An International Food Festival Tour Around the World will be held Saturday, March 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Benton Harbor. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for youth 3-11yrs and children under 3 free. Tickets are available at SS. John & Bernard Parish Office from 9 a.m. until Noon Tuesdays through Thursdays. For more information, contact
ssjbreled@gmail.com.
The National Eucharistic Revival is sponsoring the webinar: Walk with Someone Who Has Been Hurt by the Church.
Speakers include Bishop Cozzens, Gina Barthel, and Sara Larson who will share personal experiences and necessary insights on:
- Trauma-informed accompaniment
- Supporting victim survivors with love and humility
- Practices to avoid and embrace
Registration is free and open to anyone. If you can’t make it live, the webinar will be recorded and available on YouTube.
“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. challenged all to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity. As we commemorate what would have been his 96th birthday, Dr. King’s message continues to have an impact on our lives today. Our Holy Father Pope Francis said in
his address to the United States Congress during his Apostolic Visit to the United States:
‘Here too I think of the march which Martin Luther King led from Selma to Montgomery fifty years ago as part of the campaign to fulfill his “dream” of full civil and political rights for African Americans. That dream continues to inspire us all. I am happy that America continues to be, for many, a land of “dreams.” Dreams which lead to action, to participation, to commitment. Dreams which awaken what is deepest and truest in the life of a people.’
Read full statement
here.
National Prayer Vigil for Life on January 23
Catholics across the country are invited to observe a nationwide prayer vigil from Thursday, January 23 to Friday, January 24, 2025, to pray for an end to abortion and a greater respect for all human life.
The National Prayer Vigil for Life is hosted each January by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Secretariat, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., and The Catholic University of America’s Office of Campus Ministry. The vigil has always taken place on the eve of the March for Life, which marks the date of the historic 1973
Roe v. Wade decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Read more here.