DIOCESE

Intercollegiate Retreat

The 2008-2009 Intercollegiate Retreat will be January 30-February 1, 2009. The retreat will be at Little Ocmulgee State Park. This year the retreat will be led by Father Tony Dittmer, the Campus Chaplain at Illinois State University. No matter where you stand in your walk with Christ, this retreat will help you see where and how you can draw intimately deeper to him. Not to mention, you'll meet new friends and have a great time.

Contact Robert Funsch at savvoc@hotmail.com for more information.

Retrouvaille

Is your marriage struggling? Has your relationship grown cold and distant? Do you feel disappointment, pain, conflict, even despair? Do you feel lost and alone? Don't drown in an unloving and uncaring marriage. Get help! Reach for the Retrouvaille lifeline. Our next Retrouvaille Weekend will be February 6-8, 2009 in an Augusta Hotel. Space limited. Register early.

For additional information or to register call (800) 470-2230. From outside the Savannah Diocese call (706) 863-1465. More info at www.retrouvaille.org.

Retreat for Women Religious

Women religious in the diocese are invited to a special retreat at Saint Peter Claver Church, 131 Ward Street, Macon, on February 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The theme will be "Gathering the fragments ... Blessed and Broken."  The retreat leader is Sister Kathryn Clauss, ihm. The retreat, including a hot lunch, is sponsored by the diocese at no cost to the sisters. Registration deadline is February 3.

For further information or to register, contact Sister Camille Collini, csj, Vicar for Religious, at cecollini@diosav.org,  912-201-4113 (work ) or 912- 691-4629 (home).

Abuse Hotline Number

To report sexual abuse of a minor by a Diocese of Savannah employee or volunteer, call the abuse hotline number at 888-357-5330 or the Office for the Protection of Children and Young People, 912-201-4073 or 912-201-4074. To read the diocesan policy on sexual abuse of minors, go to http://diosav.org/childyouthprotection.

"In the Footsteps of Pope John Paul II"

Join spiritual directors Father Mariusz K. Fuks, on a 9-Day Pilgrimage to Poland and the Czech Republic from April 15-23, 2009. Visit Warsaw, Niepokalanow, Czestochowa, Krakow, Wadowice, Auschwitz and Prague. Cost: $2395 + departure taxes and fuel surcharges.

For more information, contact Father Mariusz at 912-704-7786 or Karen at 1-800-225-7662 ext.15.

AUGUSTA AREA

Roe v. Wade Memorial

The Augusta Memorial of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision will be held at 2:00 p.m. January 17 in front of Planned Parenthood. There will be music, prayers and speakers. Bring your family and friends to stand for life and pray for an end to abortion.

Atlanta Memorial

The Alleluia Community, Augusta, will sponsor a bus to  Atlanta for the Memorial Service for the Unborn on the 36th Anniversary of the Legalization of Abortion, January 22, at the Georgia Capitol Steps in Atlanta. The bus will leave from the Alleluia School parking lot on Peach Orchard Road at Lumpkin Road at 7:00 a.m. and return late afternoon. Cost: $10 per person.

Call the Alleluia office at 706-798-1882 to reserve your seat.

Annulment for Divorced Catholics

Father Daniel F. Firmin, Chancellor of the Diocese of Savannah, will present a talk on Annulment for Divorced Catholics  on January 26 at Saint Teresa of Avila Church, Grovetown, at 7:15 p.m., immediately following the regularly scheduled 6:30 p.m. Mass. There will be a question and answer period following the presentation. Everyone is welcome.

For more information, call Saint Teresa's at 706-863-4956.

COLUMBUS AREA

Saint Anne Pacelli Open House

Saint Anne Pacelli Catholic School, Columbus, will hold an open house for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 on January 15, 2009. The school will accept applications for prekindergarten through eighth grade for the 2009-2010 school year. From 9 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., Grades Pre-K through 8 in will meet in Deimel Hall From 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Grades 9 through 12 will meet in the Gymnasium. Feel free to invite a friend or a neighbor to come learn about Saint Anne Pacelli.

For more information, contact Pat Nobes, Director of Admissions, at 706-561-5233.

SAVANNAH AREA

Saint James Open House

Saint James School, 8412 Whitfield Avenue, Savannah, will hold an Expo 2009-2010 Open House on January 27 from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Meet administrators, teachers and parents. Learn about interactive SMART Boards. Tour the campus.

RSVP to 912- 355-3132.