Happenings

Manna House in need of food, night person

Manna House in Dodge City, which provides food and clothing to needy families, as well as overnight accommodations for families or individuals in transition, is in need of donations. Food and clothing can be brought to the home at 1012 1st Ave. in Dodge City weekdays between 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Manna House is currently unable to offer overnight accommodations as it searches for a person to fill the position of night supervisor. The person must have good moral values and the willingness to meet people. For more information, call (620) 227-6707 weekdays between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Manna House is also in great need of volunteers who can offer two hours per week.

Diocesan Anniversary Mass

The Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Celebration will be at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 24. Couples celebrating 10, 25, 40, 50 and more than 50 years of marriage in 2004 will be honored and will renew their marriage vows at the Sunday Eucharist with Bishop Ronald M. Gilmore officiating. A light meal will follow the liturgy in the Holy Family Social Center. Family and friends of the couples are invited to share in the celebration. Pastors have been asked to obtain the names of couples in their parishes who are observing these anniversaries. The names will be sent to the Office of Liturgy and Worship, and invitations will be mailed to each couple with an RSVP.

From the Heartland Center

Thursdays 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. ; Sept. 16, 23, 30 Oct. 7, 14

Instructors: Heartland Center Team

$25 or $5 per session

(Lunch may be purchased in the convent for $5.50.)

"Come view videos and discuss them during the lunch hour. In ‘Violence Unveiled,’ Gil Bailie and Richard Rohr engage in a lively exchange about culture, spiritual and moral crisis and the importance of the Christian Gospels in understanding and responding to today’s reality. ‘Leap Into the Future’ features an interview with Don Beck who facilitates the Spiral Dynamics Group and is the Founder of the Institute of Values and Culture. Beck addresses the organizing principles that permeate thought structures and decision-making systems.

Saturday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-noon

Instructor: Kathryn Damiano; Cost is $15

"Integral Spirituality is an approach to life that includes exercising the mind, body and spirit expressed in self, culture and nature. This offering is for those who would like to explore the insights of contemporary philosopher, Ken Wilber, who envisions an evolution of consciousness that may allow for human survival in this broken world."

Kathryn Damiano is a spiritual director and a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She lives in a low income area of Wichita and is part of a ministry to be a presence for interracial reconciliation. Her doctoral research involved visiting and studying diverse faith communities.

Saturday, Sept. 25, 9 a.m.-noon

Instructor: Sister Louise Hageman

$25 (Limit 12 participants)

"Focusing is a way of coming home to yourself. It is not complicated, just unfamiliar. This is an opportunity to sense how an issue feels in your body, not just what you think about it. You will also learn to befriend and make space for the issue so it can tell its story thereby finding a doorway for grace to surprise you. It is not the logic of reason and control which operates here, but some awesome power, direction and purpose different from anything we could ever imagine."

In Wichita --

Registration for the 2004 Shamrock Open Charity Golf Tournament presented by Preferred Senior Supplement is now open for the first 100 golfers. The Oct. 4 tournament will be played at Braeburn Golf Course on the WSU campus starting at 1 p.m. and will benefit the charitable ministries of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita. CSJ "Dear Neighbor" Ministries and StepStone serve the poor and women victims of domestic violence.

The Shamrock Open is open to any and all golfers. Following the tournament, a steak dinner and awards ceremony will be held at Mount St. Mary Convent for the golfers. For more information or to sign up for the Shamrock Open please call John Leslie (316) 733-2099.