Scholarship Countdown

A month ago we were delighted to begin calling for entries in the Register’s first-ever scholarship contest. We announced the start of the competition — made possible by the generosity of an education-minded donor — in our Sept. 27 issue. Since then we’ve run a reminder on this page and have had a continuously running banner on NCRegister.com.

Time flies when you’re reading (and writing) essays. The deadline for entries is now just one week away, on Nov. 1.

We’ll be awarding a total of $2,250 to the three high-school students and/or college undergrads who write the best essay under the title “Catholic Is Cooler Than Secular.”

The winner will receive $1,000 to apply to his or her tuition. First runner-up gets $750, and $500 will go to the second runner-up.

If you or a student you know has been procrastinating, take heart. There’s still time. Just go to NCRegister.com and click on the “Scholarship Contest” banner. There you’ll find the complete (and simple) rules.

The Actors’ Chapel

There aren’t many churches where the person sitting next to you might be a star of stage, screen or television. But that’s the case at St. Malachy’s, the New York Times Square church known as “The Actors' Chapel.”