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The November Big CATS meeting centered on the theme of including others and the virtues of charity and temperance, knowing that our actions have the power to break each other down or build each other up. At the beginning of this meeting, Senior Ricky Kampmann addressed the group with a talk that focused on the themes of inclusivity and kindness. He spoke to the group about a time in his life when he was feeling down and lost and received a most unexpected text from an old friend that changed his life. This simple act of kindness from another MC Student is ultimately what caused Ricky to become a Wildcat himself.
Ricky challenged the group during his talk, " Who have you included in your world this week? Who have you reached out to in your class that needs a friend?"
Ricky, a member of the MC varsity football team and team chaplain, explained to the group that this past season, he had the opportunity to pay forward the kindness that his friend had shown to him. It was at the end of the bad loss that MC suffered against their rivals the San Marin Mustangs that Ricky realized the silver lining. "I walked over to our arch rivals who had just beaten us, and extended an invitation. I invited the San Marin Mustangs to pray on the field with us in gratitude for the game we just played. In that moment it wasn’t about winning, losing, trophy, no trophy. It was about what this game represents, which is the brotherhood that existed on that field between both teams who love the sport and love to compete, and it was about thanking God for this opportunity. When you bring people together and help to be a person who forms a community, and builds others up, you can’t help but be joyful and grateful. We are here to support each other, lift each other up and to impact each other for the better. When we do this, we create the best of what Marin Catholic can be."
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