St. Patrick Coloring Contest
     
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Welcome!

Thanks to KING SOUTHERN Bank for sponsoring this year's contest!

CONGRATULATIONS to this year's winners! Parents of winners, here's what you need to know!

Last year's winners! (2007)

K: Noah Conn, St. Bernard
1:  Aaron Higdon, St. Margaret Mary
2: Savanna Roberts, St. Raphael
3: Reagan Fischer, St. Margaret Mary
4: Zachary Prince, St. Athanasius

Grand Prize: Emily Flora, St. Paul

To see a blank US entry sheet, click here... for an International Form, scroll down a bit. 

Click on the pic below for a Thank You from one of our entrants! (It's AWESOME)

U.S. entries need to be returned by March 1. International entry deadline: 5 March.

AOH Coloring Contest           Click here for a US entry sheet
3516 Allison Way
Louisville, KY 40220             Click here for an INTERNATIONAL/IRISH entry sheet

For the past 35 years, the Hibernians have conducted this wax-crayon Coloring Contest for Kindergarten through 4th grade students.  We hope this contest reinforces that St. Patrick was a real person and teaches the children of the symbolism of the Shamrock (the leaves of the shamrock make one plant, and the Three Persons of the Trinity are One God).

Each entry is carefully considered. "There's certainly no pulling the winner out of a hat," according to the Coloring Contest founder and head judge, Ken McKiernan.  McKiernan started the contest in the early 1970's.

From the 5,000 entries returned to the AOH each year, usually 6 winners are chosen: one from each grade and one Grand Prize winner.  This year, however, there are two divisions: an international/Irish division and the US division.

In the IRISH/INTERNATIONAL Divison, 1 winner will be chosen from each Cass (1-5) and ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be chosen.  All winners will receive prizes!  Many thanks to Mrs. Susan Nally for her help in taking this contest to Athenry, Co. Galway, Ireland!  Mrs. Nally's sister, Mrs. Marion Kimme, is a long-time member of Louisville's Irish community.

In the US Division, THREE winners will be chosen from each grade.  All winners will receive their framed entry and a t-shirt and will march or ride with their families in a TARC Trolley in the St. Patrick's Parade on Baxter/Bardstown Rd.  The Grand-prize winner and the top winner from each grade will be honored at the AOH's St. Patrick's Mass  The Grand Prize winner will also receive a $100 Savings Bond, courtesy King Southern Bank.  Each year, about 9,000 Coloring Contest entries go out to the Catholic schools, though all children are invited to participate. For more info, call Ken McKiernan: 502-459-1681

For the past three years, the Hibernians have had an ART CONTEST for high school and adult artists.  To learn more about this year's contest, click hereTo learn more about St. Patrick's story, click here! 

Thanks to KING SOUTHERN Bank for supplying this year's prizes!!


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