Father Tyron Tomson will be the guest speaker at the Catholic Record Society’s fall quarterly meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 in the Lang Room of The Catholic Foundation, 257 E. Broad St. Columbus. The talk will be followed by a short business meeting.
He will provide a brief overview of the history of the Second Vatican Council, with special consideration of its original documents and their implementation.
The talk will summarize the effects of the council on the Church’s life, from the council’s conclusion to the present, and expectations related to the continuing impact of those documents.
Father Tomson, a priest for 11 years, is pastor of Lancaster St. Bernadette and Bremen St. Mary churches and is chaplain and a teacher at Lancaster Fisher Catholic High School.
Parking for the meeting will be available in front of the foundation’s office and at parking meters on E. Broad Street (parking meters are free on Sunday on both sides of the street). Additional parking is available behind Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral, across the street from the meeting site.
Renewal to sponsor Nov. 19 Mass, Adoration event
Pat Shroyer of Columbus Catholic Renewal will be the speaker at the group’s next citywide Mass and Praise Adoration event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 19 at Columbus Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refugee Road.
The program will begin with Mass at 9, followed by a potluck breakfast, a talk by Shroyer on “Hope, Joy and Peace from Romans 15:13 and Eucharistic Adoration with music by Mike Melliere.
Healing and prayer teams and the sacrament of reconciliation will be available during Adoration. For more information, call (614) 886-8266.
Cuban pianists to perform at St. Mary German Village
Cuban pianists Orlay and Orlando Alonso will be featured in the next concert of the Music at St. Mary series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 in Columbus St. Mary, Mother of God Church, 684 S. 3rd St. in the city’s German Village neighborhood.
The concert will be preceded at 3:45 p.m. by an interview with the Alonso brothers and Christopher Purdy of the WOSU Classical Radio stations.
The concert, titled “Havanesque,” will feature Cuban music from the 1930s to the 1960s, with original arrangements in the bolero, Latin jazz, mambo and conga styles celebrating Cuba’s diverse culture and rich history.
The Alonso brothers grew up in Cuba, attended the National School of the Arts in Havana and earned degrees from Yale University, Ohio State University, the Mannes School of Music in New York and the Manhattan School of Music. After successful solo ventures, they have teamed up to pay homage to their homeland.
A New York Times review of one of their concerts said, “They are real virtuosos of their instrument not only because of their rock solid performances, but because of their considerable intelligence, sensitivity, intense feeling and contagious joy.”
Admission is $25. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at
https://st-mary-catholic-church.ticketleap.com/the-alonso-brothers/?rc=650hq8v.
Newark Catholic invites eighth-graders to high school
Newark Catholic High School invites all eighth-graders from the Knox/Licking Vicariate interested in attending the school in the 2023-2024 academic year to spend a day at the school on Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 9:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
For reservations and information, call Nancy Bourne at (740) 344-3594, extension 231. An information session for parents will be on the same evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the school, 1 Green Wave Drive.