Thursday, May 9
St. Joseph • Spirituality Center at St. Benedict’s Monastery hosts a gathering from 7 to 9 p.m. facilitated by Myrna Ohmann and Benedictine Sister Eunice Antony for GLBTQI+ persons, parents, allies and friends to pray, share stories and support each other. Confidentiality is maintained. Free will offering accepted. Register at https://bit.ly/43YuxlK or call 320-363-7112.
Sunday, May 12
St. Cloud • Holy Spirit Parish Breakfast Buffet featuring ham, sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs, hash browns, cinnamon and caramel rolls and fruit served from 8 a.m. to noon. (Mass celebrated at 9:30 a.m.)
Monday, May 13
St. Cloud • Fare for All food distribution, which sells packages of fruits, vegetables and frozen meats, is from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 90 Riverside Drive SE. Program is open to everyone and does not require registration. Cash, credit, debit and EBT cards are accepted.
Thursday, May 16
Cold Spring • St. Boniface Christian Women hosts free will offering rummage sale in the St. Boniface Parish gym from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Enter through the office door in the upper parking lot. (Sale repeated Friday, May 17, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, May 18, from 8 to 9:30 a.m.)
St. Joseph • Spirituality Center at St. Benedict’s Monastery hosts Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat starting today at 7 p.m. and continuing through 1 p.m. Sunday, May 26. Facilitated by Benedictine Sister Hélène Mercier, this is an all-silent retreat with multiple periods of Centering Prayer and one teaching session each day. Optional group reflection time is provided. The fee is $600, which includes meals and overnight accommodations. Register at https://bit.ly/4aIVI80 or call 320-363-7112.
Sunday, May 19
Richmond • Knights of Columbus hosts a breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Sts. Peter and Paul School gym. Menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage, breakfast links, hash browns, pancakes, doughnuts and rolls. (Mass celebrated at 10 a.m. at church.)
St. Stephen • Alaskan Mission Trip fundraiser breakfast served from 8 a.m. to noon in St. Stephen parish hall. Breakfast includes eggs, sausage, ham, hashbrowns, pancakes, caramel rolls and fruit. Free will offering. Baccalaureate Mass celebrated at 10 a.m. Motorcycle blessing after Mass. (Park motorcycles in parling lot across from church.)
The following are upcoming events in the Diocese of St. Cloud in the coming weeks. For the full calendar of events, visit https://thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/events.
To submit items for this calendar, send information to cmccalendar@gw.stcdio.org or call 320-258-7626.
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