By signing up on Amazon Smile and Kroger Community Rewards. How to do this: (1) Visit smile.amazon.com (2) sign in with your Amazon.com credentials (3) Choose Saint Rose School to receive donations (4) Add a bookmark for smile.amazon.com to make it easier to return and start shopping at AmazonSmile. Kroger Community Rewards makes fund-raising easy by donating to Saint Rose School based on the shopping you do everyday. A digital account is needed to participate in Kroger Community Rewards. Please note, a plus card is required to be linked to your account so that your transactions apply toward St. Rose School. (1) Sign into your digital account at Kroger.com (2) Under the account click Community Rewards (3) Enter St. Rose School or our organization number FB144. Any transactions moving forward using your Kroger plus card will be applied to the program.

Father Christopher Yakkel to address Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club on Friday, December 6, 2019. The December 6, 2019 Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club will feature the annual presentation of one of the diocese’s newly ordained priests. This year, Fr. Christopher Yakkel, who is Parochial Vicar for the Perry County Consortium of Catholic Parishes, will share his vocation story. Please join us Friday, December 6 at St. Patrick Church in downtown Columbus for lunch and Fr. Yakkel’s talk. Holy Mass (optional) begins at 11:45 a.m., followed by lunch at 12:10 p.m. and Fr. Yakkel’s talk. For information on Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club, visit www. catholicmensministry.com/cmlc or contact Craig Heppner, CMLC President, at craigkofc@gmail.com.

MARCH FOR LIFE TRIP TO DC 2020: Thursday, January 23rd-Friday, January 24th. Half of the money is due on Wednesday, November 13th. We still have spaces for youth and adults available. Please contact Franchesca Russell at (740) 343-5306 if you’re interested in going.

You will find a sign-up sheet for First Wednesday Adoration in the back of all the churches. This will begin on Wednesday, December 4. Exposition will be from 8:30 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. with Benediction. Please consider spending a half an hour or more with Jesus in Adoration. There is no better way to prepare for Christmas! We’ll need at least 2 adorers per hour in order to be able to make this happen. The St. Rose Students will be in the church for Confession from 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and again from 12:30-1:00 p.m. We’d still need adorers at that time, but just be aware. Parishioners are welcome to come to Confession at this time as well. I just ask that they allow the students to go first, so that they can get back to their next class in time.

ST. VINCENT de PAUL: The St. Vincent de Paul Center is in need of paper goods and toiletries to replenish our stock at the Center. We are in need of such items as paper towels, bathroom tissue, cleaning products, shampoo, conditioner, hand soap, and laundry detergent. Items can be left in the bins provided in the back of each church in the Consortium. Thank you in advance for your support and contributions!

Fr. Daniel Swartz Command Chaplain 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines 1st Marine Division Box 555442 Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5442

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