St. Al's Wins First Place Overall Winter Carnival 2019

Competing in 11 events, winning the Queens Competition and the All-Nighter Statue and more led St. Al’s to win first place overall in this year’s Winter Carnival. More than 100 students came together at St. Al’s to participate in this year’s events.

Father Ben Hasse says exceptional student leadership resulted in the highest levels of participation in recent memory. “Winter Carnival success this year and in past years is because of the ongoing outreach to students,” he says. “Mass attendance is increasing. More students are going deeper in their faith by getting involved with Bible studies and courses, liturgical and prayer opportunities, and community-building events like hikes, dances, Winter Carnival and the Ice Mass.”

ST. AL'S WINTER CARNIVAL RESULTS
1st Place.........All Nighter Statue, Overall and Co-ed
2nd Place....................Stage Revue
Queen and Miss
Congeniality.............Jill Poliskey
1st Place....Co-ed Special Events
1st Place..................Co-ed Overall
1st Place.......................Overall

JILL POLISKEY NAMED WINTER CARNIVAL QUEEN 2019
Jill Poliskey was the winner of this year’s Queen Competition and Miss Congeniality and said she was proud to represent St. Al’s. “I hope that by winning I was able to be a witness to the joy and beauty of being a part of the Catholic community, and that will inspire people to think about joining the Church. The amount of support I received from my friends at St. Al’s was a true testament to the amazing community we have. Bonnie Gorman (the Dean of Students) emailed me and said she could tell the community at St Al’s was strong because of the support they showed me! What a great compliment.”

Riding the Zamboni during the Saturday night hockey game and seeing friends from St. Al’s cheering on Jill was a highlight.

“I have met some of my best friends through being a part of St. Al's, and I also have grown exponentially in my faith. Because of the availability of adoration and daily Mass, my prayer life has become much deeper since coming to college. I couldn't have done this without the support from the community at St. Al's.”

She says another special moment was praying a Hail Mary before the pageant with her escort and offering the performance up to Mary. “My winter carnival queenship was dedicated to Mary, the true queen of the universe. Thank you to Momma Mary for teaching us what true femininity looks like and helping me to be the best 'queen' I could be for a week.”

Jill says when the St. Al’s community learned they won Winter Carnival they knew they made history as the first student organization that was not a fraternity/sorority/ROTC to win in the last 40 years.

“The victory was not only for this generation, but also for all the alumni who worked so hard and prepared the way for us to be able to pull out on top this year! It helped St. Al's gain a lot of publicity at Tech, and hopefully more people will be inclined to join in on St. Al's activities in the future.”