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The Knights of Columbus council #2760 of the Church of St. Joseph in Mandan will be hosting their 7th Annual KC Festival on Saturday, Oct. 22 starting at 6 p.m. at the Mandan Moose. The night includes beer and wine tasting, a meal of pulled pork, coleslaw, potato salad, beans and dessert, silent auction, music and tons of fun. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Tickets will be available at the Church of St. Joseph parish office, after all weekend Masses or by calling Pete at 701-391-5201 or Pat at 701-202-9103.

Within My Reach is a workshop series that teaches relationship skills and is a decision making program for those seeking more enriching relationships with the people that matter in their lives. Available to adults who are single or in relationships. Sessions are online on Thursday (October 13, 20, 27, November 3 & 10) evenings 8:00-9:30 p.m. The cost is free. For more information and to register go to bismarckdiocese.com/relationshipbuilding.

If you are hurting from the trauma of abortion, healing and hope are awaiting you on a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat.™ Join us Sept 30 – Oct 2. For information about local retreats visit rapidcitydiocese.org/rv/ or contact Carol Kling at 605-374-5639 or ckling@sdplains.com. For more information, contact the national office at 877-467-3463 or www.rachelsvineyard.org. - Testimony after a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat™ “I have never been more convinced that God moves powerfully to love His wounded people back to life than that weekend at the Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat.™ It was a mountaintop experience! ”

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Beginning Experience, a peer ministry, is starting a 10-week session on Sunday, Sept. 11 for those who have lost a love relationship by death, separation or divorce. Contact Elaine at 701-400-1941.

The Diocese of Fargo is hosting a Eucharistic Conference “Redeemed” the weekend of Sept. 23-24 at the Delta by Marriott in Fargo. Speakers include Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Msgr. James Shea, Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, and Dr. Mary Healy. The weekend also includes a Eucharistic procession and healing service, Mass with Bishop John Folda and worship music by the Aly Aleigha band. Cost is $50 for early registration and $75 after Sept. 5. For more information, go to fargodiocese.com/redeemed or call 701-356-7900.

The Serra Club of Bismarck-Mandan is having their annual fundraising breakfast for religious vocations on Sunday, Sept. 25 at the St. Mary’s Academy lunchroom (1025 North 2nd Street). The meal is served from 9 a.m. until 1p.m. This year, for the first time, enjoy a “build your own breakfast burrito,” along with their popular bake sale. Cost: adults $10; children (10 and under) $5; and children under age 3 free. For more information, call Dan or Rose Mayo 258-1404 or Pete Deichert 391-5201.

A 40 Day for Life prayer vigil will take place in Bismarck Sept. 28 through Nov. 6. All are invited to join this worldwide mobilization to pray and fast for an end to abortion. The vigil will be at the outside corner of Boulevard Ave. and 6th St. North in Bismarck (near the state capitol building) from the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. For more information, contact Diane Huck at 701-527-3265 or 40daysbisnd@gmail.com. You may also get involved and sign up for prayer times at 40daysforlife.com/bismarck.

Join the fun at the St. Vincent de Paul Society Friends of the Poor Walk/Run on Sunday, Oct. 2. The annual 5k begins at Bismarck’s Sertoma Park, shelter 7. Registration starts at 3:30 p.m. with the run/walk at 4 p.m. This is a non-competitive walk/run to raise money for the poor in the community. There is no registration fee, but a freewill donation is much appreciated. All funds raised stay in the local community. You can pre-register online at fopwalk.org. The Cathedral of The Holy Spirit Knights of Columbus are providing an Oktoberfest picnic immediately following the walk/run. Menu includes brats, sauerkraut and root beer floats. Thank you to all sponsors, especially gold sponsors Dakota Eye Institute, Steven and Sherry Wangler and Karin Haskell-Better Homes & Garden Real Estate.

Everyone’s invited to join the Fatima rosary rally on Saturday, Oct. 15 at noon near the grounds of the N.D. State Capitol building on the corner of 9th Street and Boulevard (in front of the water commission building). The rally includes public rosary with intentions, the Angelus, Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Prayer of Total Consecration and the Divine Praises. The event is sponsored by the Bismarck-Mandan Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Daughters.

The public is invited to attend the Bismarck Diocese’s annual White Mass, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Bismarck. The special Mass honors physicians and those involved in the medical field.

We are excited to announce that a Eucharistic conference for youth will be offered this fall. A one-day Diocesan Youth Conference is set for Saturday, Oct. 29 at Trinity Catholic High School in Dickinson. The conference will feature inspiring speakers including Chris Mueller and Eric Gallagher, with Fr. Christian Smith, Academic Dean at Trinity Jr. and Sr. High, as our host, speaking about the Eucharist and discipleship. More details to follow.

There will not be a Thirst Eucharistic Conference held in October 2022 as previously planned.

Do you know a student attending Bismarck State College this fall? Help us keep them connected to their faith by letting them know about a new and exciting student-run campus organization called Mystic Catholic. Mystic Catholic will provide opportunities for students seeking a relationship with Jesus and hoping to develop friendships, ask questions, and strengthen their faith through social activities, like Theology on Tap, with their peers. For more information, contact 701-335-6332 or email MysticCatholics@gmail.com.

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Search for Christian Maturity is a weekend retreat experience which provides youth an opportunity to think, talk, question and dive deeper into their faith. The weekends are for any high school or college age person at least 15 years old. The program is both rooted in the Catholic faith and open to young people of any denomination or creed. Search weekends are held five times throughout the year at the Badlands Ministries Camp just south of Medora. Weekends for the 2022-23 season are: Oct. 7-9; Nov. 18-20; Jan. 13-15; Feb. 24-26; and April 14-16. Find more information at bismarckdiocese.com/search1.

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Come in prayer to heal our nation. A patriotic rosary dedicates one Hail Mary in a traditional Catholic rosary to each state of the United States and asks God’s protection and guidance for our nation. This will be said the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. starting March 4 at Spirit of Life in Mandan. Please join as we come together and unite to strengthen our nation.

For those who want to watch the Mass from home but have no access to the internet or prefer to watch on television, BEK TV is broadcasting the Mass from the Cathedral on Sundays at 8 a.m. CT. These LIVE broadcasts can be viewed on the television channels listed below. Click on the title above for the full list of available channels.

Come pray the rosary for the unborn at Spirit of Life in Mandan every Monday from 5 to 6:20 p.m. All 15 decades are prayed, stay for all or as much as you able. All are welcome.