Approximately 100 young men and women received the Serra Club Altar Server Awards at Reynoldsburg St. Pius X Church on Sunday, May 4. Bishop Earl Fernandes was present to bestow the awards.
Ten young men were also awarded financial aid scholarships to diocesan high schools. The students were recognized for essays they submitted on the priestly vocation.
The event began with a prelude and procession. It was followed by recitation of Daytime Prayer, part of the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours prayed by clergy, consecrated religious and many laity daily.
Bishop Fernandes then conferred awards to the recipients.
Young men and women altar servers from diocesan parishes who received awards include Onyeka Anigbogu, St. Pius X; Hyoeun Stella Bae, Columbus St. Andrew; Eva Catherine Bailey, Columbus St. Christopher; Jude Baker, Lancaster St. Bernadette; Teddy Bakhshi, Worthington St. Michael the Archangel; Elizabeth Bender, Delaware St. Mary; Grant Thomas Bently, Columbus St. Peter-Powell St. Joan of Arc; Kaitlyn Bloomberg, Columbus Our Lady of Peace; Elliot Brooks, Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Henry Brooks, Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Kaitlyn Brown, Columbus St. Margaret of Cortona; Andrew Burns, Dublin St. Brigid of Kildare; Noah Chenault, Columbus St. Patrick; Bode Cherry, Johnstown Church of the Ascension; Oliver Cody, Newark St, Francis de Sales; Victoria Cornett, Circleville St. Joseph, Gordon Crabtree, Lancaster Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption.
Levi Crum, Zanesville St. Thomas Aquinas; Josue Daniel Cruz Garcia, St. Peter-St. Joan of Arc; Evan Cummings, Hilliard St. Brendan the Navigator; Frankie Dziewiatkowski, St. Brendan; Gregory Edmonds, Columbus St. Mary; Noah Edwards, Columbus Immaculate Conception; Maci Espinal, Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Donna Espino, Marion St. Mary; James Leander Fromme, St. Peter-St. Joan of Arc; Anna Gerken, St. Margaret of Cortona; Sean Greve, St. Michael; Rul Griffiths, St. Michael; Natasha Grube, London St. Patrick; Gabe Giywalski, Columbus St. Agatha; Arthur Hale, London St. Patrick; Eric Hirsch, Immaculate Conception; Maxwell Howey, Sunbury St. John Neumann; Colin Huttsell, St. Brigid; Maddie Klein, Gahanna St. Matthew the Apostle; Liam Knostman, Our Lady of Peace; Stella Koehler, St. Mary of the Assumption; Justus Koh, St. Andrew; Paige Kramer, Circleville St. Joseph; Morgan LaBrake, Columbus St. Mary Magdalene; Grace Lee, St. Francis de Sales; Mallory Lutz, Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Maximilian Maholm, Columbus St. Patrick; Jacob McDonough, St. John Neumann; Anthony Mendez, Columbus Holy Spirit; Evan Messina, St. Michael; Jessica Ramirez Montes, St. Mary Magdalene; Bahati Mutende, Columbus St. Josephine Bakhita; Emily Michelle Nava Alday, Columbus Christ the King; Peyton Niangoran, Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral; Trinity Nsiah, St. Agatha; Nadine Ntuzwenimana, Columbus St. Mary; Jennavieve Marie Oliver, St. Peter-St. Joan of Arc; Yamileth Ortega, Holy Spirit; Charles Owsley, St. Brendan; Mitch Palmer, St. Brigid; Cody Paynter, Zanesville St. Nicholas; Shayla Sica Perez, Dover St. Joseph; Violet Reineck, Immaculate Conception; Elliot Reing-Hurlfly, Immaculate Conception.
Noah Richards, St. Francis de Sales; Adrian Salinas, Marion St. Mary; Griffin Schmitz, Columbus Our Lady of Victory; Noah Smith, Westerville St. Paul the Apostle; Derek Soder, St. Agatha; Charbelle Sounouvou, Columbus St. Francis of Assisi; Leah Starinsky, New Albany Church of the Resurrection; James Stedman, Columbus St. Patrick; Adjene Sume, St. Josephine Bakhita; Deryn Summers, St. Pius X; Lynden Summers, St. Pius X; Joseph Taylor, Columbus St. Patrick; Brendan Thicken, Delaware St. Mary; Aubriana Thomas, Church of the Resurrection; William Thompson, Chillicothe Our Lady Queen of the Apostles; Andrew Thornton, St. Andrew; Daniel Tibua-Mensah, Columbus St. Aloysius; Max Ujczo, St. Pius X.
Jesus Alexander Utuy Rodriguez, Dover St. Joseph; Andrew Uzomba, St. Matthew; Valeria Valerio, Holy Spirit; Caitlyn Vargo, Church of the Resurrection; Rafael Emiliano Vasquez Aquila, St. Christopher; Jackson Wernette, Church of the Ascension; Jaxon White, St. Brigid; Loren Williams, St. Francis of Assisi; Nicholas Williams, St. Patrick; Max Winner, Columbus St. Patrick; Blake Wohrer, St. Mary of the Assumption; Jackson Young, Our Lady of Victory; Sarah Ziegler, St. Brigid.
Young men who received scholarships for their vocation essays include Brooks; Messina; Grant Bender, Columbus St. Catharine of Siena; Jack Dury, Nathan Marx and George Zafirides, St. Agatha; Patrick Monahan, St. Michael; Justin Nagy, Immaculate Conception; Jack Reardon, Our Lady of Peace; and Nicholas Ryan Shafer, Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
The Serra Club of Columbus is a Catholic organization committed to promoting and supporting vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and religious life in the diocese. The organization has two active chapters located in downtown and north Columbus.