Father PeterClaver Kasasa Kiviiri, the parochial vicar at Gahanna St. Matthew Church who was ordained to the priesthood in May, will speak at the Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club on Friday, Nov. 3 at Columbus St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., after the 11:45 a.m. Mass.
No reservations are necessary. A $12 donation to cover the cost of the lunch is requested.
The club’s next meeting is Friday, Dec. 1 and will feature an annual talk from Bishop Earl Fernandes.
To sponsor one of the club’s lunches, contact Pat Foley at foleyp513@gmail.com.
Diocesan vocal training program to train parish singers
A diocesan vocal training program will offer two training workshops in October and November to strengthen the vocal skills of parish singers and to introduce chant singing.
Workshops will be held Saturday, Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Lancaster Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption and Saturday, Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Marysville Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
The workshops will be presented by Dr. Richard K. Fitzgerald, the diocesan director of music, and Dawn Beckman, the head instructor of the diocesan vocal training program.
All parishes are invited, and there is no cost to attend.
To register, contact Beckman at rtbddb@aol.com.
St. Andrew to host dinner for religious vocations
Columbus St. Andrew Church, 1899 McCoy Road, will host a Marian dinner to promote religious vocations in the parish’s Nugent Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m.
Young women in grade 8 through college are invited and will have an opportunity to meet religious sisters from various orders in the Diocese of Columbus with Bishop Earl Fernandes present.
The evening will begin with vespers in St. Andrew Church followed by dinner and discussion.
To RSVP, contact Yvette Reategui at yreategui@columbuscatholic.org or 614-224-2251 by Friday, Nov. 3.
Discernment campout open to sons, fathers
Young men who are in seventh grade or older and their fathers are invited to join Father William Hahn, the diocesan vicar for clergy, and the men of Wilderness Outreach for a father and son discernment campout.
The campout will be from 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 to 12 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at Tar Hollow State Forest.
The weekend will include camping, hiking, trail building and clearing, prayer, worship and campfire discussions about manhood and the priesthood. Father Hahn will serve as the chaplain.
The cost is $30 per participant. To register, visit www.wildnernessoutreach.net/treks.
Serra Club sets vocational awareness luncheon
The Serra Club of North Columbus will sponsor its annual vocations luncheon for young men at the Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 N. High St., on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
The luncheon is open to young men in middle or high school and will include a presentation from a priest or religious sister.
Josephinum invites young men to fall come-and-see weekend
A come-and-see weekend will be offered at the Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 N. High St., for young men who are high school juniors, seniors or college-age to visit the seminary.
The event will take place from 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 to 12 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 and include presentations on discernment, student life and the college seminary formation program.
Young men will experience seminary prayer life, classes, communal worship and interact with current seminarians, faculty and staff.
For information and to RSVP, contact vocations@columbuscatholic.org.
Office of Vocations invites young men to Andrew Dinners
The diocesan Office of Vocations has scheduled three Andrew Dinners with Bishop Earl Fernandes.
The dinners are for young men who are open to discernment and will be held Thursday, Nov. 30 at Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church; Wednesday, Jan. 24 at the Pontifical College Josephinum; and Monday, March 4 at Newark Blessed Sacrament Church.
The dinner will begin with evening prayer at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and discussion at 6 p.m.
An Andrew Dinner for Hispanic youth is being planned and will be announced.
For more information, contact the Office of Vocations at vocations@columbuscatholic.org or 614-221-5565.
Dr. Fernandes to present lecture at Ohio Dominican
Dr. Ashley Fernandes, MD, Ph.D., will present “Truth in Science and Medicine – Why Albert’s Legacy of Truth Matters Now” as the annual St. Albert the Great lecture at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 in the Matesich Theatre at Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road.
The university holds an annual lecture on Nov. 15, the feast of the Dominican St. Albert the Great, who was the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas and is the patron saint of those who study the natural sciences. There is no cost to attend.
Fernandes is a clinical professor of pediatrics and director of faculty professionalism at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the associate director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities and director of professional competency at the Ohio State University College of Medicine.
ODU offers cadaver lab visits for prospective science students
Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, will have several opportunities for high school students and their families to visit the university’s two cadaver labs.
Students interested in studying the sciences will get a behind-the-scenes look at the cadaver labs and understand the hands-on learning opportunities that the labs provide.
Students will also gain a deeper understanding of the human body, interact with faculty and learn how the labs are used.
“The fact that ODU has a cadaver lab dedicated for undergraduates to use gives students a significant advantage in their educational experience as well as in their preparation for advanced studies in graduate or medical school,” said Kaylee Meade, director of undergraduate admission.
“We realize many students may not be familiar with cadaver labs, so these visits are designed to introduce them to this valuable resource and share with them the steps taken to ensure these spaces are treated with the utmost respect.”
To register, visit the university’s website, www.OhioDominican.edu/Visit.
Registration open for 2024 trips
Linda Woolard, founder of Happy Trails Traveling with Linda and a parishioner at Granville St. Edward the Confessor Church, has spots available for trips to Florida and Georgia and Michigan in 2024.
A guided tour of Amelia Island, St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida, and Historic River Street in Savannah, Georgia, will run from Sunday, April 28 to Saturday, May 4. The cost of the trip is $850 per person, which is due with a $75 deposit by Feb. 21.
A trip to Michigan from Monday, Sept. 23 to Friday, Sept. 27 will include a cruise in Soo Locks and visits to the Tower of History, Colonial Michilimackinac and Mackinac Island. The cost is $750 per person, with a $75 deposit due by July 16.
Woolard, who has led and organized numerous trips, converted to Catholicism in 2006 and was the recipient of the 2017 Mother Teresa Award of Charity, Compassion and Service presented by then-Bishop Frederick Campbell. She had a 25-year career with the Newark Trust Company and was a reporter and photographer for The Licking Countian newspaper.
For a complete itinerary of the trips and to sign up, contact LindaWoolard@windstream.net or 740-323-3105.