Every September for nearly three decades, 280 seniors from Jesuit High School in Portland have trekked a dozen miles along Spencer Road northeast of Toledo to celebrate Mass inside the Pacific …
The school’s 54th annual food drive was underway Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 14, with students dropping off thousands of pounds of staples to be delivered to hundreds of families in need.
St. Andrew presented its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards at mass on Sunday, Jan. 16. Since 2002, the parish has honored people whose service embodies the values of Dr. King, who used nonviolence, civil disobedience and christian teaching to advance the cause of civil rights in America.
The other pandemic: vaping Central Catholic High School in Portland works to discourage vaping. âWe hit them over the head about why vaping is bad, but let them know itâs symptomatic of something they are experiencing,â said Danyelle Ramsey, the principal. (Clipart) 3/1/2021 9:31 AM
select COVID-19 risk higher for vapers
A 2020 study led by Stanford researchers indicates that young vapers are five to seven times more likely to contract COVID-19. “Young people may believe their age protects them from contracting the virus or that they will not experience symptoms of COVID-19, but the data show this isn’t true among those who vape,” said the study’s lead author, postdoctoral scholar Shivani Mathur Gaiha.