View the winners of the
2019 - 2020 Essay Contest here.
This contest encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their faith.
A Higher Purpose
Encourage youth to become citizens grounded in their faith through creative writing. Open to all qualifying Catholic students.
Overview
This contest encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their faith. The goal of this program is to involve young Catholics in grades 8 to 12 (public, private, parochial or home schools during the current school year) in civic discourse and instill in them religious and life-affirming values. The essay should be 500-750 words on a specific topic, changing every other year. Entrants will be judged on grammar, style, and how clearly they present the theme in a way that showcases creativity, imagination and overall development of the topic.
This contest encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their faith.