Category CYO/Camp Howard

Rhonda Shelby Thoughts on CYO and Camp Howard

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Spotlight on Rhonda Shelby – CYO & Camp Howard supporter and volunteer!

Portland, Oregon’s Rhonda Shelby, local weather celebrity weighs in on CYO/Camp Howard

CYO and Camp Howard programs operate due to the amazing support of over 1,500 volunteers across the Portland Metro and SW Washington area. Over 11,000 youth participate in our programs annually due to your support and volunteers like Rhonda Shelby.

A few member of the CYO team got a chance to visit with Rhonda to learn more about her family’s participation in CYO Sports and Camp Howard. Below are links to two short video clips.

Rhonda Shelby – Sports Teaser Trailer: https://youtu.be/AwQPd0oBiuw

Rhonda Shelby – Camp Teaser Trailer: https://youtu.be/AKp6L_pnzs0

Camp Howard visits Holy Trinity School in Beaverton

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Thank you Holy Trinity students and faculty for your warm reception and promotion of Camp Howard!

Giving the Best of Yourself

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https://zenit.org/articles/giving-the-best-of-yourself-the-vaticans-new-document-on-sport/

I was thrilled to find this wonderful document about the Christian perspective on sport and the human person. I have long believed that sports are crucial to the school day, that contests help promote schools AND that occasional games on Sunday’s, outside of Mass times, are a wholesome and appropriate activity for youth. Please enjoy the following short excerpt taken from the document:

“The Church has been engaged in dialogue with sport from the earliest years of its existence. It is well known that St. Paul used sports metaphors to explain the Christian life to the Gentiles. In the medieval period, lay Catholics played games and sports on feast days, which accounted for a good deal of the year, as well as on Sundays. Such play found theological support in the writing of Thomas Aquinas who argued that there can be “a virtue about games” because virtue has to do with moderation. A virtuous person, by this account, should not be working all the time, but also needs time for play and recreation. The humanists of the Renaissance and the early Jesuits made use of Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of virtue when they decided that students needed time for play and recreation during the course of the school day. This was the original rationale for the inclusion of play and sports in educational institutions in the Western world.”

The beautiful document is worthy of a read by of us! Enjoy!

St. Clare Takes the Championship in the CYO Volleyball Championships for 6th Grade.

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November 17, 2018 Sixth Grade Girls Spike Championships

St. Clare CYO wins the 2018 CYO Spike Volleyball Championship November 17 at Valley Catholic School.

Home Team: St.Pius X (Green/Black), Coach: TomMcKeen, Players:  Kaci, Ana, Emery, Jaycee, Keely, Grace, Elle,Brittney, Destiny, Kendal, Madison, Delanie, Helena

St. Pius X CYO takes second place in the CYO 2018 Spike Championships at Valley Catholic School November 17.

Visitor Team: St.Clare, Coach: Theresa Dreves,Stephen Hunt, Tammy Ollivier, Molly Schick Players: Katherine,Shannon, Charlotte, Sydney, Francesca, Sofia, Mia, Anna, Riley, Rami, Norah,Gabriella

Set 1: 25 – 20 St. Clare

Set 2: 25 – 23

Set 3:

Game Highlights:

St. Clare dominated the first game and had St. Pius X down by 7 toward the end of the second game.  Pius came back but could not get close enough to stop St. Clare from taking it in 2

Holy Trinity Nets CYO 3rd Grade Volleyball Championship

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November 17, 2018 CYO Volleyball Championships Portland, OR

Home Team: St. Joseph (Vancouver) (Red) Coaches: Ronan Eggleston, Shari Eggleston, Gretchen Nwoke Players: Evelyn, Paige, Lizandra, Madelyn, Ezinay, Lyla,Gracie, Malia

Visiting Team: Holy Trinity (Red)

Coach: Tara Cenova  Players: Samantha, Josie, Hadley, Maya,Alessandra, Amira, Katie, Skylar Coaches: Ronan Eggleston, Shari Eggleston, Gretchen Nwoke

Scores:  Set 1: 25-17 St Joseph, Set 2: 25 – 20 Holy Trinity, Set 3: 15 – 12 Holy Trinity

Highlights: Third grade volleyball is best defined as who can consistently serve and “one bump” over the net.  Both teams did a very good job in their championship game and a keen eye could see future “players” in the making.  Both teams will be fun to watch in the coming years.  Today it went to Holy Trinity.

