THANKS TO EVERYONE who submitted their summer travel photos with Orange County Catholic! We received submissions from faraway places like Japan and Portugal, as well as destinations closer to home, like Santa Catalina Island and San Luis Obispo. Although the photo contest is paused until next summer, the paper continues to print your OC Catholic Afar submissions all year long. If you would like your selfie with OC Catholic published in one of our weekly issues, please send your photo (include your name, home parish and a brief description) to: [email protected]
This year’s summer photo contest winners are:
FIRST PLACE
Marianne Vecchione from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Parish in La Habra, is a lay missionary serving in Ethiopia. This is a photo of Marianne at the Catholic church in Assosa, Ethiopia, with the parish priest, Missionaries of Charity, Brothers of St. John and Sudanese Catholic refugees living in Ethiopia.
SECOND PLACE
The Alcaraz family from Santa Clara de Asís Parish in Yorba Linda proudly displays the Orange County Catholic newspaper in the Vatican Gardens with the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in the background during a family pilgrimage to Vatican City. Pictured left to right: Steve Alcaraz, Caden Alcaraz (Servite High School Class of 2025 and Baylor University student), Danielle Alcaraz, and Carter Alcaraz (Servite High School junior).
THIRD PLACE
The Campopiano family from St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Dana Point traveled to Spain this summer. They visited the holy site of Montserrat to see the black Madonna. Here is Joseph Campopiano holding a copy of OC Catholic.
