Marblehead parish awards scholarships

MARBLEHEAD – Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Marblehead awarded the Anna E. Kelly Scholarship to 16 students involved in youth ministry.The students were honored at the 9 a.m. family liturgy on June 1 for four years of Christian service. Service activities have included lector, altar server, religious education teacher’s aide, cantor, choir member and volunteering at My Brother’s Table and the Marblehead Interfaith.Star of the Sea is celebrating 155 years as a Catholic parish this year, and many other social and spiritual activities will take place to commemorate the anniversary.There are 900 students in grades 1-11 in the parish’s religious education programs. Rev. Michael Steele and Mary Pagliarulo, religious education director, praised the scholarship winners for their consistent and visible commitment to be Christian witnesses.This year’s Anna E. Kelly Scholarship recipients are:Alea Moscone, Marblehead High, UMass AmherstJon Johnston, Marblehead High, Salem StateHannah Harper, Marblehead High, Saint AnselmSydney Cayen, Marblehead High, Indiana UniversityAbigail Bostley, Marblehead High, UMass AmherstSuzanne McCarthy, Marblehead High, Villanova UniversityCaroline Helmes, Marblehead High, Tulane UniversityGraham Jackson, Marblehead High, Duke UniversityBen Jackson, Marblehead High, Northwestern UniversityMargaret Rockett, Marblehead High, Pepperdine UniversityMia Sweeney, Marblehead High, Elon UniversityBrandon Howell, St. John’s Prep, Champlain CollegeWill Tentindo, St. John’s Prep, Boston UniversitySeamus McGorray, St. John’s Prep, Emerson CollegeChristopher Casey Jr., St. John’s Prep, Franklin & MarshallJack Cushing, St. John’s Prep, Boston College