Ninety-seven eighth-grade students from diocesan parishes were honored at the annual Altar Server Awards on Sunday, May 26 at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral.

Also recognized during the presentation on Trinity Sunday were 10 eighth-grade boys who were $1,000 scholarship winners of the Priestly Vocation Essay Award sponsored by the Columbus Serra Club.

Before the presentation of the awards, there was a reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians followed by a reflection from Bishop Earl Fernandes. The ceremony concluded with a prayer. 

Bishop Fernandes presented altar server medals to the following:

Joey Bair, Nolan Beyer, Laura and Grace Sese, Hilliard St. Brendan the Navigator Church; Joseph Barb and Benjamin Orsini, Johnstown Church of the Ascension; Landon Barbarits, Christopher Piccolo II, Carter Ingles and Aaryn Bradford, Portsmouth Scioto Catholic; Jesse Bell, Danville St. Luke Church; Joseph Bogue and Ellie Pillivant, Worthington St. Michael Church; Maire Boulanger, Marysville Our Lady of Lourdes Church; Siena Rose Boyd and Emma Jean Gerken, Columbus St. Margaret of Cortona Church; Mia Chatman and Ricardo Martinez, Marion St. Mary Church; Eunyul Cho, Columbus St. Andrew Korean; Keilyn Dayana Colindres Tabora and Yeili Kristal Martinez Sanchez, Columbus St. Agnes Church;  Michael Alan Cormican and James Gulledge, Newark St. Francis de Sales Church; Daniel Cruz and Mathias Hohn, Columbus St. Peter Church; Jack Curtis and Nora Leonard, Columbus Our Lady of Peace Church; Paul Daniel and Mack Marlette, Ada Our Lady of Lourdes Church; Gavin Deller, Nicholas Lee, Noah Smith and Ryan Gross, Westerville St. Paul the Apostle Church.

Caleb Delp and Daniel Schaner, Buckeye Lake Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church; Andrew Doll, Samuel Hollis, Caroline Jonesco, Jaxon White and Gus Graf, Dublin St. Brigid of Kildare Church; Thomas Dury and Derek Soder, Columbus St. Agatha Church; Gabriel Dzikowski, Joseph Taylor and Henry Platek, Columbus St. Patrick Church; Alejandro Espinosa Flores and Ryan Ollam, Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church; Caitlin Foley and Leah Starinsky, New Albany Church of the Resurrection; Guillermo Garduno Hernandez and Jesus Elizandro Lemus Carmona, 

Joseph Bogue (right) of Worthington St. Michael Church was the recipient of an altar server award from Bishop Earl Fernandes and also was one of 10 winners of the Priestly Vocation Essay Award.

Columbus St. Thomas the Apostle Church; Evan George and Juan Joseph Porcayo, Columbus St. Christopher Church; Josh Goers, Cardington Sacred Hearts Church; Elle Hatch and Kolbe Krzeczkowski, Columbus St. Andrew Church; Jackson Young and Mary and Molly Herlihy, Columbus Our Lady of Victory Church; Jeffrey Iruthaya and Kieran Nowalk, Gahanna St. Matthew Church; Daniel Jones and Thomas Jones, Columbus St. Matthias Church; Caroline Jonesco and Drew Malouf, Powell St. Joan of Arc Church.

Maxwell Kowalski, Columbus St. Timothy Church; Simon Malmone and William Thompson, Our Lady Queen of Apostles Parish; Keller and Khloe Maurer, Columbus St. Cecilia Church; Charles McAnespie, West Jefferson Ss. Simon & Jude Church; Andrew McDonough, Sunbury St. John Neumann Church; Darlene Mendez and Milagros Ramirez, Columbus Christ the King Church; Samantha Miller, Matthew Silva and Samuel Rogers, Columbus Immaculate Conception Church; Myles Nardi, Circleville St. Joseph Church; Tyler Olney and Noah Recker, Delaware St. Mary Church; Miya and Matthew Olson, Dover St. Joseph Church; Jocelyn Opoku, Daniel Tibua-Mensah and Elliana Owusu, Columbus St. Aloysius Church; Ivan Orduna Rios, Columbus Holy Spirit Church; Joanna and Thaddeus Schaefer, Columbus Ss. Augustine & Gabriel Church; Ryan Sielschott, Columbus St. Mary Magdalene; Charbelle Sounouvou and Loren Williams, Columbus St. Francis of Assisi Church; Deryn and Lynden Summers, Reynoldsburg St. Pius X Church; Nicholas Williams and Caydynn Young, London St. Patrick Church; and Blake Wohrer, Lancaster Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption.

Essay scholarship winners and the Catholic high schools they will be attending were Joseph Bogue (Columbus St. Francis DeSales), Thomas Dury (Columbus Bishop Watterson), Brandon Hernandez (Bishop Watterson), Kolbe Krzeczkowski (Chesterton Academy of St. Benedict), Julien McElroy (St. Francis DeSales), Samuel Rogers (Bishop Watterson), Paul Thomas (Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School), Daniel Tibua-Mensah (St. Francis DeSales), Sebastien Vidal Lopez (Columbus Bishop Ready) and Robert Wickham (Bishop Watterson).