Cardinal Stritch High School received a $10,000 A+ for Energy grant from the BP Energy Education Program. The school received the grant at a reception and awards program held on June 22, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg.

The grant, entitled “The Green Cardinal Project,” is designed to use the visual, computer and language arts to educate students about multiple methods of recycling and conserving energy.“We will organize our Art and Recycling Club to collect recyclable items from classrooms,” explains Patricia Bails-Saelzler, art instructor at Cardinal Stritch High School. “Art students will paint colorful classroom receptacles for collecting recyclable materials. Our computer and art students will design flyers and posters for display and distribution. And our English students will write scripts that will be used in multi-media video presentations to support the “Green Cardinal Project.”

Pope Benedict XVI has declared a “Year for Priests” that began with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 19, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI has declared this year a time for recognizing the priest’s commitment to the church through prayer and acts of acknowledgment of their loyalty to God. This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the death of the saintly 'Cure of Ars', Jean Marie Vianney, who the Pope has declared the Universal Patron of Priests.

 "Why a Year for Priests?" the Pope asked. "And why should it recall the holy 'Cure of Ars' who apparently did nothing out of the ordinary?"