The Catholic Foundation’s online scholarship application period will open on Jan. 31. A list of scholarships, qualifications and applications are available on the Foundation’s website, https://grants.catholic- foundation.org/scholarships. The scholarship deadline is Feb. 28, and the recipients will be notified in May.
Scholarship beneficiaries are selected based on the criteria established by donors who created the funds to support students by assisting them with the costs of their education. Donors often establish scholarship funds to honor or memorialize friends, teachers, family members or other loved ones. There are 26 scholarships available for students in the Diocese of Columbus.
Last year, the Foundation awarded more than $220,000 in scholarships. To date, the Foundation has granted more than $1.3 million, empowering more than 225 young people to continue their academic and vocational studies.
If you have any questions about a particular scholarship or the application process, contact Dan Kurth, vice president of grants, at 614-443-8893 or dkurth@catholic-foundation.org.
Seasons of Hope sessions start Jan. 23 at Our Lady of Peace
Anyone suffering from the loss of a loved one or looking for friends to share in the grief and healing process is invited to attend the next six-week program of the Seasons of Hope Bereavement Ministry, sponsored by the North High Deanery.
Sessions will take place at Columbus Our Lady of Peace Church, 20 E. Dominion Blvd., from 2 to 4 p.m. every Sunday from Jan. 23 to Feb. 27. Appropriate COVID protocols will be followed.
To register, call Karen Droll at (614) 582-8848 or send her an email at ksdroll@gmail.com. Registrations will be taken through Sunday, Jan. 30.
Holy Rosary-St. John Church to celebrate MLK Day
Columbus Holy Rosary-St. John Church, 660 S. Ohio Ave., will host its annual Martin Luther King Day celebration on Monday, Jan. 17, from noon to 1:30 p.m. with Andrea Pannell as the guest speaker.
Pannell is the vice president of stewardship for The Catholic Foundation. Before joining the Foundation, she was the director of development and planning for the Diocese of Columbus. She also serves on the Diocesan Ethnic Ministries Board and its Hope Task Force.
Pannell is a Dominican Sisters of Peace associate and a spiritual director. She is also a member of St. Dominic Church, where she is active with the Bakhita Dance Ministry, the Gospel Choir, and is chairperson of the stewardship committee.
An engaging and energetic speaker, retreat leader and writer, Pannell believes that “your ability to love and to be loved is key to having it all” and credits “our ‘Love Limits’ as sizing us for the cement boots that keep us stuck in places of disappointment, disengagement and dysfunction.”
Holy Rosary-St. John has celebrated Martin Luther King Day every year since the holiday was established in 1986.
Vernon Hairston will direct the gospel choir.
A livestream of the event will be available at facebook.com/groups/hrsjfamilyandfriends for those who cannot attend. Email hrsjevents@gmail.com for more info.