Father Son Dinner is a Success!     Slide Show
     Every year at Mount Michael we entertain our mothers at Mom Prom, and honor our fathers at the Father-Son dinner.
     On April 13, students filed into busses to go to the Indian Creek golf course where the dinner is held each year. Upon arriving, they meet up with their father or another male family member or neighbor. After taking a picture, if they choose to, everyone is seated in a large room, and that is when the fun really begins.
     A top-quality dinner is served to the students and the fathers. And after a small dessert, the Mount Michael Student Athlete of the Year award is given to the student athlete who most deserves it.
     Ironically, two people deserved it this year. Ben and Blake Suing, basketball stars among other things, received the award and dedicated it to their coaches, and specifically to Coach Kane. Each Suing cited the influence of different people on their lives, and how important that was to shaping them each as individuals.
     After this, the talk of the night begins. Dr. Dan Daly, from Boys’ and Girls’ Town, spoke at the dinner. Doctor Dan Daly works at Boys’ and Girls’ Town, and has done so for 29 years.
     He began by illustrating the difference between his institution and Mount Michael, and then moved on to the similarities. He talked about how, since most Mount Michael fathers are responsible for their children, this gives each of us a special advantage over many. A good father is responsible for teaching his child, and this is the point that Daly was trying to get across to everyone at the dinner.
     By relating an anecdote about a child with a deadbeat father, he illustrated how a father is responsible for a lot of the actions of a son. It takes another male to fill that place if the father fails, and it is no easy task replacing a father in his role of raising a child.
     After that, Fr. Michael Liebl led a prayer, and the fathers drove their sons back to Mount Michael. It was a very good night, and a good chance to spend quality time with our male role model. It also provided the chance to do a Mount Michael student’s favorite thing—eat!

- Article by Mason Tye, Photos by Sean Cox & Bro. Luke