Bishop Earl Fernandes will present the Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club’s annual Catholic Man of the Year award at the club’s meeting after the 11:45 a.m. Mass on Friday, March 7 at Columbus St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave.
No reservations are necessary. There is a suggested donation of $12 to cover costs of the lunch and meeting.
The club’s next meeting on Friday, April 4 will feature a talk by lay evangelist Justin Fatica on the subject “Hard as Nails.”
The March luncheon will be sponsored by St. Gabriel Catholic Radio. The Joseph Group will be the April luncheon sponsor. If you are interested in sponsoring a luncheon, contact David Kilanowski at dkilano@aol.com.
Statehouse Adoration will take place March 11
As part of going out on mission during the National Eucharistic Revival, the Catholic bishops of Ohio invite all the faithful to spend time with Jesus and pray for national, state and government leaders during a period of Eucharistic Adoration on Tuesday, March 11 at the Ohio Statehouse.
Adoration will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Statehouse’s Thomas Worthington Center.
For more details, go to www.ohiocathconf.org/adoration.
Museum to host ‘Ask a Priest’ Night
Anyone with questions about the Catholic Church that they’d like a priest to answer will have the chance to do so at an “Ask the Priest” night on Friday, Feb. 28 at The Museum of Catholic Art and History, 257 E. Broad St., Columbus.
Priests participating will be Msgr. Frank Lane, administrator of Columbus Sacred Heart and St. John the Baptist churches; Father Thomas Blau, OP, of the Columbus St. Patrick Priory and the Barnabas Ministry; Father Michael Donovan, O de M, pastor of Columbus Holy Family Church; and Father David Johnstone, parochial vicar of Worthington St. Michael Church.
Those attending will be able to have their questions answered anonymously by dropping them in a basket. The event will open at 6 p.m. with a wine and cheese reception followed by the program from 6:30 to 8:30. There will be a $25 admission charge.
Questions also may be emailed to info@catholicmuseum.org or dropped off at the museum by Thursday, Feb. 27.
SPICE St. Patrick’s party set for March 1
The Columbus St. Catharine Church SPICE program’s 22nd annual St. Patrick’s Day party will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 1 in the Msgr. Sorohan Center at the church, 500 S. Gould Road.
The evening will include Irish food, Irish step dancing and live music from the Hooligans and a silent auction. Tickets are $50 per person and may be purchased at www.StCatharine.com.
SPICE (Special People In Catholic Education) was founded at the parish and has spread to several other areas nationwide. It recognizes that each parish child is a unique individual with different learning needs and supports serving the educational needs of these children.
For more information or to donate auction items, contact Justin or Marin Santorsola at santorj@gmail.com.
Church of the Resurrection offers evening of reflection
The combined choirs and instrumental ensembles at the New Albany Church of the Resurrection, 6300 E. Dublin-Granville Road, will present a Lenten evening of reflection at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14.
Texts from Scripture, theologians and poets, together with music by Dan Schutte, Craig Courtney, Dan Forrest and Ola Gjeilo, will invite participants to enter more deeply into the season of Lent by journeying through the passion of Christ.
For more information, contact parish music director Thom Wyatt at twyatt@cotrna.org.
Serra Club announces essay contest winners
The Serra Club of Columbus has announced the 10 winners of its second annual priestly vocations essay contest.
They are Grant Bender, Columbus St. Catharine of Siena; Elliott Brooks and Nicholas Ryan Shafer, Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Jack Dury, Nathan Marx and George Zafirides, Columbus St. Agatha; Evan Messina and Patrick Monahan, Worthington St. Michael the Archangel; Justin Nagy, Columbus Immaculate Conception; and Jack Reardon, Columbus Our Lady of Peace.
Each will receive a medal and certificate from Bishop Earl Fernandes at the Serra Club’s Altar Server Award Ceremony on Sunday, May 4 at Reynoldsburg St. Pius X Church.
All eighth-grade boys in the diocese were challenged at the beginning of the school year to write an essay of 500 words or less on whether they thought God was calling them to the priesthood. The writers of the 10 most promising essays were awarded $1,000 tuition assistance to a diocesan Catholic high school.
