Sanctity of Life project, the Diocese of Lexington and Virtue Media hope to air local ads to protect life. Go to the diocesan website—www.cdlex.org—and click on Virtue Media which is a link at the top right to see the Bishop’s information and a couple of the ads that we hope to air locally.

Journey of Hope, a Catholic Divorce Recovery Ministry. Journey of Hope is a 15-week program addressing concerns of divorced or separated Catholics. It offers support and addresses important issues that arise as a result of a divorce or separation. There is a strong emphasis on prayer, scripture, and Catholic Church teachings which leads to healing and a better relationship with Christ. Email lexjourneyofhope@gmail.com or men call Bob at 859.492.4940 and women call Brooks 859.321.5789.

Catholics Returning Home, six week series (began April 27) for anyone considering a return to an active practice of the faith. Information available online at http://home.catholicweb.com/CRHatCTK/. Please pray about and consider inviting family and friends who are away from the Church to consider this series. For additional information, contact Deacon Tim Weinmann (859.272.0277 or tweinmann@cdlex.org).

Saturday Scripture Study at Cliffview Retreat Center. For more information contact David Wells at 877.792.3330 or 859.792.3333 or e-mail cliffctr@cdlex.org

July 5, The Bishop's Cathedral Series on Catechesis, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Bishop Ronald Gainer, "The Eucharistic Prayer." Hehman Hall, Christ the King Cathedral, Lexington. To register by phone: Mayann Wellman 859.278.9676. To register by email: dculp@cdlex.org

July 7, Silent Self-Guided Day of Reflection and Prayer, 8 AM to 4 PM, Cliffview. Yearning for time set aside for silence and prayer? Relax in your own private room, read a book, walk the trials, pray in the chapel, meditation gardens, indoor/outdoor stations of the cross. Mass and Reconciliation celebrated by Rev. Raymond Stratman. The cost is $25 per person and includes continental breakfast from 8 AM to 9 AM, lunch at 12 PM, and a room to use for the day. Please call 877.792.3330 or 859.792.3333 or e-mail cliffctr@cdlex.org to register. Cliffview Retreat and Conference Center is located 25 miles South of Lexington in Lancaster, KY on beautiful Herrington Lake.

July 9, Formation Movie Night: Song of Bernadette. St. Francis, Georgetown, Trimbur Hall, 6:30 p.m. Potluck meal with hot dogs and drinks furnished at 6:30pm with movie to follow.

July 9, Virtus Training. Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 9:00 AM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

July 15 & 16, Church Teaches Forum: Restoring the Sacred Liturgy, the Summit of the Church's Life. Presented by Eternal Life at the Galt House, East Tower, 141 N. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. Keynote Speaker Francis Cardinal Arinze. Other featured speakers and homilists include Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Bishop Reverend Joseph E. Kurtz, Bishop Reverend Daniel Thomas, Reverend Edmund F. McCaffrey, Obl.S.B., and Reverend Roger Arnsparger. Program details. Purchase tickets online.

July 15, Natural Family Planning, St. JosephOffice Park, 1401 Harrodsburg Rd. Bldg. D, Keeneland Health Ed. Room (4th flr.), Lexington, 7:00-9:30 PM. Please note that July 15 is the FIRST meeting. This series also meets August 26 and September 9. Cost: $135/couple (includes textbook, basal thermometer, charts, etc.) These classes, led by married couples, teach the “sympto-thermal” method, which observes symptoms like body temperature, cervical mucus, position, and softness. Registration for these classes is done ON-LINE at www.ccli.org (click on “Register” button). Contact: Tom & Kathy Fister, 502.863.3437 or tkfister@att.net For other options, including on-line and home-study courses, visit www.family.cdlex.org

July 21, Virtus Training. St John the Evangelist, Georgetown, 6:00 PM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

July 23, contemporary Christian recording artist ValLimar Jansen in concert, presented by St. Leo Parish and oregon Catholic Press, Parish Gym 7:00PM - Admission: $10.00 Contact 859.873.9602 or jdenisej@hotmail.com.

