Upcoming Events

South Bend – A Mass Interpreted for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing will be held on Sunday, February 11, at 11:00am at the St. Matthew Cathedral. 1701 Miami St. South Bend, IN 46613. An interpreter from Community Services All Deaf (CSAD) will sign in American Sign Language. St. Matthew and the Secretariat for Evangelization offer this monthly Mass (Second Sunday at 11:00 am) and encourage people to invite family and friends who are deaf to attend. If you would like to assist the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministry in its efforts to connect with deaf members of the Catholic community in our diocese, please contact Allison Sturm in the Secretariat for Evangelization at [email protected] or (260) 399-1452.  Download Flyer Here.

Website: http://www.diocesefwsb.org/Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing-Ministry

Cost: Free

Alpha is a series of interactive sessions exploring the Christian faith. Sessions have three things in common: good food, an engaging talk and lively discussion. Each week, after dining together, a talk looks at a different question in order to create conversation. It’s an open, informal and honest space to explore and discuss life’s big questions together.

Want to find out more? Register for the initial session, bring a friend, and come check it out. No charge for the meal and no pressure to return for the rest of the series. If interested, that session will be followed by seven additional weeks of dinner, talks and discussion – all on Wednesday evenings at the same time and place.

Website: http://www.diocesefwsb.org/yam-alpha

Footsteps of the Saints program will be offered on Friday, Feb. 23, from 5:30-7:15 p.m. at St. Matthew Cathedral. Mass will be followed by dinner and a lesson and activity on Blessed Carlos Rodriguez.

This event is open to all scouts and non-scouts, boys and girls, in grades K-12, although it is primarily geared towards elementary school. Siblings of scouts are also welcome to come to Mass and participate in the Footsteps of the Saints activities after Mass. Please pre-register so that we can plan for food and activities. To register for the event and designate the number of meals click here https://goo.gl/forms/HPRNoMiqyeH1udQA2

To pre-register or questions: contact Janice Martin 260-399-1411 [email protected]

The National Catholic Committee on Scouting has a religious activity called the “Footsteps of American Saints” that encourages youth to learn about holy men and women who have shaped Catholicism in America. Their words, their deeds, and their devotion to prayer and to the sacraments, inspire all of us. In the church calendar for the United States, some have the rank of “Saint” and are venerated by the universal church. Some have the rank of “Blessed” and are venerated by the local church. Most of these men and women lived and worked in North America in what is now the United States. Others never set foot in America, however they had an impact on the Catholic American landscape. All of them sought to follow Jesus. The goal of this activity is to share the lives of Saints so that the youth might be inspired to follow them on the path to holiness.

Timeline:
5:30 p.m. Mass at St. Matthew Cathedral

6 p.m. Cheese pizza or Knights of Columbus Fish dinner in the South Cafeteria of St. Matthew Cathedral School. The Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry: $7.50 adults and $1.50 children (5-12). Children age 4 and under are free. Cheese pizza will be available for $5 per pizza.

6:30 p.m. Lesson and activity on Footsteps of the Saints: Blessed Carlos Rodriguez

7 p.m. Closing prayer and clean up

Bring a Class A uniform or nice clothes for Mass and crayons or markers for project after Mass

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