Formation & education

March, 2003

1 New Ulm Diocesan Marriage Preparation Program, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Aloysius Education Center, Olivia. Call Diocesan Office of Family Life, (507) 359-2966.

5 Ash Wednesday

7 World Day of Prayer

7-8 Couple to Couple Natural Family Planning Classes. First class begins March 7, Immanuel/St. Joseph Hospital, Mankato, 7:30 p.m. Contact Dan & Brenda Voracek (507) 625-5008 or brevor@mnic.net to register for a series of four classes. The second class is March 8 at St. Raphael’s Church, Springfield at 9 a.m. Contact Steven and Kathleen Jacobs (320) 327-2702. More info. at www.ccli.org.

9 Rite of Election, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm, 3 p.m.

11 General Instruction of the New Roman Missal (GIRM) with Fr. Peter Rocca, 7-9 p.m. at St. Aloysius Church, Olivia. Hand’s on View of what’s new; what’s old; what’s central to our life of worship? Contact diocesan Office Adult and Young Adult Religious Education, (507) 359-2966.

15 New Ulm Diocesan Marriage Preparation Program, 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m., St. Aloysius Education Center, Olivia. Call Diocesan Office of Family Life, (507) 359-2966.

20 1st Annual Bishop Lucker Lecture, Redwood Falls, MN. (See article in this issue for more information.)

22 Riverbend TEC Retreat weekend, Mar. 22-24 at St. Mary Parish, Bird Island. Contact Fr. Dennis Labat, (507) 723-4141; e-mail: dlabat@springfield-sanborn.net

25 Annunciation of the Lord

26 Diocesan Vocation Fair, Church of St. Mary, Arlington, March 26, 7-8:30 p.m. Grades 7-12. Call Diocesan Office of Vocations, (507) 359-2966.

29 17th Annual Marian Congress, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., University of St. Thomas O’Shaugnessy Education Center, St. Paul, MN. Fr. Robert Altier, guest speaker. Theme: True Devotion to Mary. Call (651) 457-6609.