Deacon Michael helped us decide upon the word “Courage” as our upcoming theme for students this new school year at the high school. When he talked with our students in May he expressed to them that as a student here there were key moments in his own story that transformed him spiritually. He was vulnerable with our students and relatable telling them his own experience in these hallways and how when he first began his journey at Kennedy Catholic as a student, he was unsure. He even said at one point as a student his freshman year he did not even want to be here for school, but as his journey progressed as a student here, he made incredible connections and friendships that he believes helped him find his vocation to the priesthood and deepen his faith with the Lord, Jesus Christ.