All high school students in the Diocese of Charlotte are invited to a Fall Retreat Friday through Sunday, Oct. 19-21, hosted at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro.
The retreat starts Friday night at 7 p.m. and concludes at 11 a.m. Sunday. The retreat will focus on the Scripture passage from John 15:13: “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
What is a true friend? What is ultimate friendship? Come pray and explore with other young people from across the diocese. Registration details are online at www.charlottediocese.org/ev/youth/events/high-school-retreat or call 704-370-3211.
CINCINNATI — Diocese of Charlotte seminarians studying at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West recently enjoyed a visit from Father John Eckert, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Salisbury. He joined the seminary community for Mass, concelebrating on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sept. 14.
Pictured with Father Eckert are the diocese’s five seminarians in formation there: (from left, bottom row) Darren Balkey and Harry Ohlhaut; (middle row) Aaron Huber and Lee Benson; and (top row) Camilo Salas-Bowen.
The Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West, originally St. Francis Xavier Seminary, is the third-oldest Catholic seminary in the United States.