8th Grade - Council 18025 - Andrew Pangilinan
11th Grade - Council 15124 - Alika Balerdi
12th Grade - Council 12733 - Anaya Rhema Domingo
Contact: Aristotle Santa Cruz, email: catholic-essay@kofchawaii.org
The Knights of Columbus Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest is a program designed to help our 8th grade and High School students put their Faith Into Action. Students in the 8th-12th grades are asked to write an essay defining the role of a Catholic citizen in different situations.
This year’s theme...
Pope St. Paul VI wrote: “The task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church.”
In an essay of 500-750 words, How can the Church evangelize in the digital age?
In Biblical times, the only way to “carry” good news was to bring it physically, walking from one place to another. Technological advances, however, have opened up numerous additional communication channels, all of which we can use to amplify the rate at which we spread the Word. – Romans 10:14-15
The program is available to all student's 8th to 12th grade.
How they can enter:
Entrants in all grade levels must submit their 2023-2024 Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest application, 2023-2024 to
catholic-essaycontest@kofchawaii.org. Submissions should be turned into their local host council. If a participant does not have a local host council, contact the Program Director at dm@kofchawaii.org for assistance.
Deadline for Essays at the local Host Council Level is 30 November 2023.
Participants will be scored by an independent panel of judges and finalists will be recognized on three levels: 1) councils or parishes, 2) District, and 3) State.
Essays submitted on the council or parish level will be judged and the top three applicants in their grade categories will move on to
the District level competition.
District level finalists will again be judged and the top three in each grade level will proceed to the State level competition.
The State level finalist will be judged and the top three in each grade category will be recognized and submitted to compete at the international level.
Each grade level finalists, in the Council or Parish, District and State divisions will be presented participant certificates and winners awards.
October/November 2023: Students write essays and turn into local Council by 30 November 2023.
29 December 2023: - Councils should have completed their collection of essays, graded and submit the winners to their District Deputy.
29 January 2024 - Districts grade and selects the District Winners. District submits to the State. If District only has one council participating, the Council winner will be submitted as the District winner.
Obtain your entry form from your local council.