Diocesan Phase of the Synod of Bishops begins; Shrine to Our Lady of Perpetual Help blessed and dedicated at Retreat Center in Venice; upgraded Parish centers at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Immokalee and Our Lady of the Angels in Lakewood Ranch; Catholic schools STREAM (science, technology, religion, engineering, arts and mathematics) initiative begins; new tabernacle blessed at St. Andrew Parish in Cape Coral; new St. Paul Parish church in Arcadia blessed and dedicated; first Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic women Gold Rose Awards for girls presented; first Diocesan Rosary Congress in October.
