Nine St. John Paul II High School seniors were commissioned Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion at Immaculate Conception Chapel on Sept. 21 during the weekly Mass. They will be able to distribute communion for the first time at the Freshman Retreat on Saturday, Sept. 24.
The new ministers, pictured with Bishop Emeritus Edmond Carmody and school chaplain Father Patrick Higgins, include, in top row, from left, Cristina Hinojosa, Caitlyn Enright, Lourdes Cortez, Sarah Garcia and Madeline Garza and in bottom row Bishop Carmody, Celeste Canales, Gabrielle Doucet, Cristina Okoniewski, Athena Tilley and Father Higgins.