DIOCESAN YOUNG ADULT RETREAT – Saturday, October 12th at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Sunbury, Ohio. Cost $25.00 per person. Registration closes September 28, 2019. Register online at www.colscatholicyoungadultconf.weebly.com. Connect with us Instagram: @colscatholicyoungadultc Twitter:@ccyoungadultc Facebook: www.facebook.com/colscatholicyoungadultconf/ EMail: colscatholicyoungadultconf@gmail.com Keynote speakers, Breakout Sessions, Mass and Adoration, Lunch and light breakfast and Exhibitor booths. Speakers: Mary Bielski is the founder of ALLHIM. She had spoken to over 200,000 teens around the nation at high school and young adult retreats and conferences. Father Nathan Cromly is an informative and engaging speaker, writer, retreat leader, explorer, innovator, educator and fire-starter for the Lord

SADIE CORRY PILGRIMAGE to Carey, Ohio, Our Lady of Consolation Basilica and Shrine, Wednesday, October 2. Cost is $35.00. You may purchase lunch at the Cafeteria. Paid reservations are needed by Wednesday, September 4. Bus departure time is 7:50 a.m. from K of C Sunrise Center, Zanesville. Return about 6:45 p.m. For more information, call Mary Murphy at 740-4524454 or Margaret Kronenbitter at 740-453-7657. Make checks payable and send to Margaret Kronenbitter, 2700 Wayne Ridge Road, Zanesville, OH 43701

CONFIRMATION CLASSES for those who do not attend St. Rose School will begin this Sunday, August 18th, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Religion Room (Room 14 on the window by the playground) at St. Rose School. We also have class the following Sunday, August 25th, from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. We do not have class September 1st since it’s a holiday weekend

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) will begin on Tuesday, September 10 and run until April 28, 2020. The classes will be held on Tuesdays, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in the Lower Level of the PCC. Anyone who is interested in becoming Catholic is highly encouraged to attend to at least see what it’s all about. We’ll be using the Credo series again from St. Benedict Press, which was well received by last year’s class. Please call the Consortium office (740) 342-1348 to sign up or for any questions

PERRY COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: We offer to our Senior citizens (age 60+) a monthly Commodities Box. Our Commodity supplemental Food Program provides a monthly box of Shelf-Stable Food to nutritionally at risk income-eligible senior citizens. We also are able to provide cheese, breads and other food needed, for the senior citizens of Perry County. Our problem at this time is that many seniors in our area do not know this exists, and that many do not realize they are eligible to receive this box. Boxes may be picked up in several location for convenience. We are federally funded. Applications may be made by calling 740-385-6813 or the Perry County Food Pantry, Monday, Wednesday or Friday, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at 740-342-2481

JOSEPHINUM – 4-MILER RUN/WALK: Supporting the Josephinum Seminarians. Presented by the Friends of the Josephinum. Register now at M3SSPORTS.COM. Race Location: The Club at Corazon 7155 Corazon Dr. Dublin, Ohio 43016, September 21, 2019. Race Start Time, 8:00am Race day Packet pickup, 6:30am or race packet can be picked up Friday September 20 at Fleet Feet Sports 1270 East Powell Rd. Lewis Center Ohio 43035 from 10:00am - 8:00pm. Family rates. Save $5.00/Person when registering at least three participants at one time. SWAG – All participants receive Unisex event shirt, Official Finisher's Medal, bread and a bottle of wine, or bread and a jar of Trappist Monastery jam for under 21 years of age.