The next few weeks will be a busy time for Newark-area Catholic schools.
Newark Catholic High School will present open houses in Licking, Knox and Franklin counties beginning Jan. 29 at Newark St. Francis de Sales School from noon to 1:30 p.m. and continuing at Reynoldsburg St. Pius School on Feb. 1 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Feb. 5 at Newark Blessed Sacrament School from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Feb. 21 at Mount Vernon St. Vincent de Paul School from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
During the weekend before the start of Catholic Schools Week, Newark Catholic will present its annual drama production, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, on Jan. 27-28 in the school’s auditorium.
On Jan. 30, the student council is leading a blood drive for the American Heart Association from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On Feb. 2, there will be an annual Mass for Newark Catholic, St. Francis de Sales and Blessed Sacrament students celebrated by Bishop Earl Fernandes.
On Feb. 4, the senior class along with junior Kairos leaders lave for an annual four-day retreat.
Catholic Schools Week closes on Feb. 4 with a concert benefiting the SPICE program from to 9 p.m. in the auditorium.
Also during Catholic Schools Week, Newark Catholic student Maggie Richardson will be participating in an international junior luge event from Jan. 27 to Feb. 13 on the Olympic track at Pyeongchang, South Korea.