The club will sponsor the competition again this coming fall.
St. Colman of Cloyne schedules parish mission
A parish mission with Father Joseph Tuscan, OFM Cap, will take place from Sunday to Tuesday, Feb. 23 to 25, at Washington Court House St. Colman of Cloyne Church, 277 East St.
Father Tuscan will hear confessions, celebrate and deliver a homily at the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Feb. 22 and 9 a.m. the following day and be the homilist for the 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass.
His mission talks will be at 7 p.m. each day. Subjects will be: Sunday, “The Greatest Threat to Holiness”; Monday, “Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry” (on raising faithful Catholics and encouraging the return of those who left the Church); and Tuesday, “The Solution: Forgiveness and the Church.” He will celebrate Mass at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and hear confessions after the talks Sunday and Monday. There will be a reception at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The talk, an accompanying video and the reception Tuesday will be in the parish hall. The other events will be in the church.
Father Tuscan is national director of the Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers and in full-time preaching ministry for the Capuchin Province of St. Augustine, offering retreats and reflection days for parishes, religious and priests.
Children of Mary to conduct Lenten Encounter
The sisters of the Children of Mary, based in Newark, will conduct a Lenten Encounter at Buckeye Lake Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 5133 Walnut Road S.E., from 6 to 8 p.m. each night from Sunday to Wednesday, March 30 to April 3.
The theme for the four evenings will be “Anchored to Two Pillars: Setting Out into Deep Waters.” Topics for each session will be: Sunday, “Understanding Grace and the Indwelling Trinity”; Monday, “Jesus Eucharistic: Lament of the Sacred Heart”; Tuesday: “The Blessed Virgin Mary – Spouse of the Holy Spirit, Mother of Jesus Eucharistic”; Wednesday, “At Home in Christ’s Church and Redemptive Suffering.”
‘Just a Guy in the Pew’ to speak at St. Matthew
A parish mission titled “Restored” will be led Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15 at Gahanna St. Matthew the Apostle Church, 807 Havens Corners Road, by John Edwards, Catholic evangelist and host of the popular Just a Guy in the Pew podcast.
Edwards will share his testimony of transformation from drug addiction to discipleship, highlighting the importance of restoring our identity as beloved sons and daughters of the Father and the vital need for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
After the mission concludes, he will host a men’s group leadership training session.
The schedule for the mission is: Friday, Stations of the Cross, 6:30 p.m., Edwards’ conversion story, 7; reception, 8; Saturday, Mass, 8:30 a.m., talks on “Restoring Your Identity” and “The Most Important Thing,” 9 a.m. to noon with a break between talks.
‘Lent Matters’ is mission theme at Columbus St. Patrick
Columbus St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., will be the site for a parish mission titled “Lent Matters: Growing in Faith, Hope and Charity” from Tuesday to Thursday, March 18 to 20 with Father James Sullivan, OP and Fr. Christopher Daniel, OP.
The mission will begin each day with Mass at 11:45 a.m., followed by confessions, all-day Eucharistic Adoration, rosary at 6:30 p.m. and a talk at 7, with more confessions afterward and concluding with Benediction at 9 p.m.
Franciscan to launch Doctor of Ministry program in faith
Franciscan University of Steubenville will launch a Doctor of Ministry in Evangelization and Catechetics (DMin) Program in the fall. With recent approval from the Higher Learning Commission and Ohio Department of Higher Education, the program will be the university’s second doctoral program, following the beginning of its Ph.D. in Theology program in the fall of 2024.
The DMin program will offer students theological, catechetical and pastoral formation to equip them to serve in Catholic higher education, Church leadership and many other apostolates.
The doctor of ministry degree completes a master of divinity, master of catechetics or master of theology degree with a pastoral focus. It is a three- to five-year program built for working professionals in Catholic ministry. The graduate-level classes are offered primarily online and are complemented by three nine-day summer residential sessions. The course of study culminates in a doctoral thesis project.
For more information, visit https://franciscan.edu/doctor-ministry.html.