Students invited to write about life as a missionary for contest

Published: 2006-10-03

MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS) -- To mark the 100th anniversary of Maryknoll magazine, Maryknoll is inviting students in grades 6 to 12 to write about their baptismal call to mission. The deadline for the 2006 Maryknoll student essay contest is Dec. 1. Scholarship money totaling nearly $3,000 will be awarded. The contest calls for 500- to 750-word essays in which the students write as if they were missionaries, explaining where they would go and what they would do to share God's love with other people. "Words have power to harm or heal," said Maryknoll Father Joseph R. Veneroso, publisher of Maryknoll magazine. "We look forward to reading the words young people choose to communicate their truth and their faith." Instructions and a cover sheet for the contest are available online at: www.maryknoll.org/essay.

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