No phones, screens, video games: LA Catholic students tried a technology fast

Jamie Sim isn’t going to pretend the struggle wasn’t real.

For Lent this year, Jamie and her fellow students at the St. Martin of Tours School in Brentwood were challenged to abstain, as much as possible, from technology — “unplugging with intention,” as Principal Debbie Margulis put it.

But for Jamie, a seventh-grader, the sacrifice brought her more joy, she said, despite the urge to reach for her phone, computer, and other digital gadgets.

She’s playing lacrosse, her favorite sport. She’s reading more.

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(Photo Credit: St. Martin of Tours School)