The National Catholic Youth Conference will be November 16-18, 2017. Youth in grades 9-12 for the 2017-2018 school year are invited to attend. An informational meeting for youth and parents will be held May 31st at 7:00 pm in the church basement. Please contact Kris Dobson at 219-863-5423 if you are interested in attending NCYC but cannot attend the meeting. All registrations are due by June 9th
The Middle School Retreat, "Be Not Afraid," was held in May. Over 40 middle school youth, high school peer ministers, and adult chaperones participated in the retreat. The retreat focused on finding your true happiness by discerning God's plan for who we are create to be in His image. The youth participants were a joy to minister to and our high school peer ministers did an outstanding job leading the retreat. A special thank-you to our adult chaperones who made the retreat possible: Debra Nagel, Denise Lank, Christy Fleming, Jon Messman, Sid & Kris Dobson, and Mark & Heidi Jordan. Also, a special thank-you to all the parents who helped transport youth to/from the retreat. Finally, thank-you to our pastor, Fr. Don, for traveling to Valparaiso to celebrate Mass with us on Sunday afternoon.
Awesome thank you to Linda Miller for her many years serving as President of Christian Women. The new officers are President-Mary Lee Debb, Vice-President-Ann Dumas; Treasurer-Doris Weiner; Secretary-Sharon Blasky. More news to follow in the upcoming months
Fr. Samuel J. Kalu, from the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria, West Africa will be visiting our parish June 3-4th. He has been “on loan” to the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana since 2009, working both as a Judge in the Tribunal office and as a Chaplain at the St. Anthony Health Center in Lafayette. MISSION DETAILS: The Diocese of Umuahia, a missionary diocese, was established in 1958 and continues to evangelize the people amidst the many challenges that prevail in that part of the world. The funds raised from this Appeal will go directly to the Diocese to help fund Catholic Schools, provide clean drinking water, to train and educate priests for the Church, and to provide a retirement home for priests. Some of your donations will also help to fund the Diocesan St. Vincent De Paul Center, which takes care of physically or mentally handicapped children, many of whom have no place to go. No amount is too small. Thank you for “HELPING THE FAITH GROW” in the Diocese of Umuahia.