Holy Trinity took home the 3rd Grade Girls CYO Volleyball Championship Trophy November 17, 2018 games played at Valley Catholic School
St. Joseph School in Vancouver, WA took home the 3rd Grade Girls CYO Volleyball 2nd place Trophy November 17, 2018 games played at Valley Catholic School

Valley Catholic Claims 2018 CYO 4th Grade Volleyball Championships

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November 17, 2018 – Fourth Grade Girls Spike Championships

2018 CYO Volleyball Championshp 4th grade Team: ValleyCatholic (Royal Blue & White), Coach(s):Lois O’Halloran, Tim Coppermoll, Players:Claire, Leah, Meghan, Madeleine, Makenna, Malia, Liza, Ryann, Natalie
2018 CYO Volleyball Championsships Second Place 4th grade Team:St. Pius X, Coaches: Isabel DePasquale, Molly Meyers, Players:Tristan, Tillie, Bianca, Gabriela, Claire, Elizabeth, Marissa, Thyvan

Scores:

Set 1: 17 – 24 St. Pius X

Set 2: 25 – 14 Valley Catholic

Set 3: 15 – 13 Valley Catholic

Game Highlights: Two very equally balanced teams.  Some very good back and forth between the teams for fourth graders.  The game could have gone either way today but it went to Valley Catholic and both teams should be commended.

FINAL: Valley Catholic

9 CYO Women at Valley Catholic See State Championship Success

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With Gratitude to Kelly Alfieri for sending in the photo from Valley Catholic letting me know how 9 of her former CYO participants did in fall sports!  The 4A team took first place this month in the Championship game against Cottage Grove at Forrest Grove High School.

Congratulations are in order to the entire team including former CYO participants: Abby Rewers, Allie Merz, Haley Gentry, Gretchen Kibbe, Kayla Robbins, Kylee King, Caitlin O’Kief, Madeline Klopcic and Zoey Van Vleet!

CYO is always interested to see and hear how former participants fare in high school and college!

Motherhouse Road Trip Makes a Stop at My House!

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Motherhouse Road Trip is a podcast put out by “A Nun’s Life”, a not for profit in Ohio that sheds light for young women interested in religious life on various religious communities around the country.  They made a stop at the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon in Beaverton to record a show which ended up being a lot of fun for the sisters and students at our Valley Catholic School as well. Sister Adele Marie Altenhofen and I were the “interviewees” and it was actually a lot of fun for us as well!  I have included a link in case you would like to listen in!

Champions of Faith Stories

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The Catholic Sentinel provides a perfect platform for CYO/CH to get out some great stories about what is going on with us.  The insert (attached here) will run in the upcoming copy of the Sentinel as well as be made available to all guests at the Champions of Faith event October 9th.  You can get a sneak peak by clicking on the attachment! 

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Sentimental Journey

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 WINONA LAKE, INDIANA

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Every year I make my annual vacation to Indiana to visit my Aunt Nancy (Mom’s sister) and her family.  It is always very special to me because these are really some very special people to me.  One of the things we ALWAYS do is take our sentimental journey to visit the places that were important in our family history on that side of the family.

Highlights on the trip include a visit to Sidney, Indiana where my Grandfather and Grandmother met.  Grandpa lived on the street that Grandma’s sister lived on.  She would come to visit and Grandpa must have had a keen eye!  The sad part of the story is that she died when my Mom was 4 and Aunt Nancy was 3.  We visit her gravesite every year along with other family members who are buried there in Collamer near South Whitley, IN.

Next we go to North Manchester, IN to visit Benders Funeral Home where Grandpa was an embalmer.  After his wife died he quit the business.

We have such a good time retelling the stories that my cousins are now interested in taking the tour with us.  My cousin Dan Hoeppner asked to join us this year and of course we were thrilled to have his company.  We have a place on the trip where we always take pictures in front of the Indiana Street sign.  It on the street my grandparents met.