Diocesan Events Calendar

Collier County
Naples Prayer Walk for Life – Mark your calendar to join Bishop Frank J. Dewane on Ash Wednesday for the 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. William Parish, 601 Seagate Drive, Naples. Transportation will be available after Mass to the start of a peaceful Prayer Walk to Planned Parenthood with Bishop Dewane. This event marks the beginning of the Spring 40 Days for Life Campaign. Call 239-227-5192 for details. Community Pregnancy Clinic’s new Naples Midtown Clinic across the street from Planned Parenthood will have an open house with tours before and after the Prayer Walk

The Our Mother’s House Wine Tasting, Auction and Dinner Dance will be held on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. at the Venice Community Center in Venice. All proceeds will benefit Our Mother’s House, a program of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. which is committed to helping homeless mothers and their children achieve self-sufficiency. The evening will include a wine tasting, auctions, dinner and dancing. Tickets are $85 a person. For information and tickets visit www.catholiccharitiesdov.org or call 941-485-6264 or email ourmothershouse@ccdis1.org.

Charlotte County
Port Charlotte Prayer Walk for Life – Mark your calendar to join Bishop Frank J. Dewane on Friday, February 28, for the 8:30 a.m. Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Church. Following the Mass, the faithful will walk the 1/2-mile to the local abortion center to pray for an end to abortion. Refreshments will be provided in the parish hall after the walk.

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A continental breakfast and lunch are provided. The cost is $125.  This option is available to those who are already legally married.

All couples celebrating 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or more than 50 years of Marriage are invited by Bishop Frank J. Dewane to an Anniversary Mass in their honor. The Anniversary Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., Saturday, February 29, 2018 at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Bonita Springs, Florida.

Please call your local parish office for reservations no later than a week before the event.

The Emerald Ball will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 6 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort in Naples. All proceeds will benefit the programs and services of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. in Collier County which include financial assistance, professional counseling, food pantries and food programs, empowerment program, senior services, immigration services, soup kitchen, clothing room and shower program, English classes, Weekend Power Pack Food Program, the Undy Sunday project and holiday gift and food distribution. The evening will include a cocktail hour, auctions, dinner and dancing. Tickets are $400. For information and tickets visit www.catholiccharitiesdov.org or call 239-455-2655 or email EmeraldBall@CatholicCharitiesCC.org.

Join Bishop Dewane for a Prayer Walk for Life beginning with an 8 a.m. Mass on Thursday, March 12, 2020.  Those who have difficulty walking or standing can pray before the Blessed Sacrament in the church while others proceed to the sidewalk outside Planned Parenthood at 8595 College Parkway (intersection of Winkler Road) to pray the rosary.

If you have any questions, or would like a flier, contact Jeanne Berdeaux at Berdeaux@dioceseofvenice.org or 941-374-1068.

If you have not Registered yet go www.dvccr.org or 

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If you have not Registered yet go www.dvccr.org or 

https://dioceseofvenice.regfox.com/catholic-charismatic-renewal-annual-conference-2020

LIMPORTANT! Limited Room for hotel rates and more information www.dvccr.org

The Sugar Bowl Show of Shows Bradenton will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 7 p.m. at the Neel Performing Arts Center at State College of Florida in Bradenton. Sponsored by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. and the Knights of Columbus Councils in Sarasota and Manatee counties, the show will feature an entertaining musical performance. Tickets are $25, $30 and $35 a person. All proceeds will go to the Sugar Bowl Fund for families in the community who are experiencing a financial hardship. For information and tickets visit www.catholiccharitiesdov.org.

The Venetian Charity Ball will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs. All proceeds will benefit the programs and services of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, Inc. in Lee, Hendry, and Glades counties which include Positive Youth Development Program, Senior Support Coordination Program, Anti Human Trafficking Assistance Program, immigration services, food assistance and pantries, baby supplies, and disaster response and recovery. The evening will include a cocktail hour, auctions, dinner and dancing. Tickets are $250. For information and tickets visit www.catholiccharitiesdov.org or call 239-337-4193 or email janet.pavelack@catholiccharitiesdov.org.

The AFCAAM of Catholic Charities Charity Golf Classic will be held on Friday, April 17, 2020 at the Forest Country Club in Fort Myers. All proceeds will benefit the programs at AFCAAM of Catholic Charities which include the After-School Reading Program, and the SKILLS Female Mentoring and Straight Talk Male Mentoring programs. Registration is at noon and play begins at 1 p.m. The golf tournament will include a dinner and prizes. For more information, please contact Ted Duffy at 239-728-4571 or tduffy1942@gmail.com.

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This option is for couples who are 55 or older or have been previously married before.

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.  Cost of the workshop is $125.00.  Please make checks payable to:

Diocese of Venice, Marriage Preparation Program, 1000 Pinebrook Road, Venice, FL 34285

Plan to attend the 2020 Yom HaShoah, an inter-religious service remembering the Holocaust.  The Hour of Remembrance will begin at 2:30 p.m., April 26 at Epiphany Cathedral Parish in Venice.

Thirteen candles will be lit in memory of the 6 million Jewish men and women who were murdered and for the 7 million more who were victims of Nazi oppression.

The Diocese of Venice in Florida is committed to educating the future as to never forget these attrocities.

The featured guest speaker is Father Patrick Desbois, a Catholic priest who has dedicated many years to searching the sites where many victims lie and searching for many witnesses who are still alive today.  Father Desbois’ work has been featured and recognized for his work on 60 Minutes and in the New York Times, which can be found here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/06/world/europe/06priest.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

and here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hidden-holocaust-60-minutes/

After being ordained in 1986 at the age of 31, he became the Superior of the Grand Seminary in Prado, Lyon in 1992. From 1992-1999, he served as Secretary of Jewish Relations for Cardinals Decourtray, Jean Balland and Cardinal Louis-Marie Billé. In 1999, he requested to work with the Jewish community of France, and was appointed secretary to the French Conference of Bishops for Relations with the Jewish community and an advisor to the Vatican on relations with Judaism.

In 2004, he joined leaders in the French Catholic and Jewish community in founding Yahad-In Unum (“together” in Latin and in Hebrew.) The organization’s purpose is to further relations between Catholics and Jews. Its largest and most ambitious initiative is to locate the sites of mass graves of Jewish victims of the Nazi mobile killing units, the Einsatzgruppen, in Ukraine and Belarus.

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat Center
Venice, Florida
Cost: $200 per couple

Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner on Saturday are provided along with Breakfast and Lunch on Sunday.  Snacks will be provided Saturday and Sunday.  Overnight accommodations are provided at OLPH retreat center.

If you have questions about the marriage preparation weekend, please email marriageprep@dioceseofvenice.org or call 941-484-9543.   We are only allowing 8 couples on the retreat.  Once the retreat is full it will be closed for registration.