The Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club will host Bishop Earl Fernandes on Friday, Oct. 4 for what has become a club tradition – the bishop’s annual report on current and planned activities in the Diocese of Columbus. The meeting will follow the 11:45 a.m. Mass at Columbus St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave.
No reservations are necessary. A $12 donation to cover the cost of the lunch is requested.
The club’s next meeting will be on Friday, Nov. 1 with Brian Hickey, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Ohio, as speaker. Mass that day will be at noon because it is All Saints Day, a holy day of obligation.
The Oct. 4 luncheon is being sponsored by the Catholic Foundation. If you are interested in sponsoring a luncheon, contact Pat Foley at [email protected].
Bishop Flaget School again receives Edison award
Chillicothe Bishop Flaget School has received the Governor's Thomas Edison Award for excellence in STEM education and student research from the Ohio Academy of Science for the 19th straight year. Lancaster St. Mary School and Mount Vernon St. Vicent de Paul School also were among the 40 statewide recipients of the honor.
Among the 436 teachers listed as honorees were Amanda Harper, Ashley Tackett, Barb Apsley, Casey Teets, Christina Kessler, Christy Fay, Dana Wiseman, Deborah Fyffe, Dianne Cryder, Jonna Johnson, Laura Corcoran, Leslie Fout, Macie Alley, Mindy Martin, Rebekah Metzger, Sarah Smith, Terrina Fahnestock and Xavier Newsome of Flaget, Anita Yaple of St. Mary and Sharon Tharp of St. Vincent de Paul.
Each school will receive a certificate and each teacher will receive a complimentary membership to the academy. Funds for the program came from the office of technology investments of the Ohio Department of Development.
To earn the award, schools must conduct a science fair with 12 or more students and have two or more of these students participate in a district Science Day or have six or more students participate in the district Science Day when no local one has been conducted. Students also must participate in at least one more youth science opportunity beyond the classroom.
The Ohio Academy of Science defines STEM education as the mastery and integration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics for all pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students. It incorporates scientific inquiry and technological design through student-focused, project-based curricula to develop skills of communication, collaboration, innovation, critical thinking and problem solving. This is the 40th year for the Edison awards program.
Seasons of Hope announces five-week session
The Seasons of Hope Bereavement Ministry invites anyone suffering the loss of a loved one to attend its next five-week session at Worthington St. Michael Church, 5750 N. High St.
It will meet each Sunday from Oct. 6 to Nov. 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. Those interested in participating may attend any or all sessions.
The ministry is sponsored by the churches of the Northland/North High Deanery, with quarterly sessions rotating among the churches. For more information, contact Debbie Kennedy at [email protected] or (614) 937-0516.
Serra sponsors vocation lunch for young women
The annual Serra Club of North Columbus vocations luncheon for young women will take place from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the Jessing Center of the Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 N. High St., Columbus.
“Hubs and Spokes: Steering Into Sanctity” will be the title of a talk by Salesian Sister Elfie del Rosario, FMA, on a young woman’s tools for growing in faith.
Anyone wishing to attend is asked to RSVP by Wednesday, Sept. 25 to [email protected] or [email protected].
Sts. Augustine and Gabriel to host friends and family day
Columbus Sts. Augustine and Gabriel Church, 1550 E. Hudson St., will host a Friends and Family Day Mass at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, followed by a potluck.
The parish Rosary Altar Society will sponsor a 50-50 raffle at the event. Anyone connected with the parish and the former St. Augustine and St. Gabriel churches and schools is encouraged to attend.
Columbus St. Mary School hosts Safety City
St. Mary School in Columbus’ German Village neighborhood became the first elementary school to conduct a Safety City program during the school year.
The program, in partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the City of Columbus Department of Neighborhoods, took place from Monday to Thursday, Sept. 16 to 19 and provided the school’s 50 kindergarten students with essential safety lessons in traffic signals, fire prevention and stranger awareness.
Safety City is a free hands-on program for children ages 5 to 7 that usually takes place during the summer in a miniature “safety village” set up in a school’s play area. Upon completion of the program, participants each received a bicycle helmet and a certificate of achievement.
For more information on the school and the event, contact Hannah Lewis at [email protected] or (614) 783-6726.
