ATTENTION SENIOR CITIZENS! Catholic Charities Summit Adult Day Services provides daytime care and support for older adults Monday-Friday. We serve adults who would benefit from a social and interactive program that addresses their physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. We also offer engaging activities, companionship, geriatric fitness, nutritional meals, medical monitoring, and supervision. Participants can attend full-time or on a part-time basis. For more information, or to schedule a tour, call (330) 762-2000. Summit Adult Day Services has been serving seniors and their families since 1977!

Has your marriage become unloving or uncaring? Has your relationship cold or distant? Or are you thinking about a separation or divorce? Are you already separated/divorced but both of you want to try again? Then the Retrouvaille program may help you rediscover each other again. RETROUVAILLE, which means rediscovery, is supported by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, but it is open to couples of all faiths. This program consists of a weekend experience for couples plus six follow up sessions. The next Retrouvaille weekend is Friday – Sunday, August 26-28. A registration fee of $200.00 is required to confirm your reservation. For more information concerning the program, or to register, please call Marce or Liz at (440) 357-6580, or 1-800-470-2230, or go online to www.helpourmarriage.org.

It takes about 1400 volunteers to make The FEST possible. We need all sorts of help from setting up the grounds on the days before, to singing in The FEST Choir, to working one of the food or activity booths. We need you. Help us create an amazing day for our diocese. To learn more or sign up to help, go to: theFEST.us/volunteer.

An Independence Day Mass will be held on Monday, July 4 at 9:00 a.m.. weather permitting. This service will include patriotic songs in celebration of our nation’s birthday. A donut social will follow.

Please join us for a Mass for the Sanctification of Priests on Thursday, July 21, 6:30 p.m., at Walsh University - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel, 2020 E Maple St, North Canton, OH 44720. Mass will be followed by a Holy Hour with Rosary and Benediction. Please come to this Mass to pray with us. Our priests and Our Holy Mother Church are in desperate need of more pray-ers!!! The Holy Mass is the most powerful form of prayer.

The Akron RubberDucks & St. Francis de Sales Parish invite you for a day of PRAISE, WORSHIP and BASEBALL at Canal Park (300 S. Main St. Akron, OH), on Sunday, August 28, 2022. Activities start at 11:30 a.m. Game begins at 2:00 p.m. Click on the title for full details and how to purchase your tickets.

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES ASSOCIATION IS SEEKING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HELP AT THE FEST! Catholic Cemeteries Association is looking for 15-20 energetic high school student volunteers to help us make and distribute free sno-cones at this year’s FEST on Sunday, August 7, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in Wickliffe. Volunteers will work in 2-hour shifts crushing ice, putting ice in sno-cone cups, and pouring flavored syrups into the sno-cone cups. Volunteers will be free to enjoy the FESTivities after their assigned 2-hour shift, or they can take a break and work another shift. Interested volunteers should contact Rhonda at [email protected] or (216) 930-4866.

An Approved Support Group under the Department for Marriage and Family Ministry – Diocese of Cleveland A "Caring and Sharing" session for those struggling with divorce, separation or widowhood will be held on Monday, July 11th from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary's Convent Building, 1945 Portage Trail in Cuyahoga Falls. Marlene, a retired Social Worker, will facilitate this session. This event is open at no charge to people of all faiths. For information call Marlene (330) 607-6284.

