Upcoming Events

Marriage Preparation Program, April 14 at St. Aloysius Education Center, Olivia. $75 per couple. Call diocesan Office of Family Life, (507) 359-2966;

e-mail: cloetscher@dnu.org. Next weekends, May 5 and September 8, 2007.

Junior High Festival, April 15 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Marshall Middle School, Marshall, MN. Call diocesan Office of Youth Ministry, (507) 359-2966; e-mail: mmchugh@dnu.org.

Remarriage in the Church Program, April 21, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at St. John’s Catholic Education Center, located three miles east of Dassel, MN. $100 per couple. Call diocesan Office of Family Life, (507) 359-2966; e-mail: cloetscher@dnu.org. The next weekend is September 22, 2007.

World Youth Day Meeting, April 29, 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Center for Youth Ministry, Renville, MN. Call Sr. Margaret if you plan to attend (507) 233-5327.

World Day of Prayer for Vocations, April 29.

Pilgrimage of Shrines to be led by Rev. Dennis Labat, pastor of St. Raphael’s, Springfield, MN, June 11-17, 2007. Schedule includes Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, IL; EWTN, Irondale, AL; Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, Hanceville, AL; Ave Maria Grotto, Cullman, AL; Marytown and the Ntl. Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe, Libertyville, IL. Mass each day. Contact GloMar Tours, (507) 723-5218 or (507) 723-5530 by April 30.

Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery, Duluth invite single women 21 or older to experience monastic life. Contact Sr. Grace Marie, (218) 723-5984 or gmbraun@duluthosb.org.