Catholic Man of the Year award to be presented March 6
Bishop Earl Fernandes will present the Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club’s annual Catholic Man of the Year award to Jim Gernetzke at the club’s meeting after the 11:45 a.m. Mass on Friday, March 6 at Columbus St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave.
Gernetzke is an independent business consultant and chair of the Columbus chapter of Attollo, a group with a mission of linking the business world and the Catholic faith.
A $12 donation is suggested to cover the cost of the event, which will be sponsored by The Catholic Foundation. If you are interested in sponsoring a luncheon, contact Dave Kilanowski at dkilano@aol.com.
There will be no meeting on Good Friday, April 3. The club’s next luncheon will be on Friday May 1, when Chuck Janes of the Kairos Prison Ministry will speak on “Transforming Lives and Communities.” The meeting will be sponsored by Kairos.
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Seminaries offer retreats for those considering priesthood
Two of the institutions where seminarians of the Diocese of Columbus are educated are presenting retreat weekends for young men discerning whether they are being called to the priesthood.
The Pontifical College Josephinum,7625 N. High St., Columbus, is offering a retreat for students from high school juniors to college from Friday to Sunday, March 20 to 22. A retreat for men in college or older will take place from Friday to Sunday, April 17 to 19 at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, 6616 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati.
Both events will provide opportunities for participants to pray, get to know the seminarians and get a glimpse into seminary life.
More information on the retreats is available from Father Michael Haemmerle, diocesan vocations director, at (614) 221-5565.
Father Dailey to lead pilgrimage to Medjugorje
Father Stash Dailey, pastor of Worthington St. Michael the Archangel Church, will lead a pilgrimage to the Marian apparition site of Medjugorje from Sunday, June 21 to Wednesday, July 1.
Accompanying him will be two Bridgettine sisters from the Convent of St. Birgitta of Sweden in Columbus.
The pilgrimage will be for 25 to 40 people. Pilgrims will gather at the airport in Split, Croatia, spend five nights in a 15th-century Franciscan monastery on the island of Badija on the Adriatic Sea, with a chance to explore the island daily, followed by five nights of prayer and pilgrimage in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In Medjugorje, they will participate in English Mass at St. James Church, join the evening prayer program with Adoration and the Rosary, and visit sites including the Risen Christ statue; the Chapel of St. Sharbel; Apparition Hill, where the Virgin Mary first appeared in 1981; and Cross Mountain, crowned with a great cross raised in 1933 in honor of the Passion of Christ.
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The cost is $3,495 per person based on double occupancy, or $4,595 for a single room, including a $500 donation to the Bridgettine Sisters that must be received within five days of the initial booking. This does not include airfare. There is a $150 discount if arrangements are made before Saturday, Feb. 28.
Participants are responsible for arranging for and covering the cost of air travel. The cost includes most, but not all, meals, transportation, admission fees, transfers and taxes. It does not include tips and some meals and transfers.
For more information, go to Pilgrimages@InsideTheVatican.com or call (202) 536-4555 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.