KALIDA—The Putnam County Challenge Club held a four-week Inner Beauty program that encourages girls to live, behave and dress in accordance with their dignity as children of God.

Some of the highlights of the program were a talk on natural beauty by Marilyn Ricker who helped the girls learn about good skin and make-up; and a talk by Jane Kahle on proper table etiquette, sacred meals and radiating beauty from the inside out.

The culmination of the program was a father-daughter banquet to which girls were encouraged to invite their fathers or father-figures to celebrate the role of fathers in their lives and in society.

The evening began with a Mass offered at Kalida St. Michael for Challenge families. The guests and their daughters then went to the Kalida Knights of Columbus Hall where fathers received boutonnieres and had pictures taken with their daughters. They were treated to a meal and heard from two speakers.

Father Kenneth Alt spoke about living a life of purity and Lincoln Bramlage talked about the pride that fathers and father-figures have for their children and how to nurture that relationship so it remains strong throughout their lives.

During the evening fathers received photo frames the girls had made for them and danced to music provided by Shelby and Steve Otto. The evening closed with the girls reading a “purity prayer” and fathers and father-figures reading “A Prayer for Daughters.”