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My Catholic Faith Influenced My Future
My Catholic faith has impacted and influenced my growth, making me the person I am today in a variety of ways. The Catholic community’s warm and welcoming embrace has always been something I admired. Through sacrifice and service, the Catholic faith has helped to bring me closer to God.
Helping those in need has always been something I strived to do. While I had done many different services around my parish and elementary school, especially with summer events, high school helped to open up many new possibilities and opportunities for me to provide my service and display my Catholic faith. During the course of my high school career I have participated in a variety of extracurricular activities, one of them being the Volunteer Club. I joined
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