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St. Mary Academy students serve during the pandemic

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Father Brandon DeToma, associate pastor of St. Bernadette Church, blessed blankets made by St. Mary Academy students last month. The blankets were donated to Blanket Louisville, a local non-profit that serves the homeless. (Photo special to the Record)

In keeping with St. Mary Academy’s 2020-2021 school year theme “Monarchs Make It Happen,” students have been finding ways to serve people during the pandemic.

The students have performed a variety of services:

— The eighth-grade class collected gift cards and wrote letters to a Syrian refugee family that recently had a house built by Habitat for Humanity.

— Students made rosaries and cards which were sent to members of the U.S. military serving in England.

— Students collected toiletries for St. Martin of Tours Church’s Schuhmann Center, which serves homeless and needy individuals.

— Students are making a short film featuring their artwork, music, and discussions surrounding the pandemic, which will be sent to church and school families who are isolated.

First-grader Roman Sivels packed a box with canned food collected for Dare to Care. (Photo special to the Record)

 

Seventh-grader Jenna Sutter painted a fence surrounding a garden on St. Mary’s campus last month. (Photo special to the Record)

 

Eighth-graders, from left, Natalie Austin, Autiana Wilson and Luke Rigling packaged diapers to benefit families served by the St. Bernadette Diaper Bank. (Photo special to the Record)
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