COLUMBUS – Father Jeffrey Waldrep joins first grader Adeline Dye and her sixth-grade buddy, Keelynn Clapper, during Annunciation Catholic School’s 14th annual Pinwheels for Peace ceremony following Mass Sept. 24. (Photo by Kacy Haffner)VICKSBURG – St. Aloysius High School seniors pack and personalize boxes of snacks and other food for families served by Jacob’s Ladder and Micah’s Mission. (Photo by Anna Griffing)MERIDIAN – St. Patrick Catholic School fifth grader Mason Wilson explains his “Creative Contraption” to Knights of Columbus member Frank Polizzi as fellow members Larry Birzer, left, and John Harwell look on. The Knights sponsor the annual event for students in third through eighth grades. (Photo by Helen Reynolds)MERIDIAN – St. Patrick Catholic School seventh and eighth graders walk to the Meridian Animal Shelter to deliver $156, several bags of pet food and cleaning supplies collected through the school’s monthly Jeans for Green Day. (Photo by Helen Reynolds)YAZOO CITY – Manchester Academy football players and cheerleaders gather at St. Mary Parish for “Meal and a Message,” featuring food, fellowship and an encouraging reflection from Father Joseph Reddy Golamari. (Photo by Babs McMaster)MADISON – St. Anthony Catholic School sixth graders load donations for Hope Lodge. Pictured from left are Ada Allen, Maddox Kivlan, Seth D’Mello, Livi Jones, Leo Kosek, Mae McDaniel and Emma Kassinger. (Photo by Kati Loyacono)JACKSON – Father Andrew Bowden celebrates the Guardian Angel Mass at St. Richard Catholic School, a tradition that pairs each second grader with a sixth-grade “Guardian Angel.” Throughout the school year, the older students pray for and support their younger partners while serving as positive Catholic role models. The Guardian Angels spend time together and build friendships rooted in faith, prayer and care for one another. Pictured are Arya Loggins, Stella McArthur, Charleigh Luzardo, Addie Hamm, Nadia Jackson, Penelope Starrett, Hadley Metzger, Anna Kate Yentzen, Olivia Miller, Anna Nguyen, Dorothy White, Doe Marie Torrey, Gray Brown, Josie Ball, Margaret Rutherford, Lula McArthur, Marleigh Nance, Garrin Walker, Louise Simmons, Presley Creel, Townes Crews, Mary Ryan Nunley, Asher Jones, Juan Munoz, Aiden Moremen, Christian Jones, Thomas Smith, Micah Garner, Edmund Stanton and Jude Shannon, along with Father Andrew Bowden.TUPELO – Children celebrate their first Communion at St. James Parish. Pictured are Armando Acosta, Iker Arana, Carolina Aviña, Sophia Bernal Ocampo, Reegan Burnley, Andrea Diaz, Alexandria Dixon, Saul Escobedo, Teagan Hathorn, Alan Hernandez, Jorge Juarez Yanez, Edgar Leon Becerra, Julian Lira, Alicia Lopez Herrera, Sebastian Maldonado, Jesus Mauricio, Anthony Mejia, Frannie Nelson, Leanne Pannell, Luz Victoria Romero, Link Russell, Jacob Salgado, Sara Sanchez, Leo Silver, Sage Silver, Emma Lynn Thompson, Danny Vigil, Patton Weatherford, David Alatorre, John Austin Gonzalez, Romina Hernandez, Elizabeth Lopez, An Tran, Jonathan Corona, Jennifer Hernandez, Emilio Maldonado, Eric Santos Loaeza, Mark Gonzalez, Elizabeth Hunter, David Maldonado, Alexia Ortiz Villa, Manuel Torres and Vanessa Torres. (Photo courtesy of Michelle Harkins)
