By Hannah Morais Life can be so stressful. School, sports, friends, electronics, and extracurricular activities are great, but they can sometimes get in the way of truly taking time to relax. And now, exams are coming up, making pressure and homework rise higher and higher. Just getting through the day without feeling anxious or extremely overwhelmed can become increasingly difficult. Concentration at school becomes harder under stress, and it is easier to feel exhausted. There is a solution to the stress of our lives, though. We aren’t completely trapped in this cycle of busyness and craziness that takes charge over … Continue reading Blessed, Not Stressed

By Nina Combs  When someone says Halloween, most people think of trick or treating, witches, skeletons, or the song Thriller but the festival of Halloween runs deeper than the plastic decorations and sweet candy corn that many have come to love. Halloween was a tradition that originally stemmed from the Celts that lived in both ancient Britain and Ireland. Here the original name for the festival was known as Samhain. The festival was said to be a time where the souls of the dead would come back to revisit their homes and their loved ones. As tender as that notion … Continue reading The History of Halloween

By Vanessa Lewis and Cara Steinmetz  The show Unsolved Mysteries is a Netflix documentary series which just released a new season. The show follows different mysteries from all time periods that have never been solved. The victims’ families get a chance to tell their story. The show keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat, wondering what could have happened to each of the victims. Each episode is always different and always interesting. Unsolved Mysteries is not only for entertainment but also to raise awareness for the victims and their families. This show is a spinoff of the original Unsolved Mysteries which ended in 2010. … Continue reading Television Show Review: Unsolved Mysteries

By Hannah Morais  Repetition leads to familiarity, familiarity leads to knowing, knowing leads to learning, and learning leads to growing. Basically, repetition is key to growing one’s brain, therefore maximizing one’s skills and one’s ability to learn other things. Whether one is studying for a test, practicing for a play, or shooting layups, repetition can help one to master the skill one is practicing so one can move on to a new, harder skill. Repetition is present in many places at school and at home, but it is also present in the Catholic faith. The Rosary is, at its most basic, a series of prayers that Catholics say to honor Mary and reflect upon the life of Jesus and Mary. There are only four different sets of mysteries said in the Rosary, and … Continue reading Mary on Repeat