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75th Year Anniversary Celebration:

• We are currently looking for someone to be the point of contact for our Parish with the Diocese of Lafayette for the upcoming year.  This year the Diocese will be celebrating its 75th anniversary and will be doing different things over the course of the year through its Parishes to commemorate this anniversary.  
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• Parish Council Elections:
• Candidates:
  • Jacob Link
  • Adam May
  • Valentin Lopez
  • Jennifer Schwieterman
• Please take the time to consider each one of these candidates for the upcoming election.
• Two new members will be elected
• Voting will be Sunday November 3rd

• CYO Announcements:

• All CYO meetings will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month following religion classes for grades 5-12. They will be from 8:00pm-8:45pm. All new members are welcome at any time. 

• CYO  MEETING DATES:
  Nov 14
  Dec 12
  Jan 9, 2019
  Feb 13
  Mar 13
  Apr 10

• CYO Recycling continues every other month 9am-12N on the first Saturday of the month. Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov. 

      CYO Fundraiser  CYO Pregnancy Care Center fundraiser for ALL students. All “baby bottles”             will be distributed to participating students to raise money to benefit Jay County PCC. All bottles
        due back to their class on following dates:

         o   Grades 1-4 on Sunday Dec 9th

         o   Grades 5-12 on Wednesday Dec 12th
 

• Other CYO Events and/ or announcements:

·      CYO will be selling advent candles & wreathes after ALL masses weekends of 11/11, 11/18, & 11/25. Wreathes, $8 Candles $5. Additional donations are gladly accepted J.

·      CYO will be decorating our own Christmas Tree at the Jay County Courthouse on Monday, November 26th 4:30p-7:30pm. Votes for best tree will be awarded $100. We encourage everyone to see the Festival of Trees during Winterfest! (& vote for CYO’streeJ).

·      Any High School Students who would like to participate in the “March for Life Rally” in Washington D.C. Please contact Kathy Lawrence/CYO. Seating arrangements need to be made by Nov. 30. Bus leaves Coldwater American Legion at 6pm, Thursday Jan. 17, 2019 (Bus drives through the night to/from DC), Rally on Friday, and bus returns Saturday morning Jan. 19 at 7am. Approximate price for seating is $65. Price goes down with more participants. 

Also, Holy Trinity Catholic Church is selling signs. The yard sign reads: PRAY TO END ABORTION. Proceeds benefit the Jay County Pregnancy Care Center. Yard signs are being sold 1 for $2 or 2 for $3. Signs are standard 24" x18". If you would like to purchase or help them sell signs, please contact Linda Muhlenkamp at 419-942-2360. 

• CYO Leaders for 2018-2019:

Kathy Lawrence 317-727-9223
Selenne Castor Ruiz 260-251-8338
Jake Link 260-251-0492

Activities committee:

  ARE YOU A PRACTICING CATHOLIC?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE YOUR PARISH IN SOME WAY?  
WOULD YOU LIKE OUR PARISH TO GROW CLOSER? 
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE ACTIVITIES THAT OFFER EVERYONE A CHANCE TO CONGREGATE AND SHARE THEIR LOVE OF GOD AND THE CATHOLIC FAITH?

We are looking for Parishoners to participate in a Parish Acivities committee.

If interested contact Connie Roberts or Janice Fisher or any other Parish Council member  

Catholics Caring for Others:

If you have any questions, please contact Linda Schmitmeyer ( 260-251-5203 or blschmitmeyer@gmail.com) or Connie Roberts ( 260-251-1534).

We Welcome you to join our Parish Community.  Please register in the Rectory (Back of Church) or see Fr. Bob Moran or any Parish Council member.