We are excited, and blessed, to announce that The FEST is back HOME for 2022 at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in Wickliffe. Join us on Sunday, August 7, 2022 to enjoy the BEST national Christian artists (Crowder, Phil Wickham, We the Kingdom, Micah Tyler and Rhett Walker) along with inspiring displays and vendors, and meaningful crafts and activities for the kids. There is plenty of FREE parking near the seminary, along with the opportunity to purchase a parking pass right on the FEST grounds. Find out all the details by going to: www.theFEST.us. Even if you can’t make it during the day, join Bishop Malesic at 8:00 p.m. for an inspiring outdoor Mass. Join thousands and thousands as we come together as one at the Table of the Lord (www.theFEST.us/Mass). It’s the perfect one-tank trip and an amazing family day thanks to our friends and sponsors (Marc’s, DOLE, Sherwood Foods, and Barons Bus). Check out all the details at: www.theFEST.us.

ake in the spectacular New England fall colors and celebrate God's glory on a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Massachusetts during Sr. Faustina’s Feast Day! This journey is October 4-7, 2022. We will also visit the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs (NY), the Museum of Blessed Fr. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, and relax at Ocean Beach in Connecticut to walk the beach, shop and enjoy fine dining. Space very limited—one bus only. Register right away at www.incrediblejourneystours.com.

Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church, 169 W. Clinton St., Doylestown, will be hosting “The Best 60th Card Party” on Wednesday, July 20th. We will be featuring a salad buffet for $10.00. The day includes door prizes and raffles. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. with lunch at 12:00 p.m. Bring your friends, family and your own cards and games. We look forward to seeing you. For more info call Janet at (330) 658-3057.

All are invited to attend Catholic Renewal Ministries’ 39th Annual Conference to be held on Saturday July 16, 2022 at St. Albert the Great Parish Reception Hall, 6667 Wallings Rd., North Royalton. This year’s theme is “Rejoice, Pray, Give Thanks”. Guest speakers will be Sr. Marie Fidelis from the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ Community, Barbara Heil who is a speaker and Missionary Teacher with Renewal Ministries in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Fr. Bob Franco. Bishop-Elect Michael Woost will be the celebrant for the Vigil Mass, and Matt Fafrak will lead us in contemporary praise music throughout the day and evening. Visit the CRM website: www.crmweb.org or call Sandy at 440-554-8119 for more information and to register. Advance registration postmarked by Wednesday, July 6, is $30, and at the door $35. Come, experience the healing power and gifts of the Holy Spirit!

The Upper Room High School Ministry Summer 2022 Calendar is now posted on the Upper Room webpage. Click on the title for a link to this webpage!

Due to the 4th of July holiday, Young at Heart will meet on Monday, July 11, 1:00 p.m. in rooms 4 & 5 in the Parish Life Center. Our theme is Christmas in July and we will have fun playing games. Dues are still being collected and planning continues for the August Picnic.

A list of summer 2022 festivals and carnivals in parishes of the Diocese of Cleveland can be found at www.dioceseofcleveland.org/festivals (or click on the title).

Come join us in a celebration of Ukrainian culture and food on the parish grounds of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1866 Brown St., Akron, on Saturday, June 25, 2022, 1-7 p.m.

The Village of St. Edward’s annual VillageFEST, a celebration of our community and enrichment efforts, will take place at our Green, Wadsworth, and Fairlawn locations on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, June 22, 23, & 24. In addition to an invitation of attendance, we are asking for donations for our silent auction, gift cards for our gift card tree, wine bottles of $20 or more for our wine pull, top shelf liquor for our liquor trunk, and items from our Amazon Wishlists. All proceeds will support VillageLIFE, an expansion of our resident life program, and a continual effort to enrich the lives of our residents. Any donation can be left at the front desk of any of the three locations most convenient for you. Thank you for your continued support of our cherished community. Please contact Vondea Sheaffer (234-466-0556) with any questions, and visit our website to purchase tickets (https://vsecommunities.org/fest/).

Does your student need service hours? Wouldn't it be great to get them completed in the summer when schedules are a bit less hectic without school? If your answer is yes, then Good Samaritan Hunger Center needs you. We have several opportunities for students over age 14 without a parent or 5-14 with a parent or other adult to volunteer. We especially need volunteers on Wednesday mornings at Forest Lodge, 260 Greenwood Ave. from 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., the last three Wednesdays of each month. For more information, please visit our volunteer page https://volunteerconnect.bvuvolunteers.org/search.