry Ogden – I chose St. Helena because she found the cross that Jesus died on.

Lexie Zuhlke – I chose St. Joan of Arc because she is brave and caring.

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