Next Gen

Throughout Lent, Angela Deeney avoided mirrors and reflective surfaces, and invoked others to join her in “redefining beauty.” Rachelle De la Cruz followed suit, and both share their experience in this Q&A.

A junior at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Andrew Floeder is working to raise $55 million for the Salvation Army, one dollar at a time.

Reid Travis rolls out of bed at 4:30 a.m. on a typical day during the DeLaSalle High School basketball season. He lifts weights before his 6 a.m. team practice. Then, the 6-foot-8, 240 pound forward devours two full breakfasts in the school cafeteria before class.

When Jennifer Haller answered her phone on Feb. 11, she was more than a little surprised to be talking to the producer of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

I will always remember Nov. 23, 2013. It was Mahtomedi High School’s pro-life group’s first time praying for life at a place where abortions take place, the Planned Parenthood in St. Paul.

Lexi Temple, a junior at Bethlehem Academy in Faribault enjoys her role as kicker for the boys’ varsity football team.

Liz Podominick, who attended All Saints School in Lakeville, hopes to be competing in the discus competition in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Emily Dinsmore, a senior at the Convent of the Visitation High School in Mendota Heights, created a banner illustrating the virtue being spotlighted in the 2013-2014 school year: joyful optimism.