August 6, Mary, Mother of Vocations, Diocesan Vocation Conference, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Cathedral of Christ the King. Visit www.ichoseyou.com/VEDiocesanVocationsConf.html

August 9, Virtus Training. St John the Evangelist, Georgetown, 11:00 AM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

August 10, Silent Self-Guided Day of Reflection and Prayer, 8 AM to 4 PM, Cliffview. Yearning for time set aside for silence and prayer? Relax in your own private room, read a book, walk the trials, pray in the chapel, meditation gardens, indoor/outdoor stations of the cross. Mass and Reconciliation celebrated by Rev. Raymond Stratman. The cost is $25 per person and includes continental breakfast from 8 AM to 9 AM, lunch at 12 PM, and a room to use for the day. Please call 877.792.3330 or 859.792.3333 or e-mail cliffctr@cdlex.org to register. Cliffview Retreat and Conference Center is located 25 miles South of Lexington in Lancaster, KY on beautiful Herrington Lake.

August 11-23. World Youth Day, Granada and Madrid, Spain. Join Bishop Gainer and the Diocese of Lexington for the opportunity of a lifetime. Cost is $3,500.00, all inclusive. Contact Sister Sadny Delgado sdelgado@cdlex.org or 859.253.1993 ext. 277. For more information see www.cdlex.org/index.cfm/NewsItem?ID=313212&From=Home

August 13, Virtus Training. Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 9:00 AM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

August 15, Assumption of Mary.

August 20, Virtus Training. St John the Evangelist, Georgetown, 10:00 AM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

August 24, Virtus Training. Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 6:30 PM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

August 27, Natural Family Planning, St. Luke Catholic Church, Parish Hall, 304 South Main St., Nicholasville, Kentucky, 9:30 AM to 12 Noon. Please note that August 27 is the FIRST meeting. This series also meets September 24 and October 22. Cost: $135/couple (includes textbook, basal thermometer, charts, etc.) These classes, led by married couples, teach the “sympto-thermal” method, which observes symptoms like body temperature, cervical mucus, position, and softness. Registration for these classes is done ON-LINE at www.ccli.org (click on “Register” button). Contact: Richard & Jan Shofner, 859.879.1835 or seabees@windstream.net For other options, including on-line and home-study courses, visit www.family.cdlex.org

August 27, 3rd Annual Double Saints Festival, Sts. Francis and John, Georgetown. Currently looking for Vendor/Exhibitors for Festival. If you would like to display and or sell arts/crafts contact Jim Kimmerly at icabodjim@yahoo.com or 859.559.2873.

September 9-10, Rachel's Vineyard Retreat, Cliffview Retreat Center. Abortion has many victims. Weekend retreats offer a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing. The retreat is open to parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives and friends of someone who is post-abortive as well as to health care providers who may have been involved in, or witnessed, abortions. Cost of retreat is $165. Scholarships are available for those in need. Please call Sharla Wells at 859.792.3333 or 877.792.3330 (toll-free) or e-mail sharlaky@yahoo.com for more information or to register. For Rachel's Vineyard Retreats nationally, visit online at www.rachelsvineyard.org or call 877.HOPE.4.ME

September 10, Virtus Training. Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 9:00 AM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

September 16-18, Marriage Encounter Retreat, Cliffview Retreat Center. For more details or reservations call: Dave & Jan Stockleman at 1.800.547.1251 Code 00 or on the web at www.esharing.org

September 20, Cliffview Day of Prayer, the Mass: Heaven on Earth, 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. led by Lavinia Spirito Breaking open the Word of God, attending the Eucharist, ‘Source and Summit’ of our prayer, gathering as a community: it doesn’t get any better than this. Join us as we examine evidence from Scripture and the Fathers and documents of the Church detailing how we truly join the heavenly courts when present at Mass. See the parts of the Mass explained, look at its ancient roots in the Old Testament; see its development over the millennia since the Last Supper. We truly can join with the ancient Church in saying: “without the Lord’s Day we cannot go on”. $20 individual: $35 for couple (includes retreat and lunch). For more information 877.792.3330 or 859.792.3333 or e-mail cliffctr@cdlex.org

September 21, Virtus Training. Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 6:30 PM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

September 23, Natural Family Planning, St. JosephOffice Park, 1401 Harrodsburg Rd. Bldg. D, Keeneland Health Ed. Room (4th flr.), Lexington, 7:00-9:30 PM. Please note that September 23 is the FIRST meeting. This series also meets October 21 and November 18. Cost: $135/couple (includes textbook, basal thermometer, charts, etc.) These classes, led by married couples, teach the “sympto-thermal” method, which observes symptoms like body temperature, cervical mucus, position, and softness. Registration for these classes is done ON-LINE at www.ccli.org (click on “Register” button). Contact: Tom & Kathy Fister, 502.863.3437 or tkfister@att.net For other options, including on-line and home-study courses, visit www.family.cdlex.org

30 September - 1 October, Knights of Columbus, Attic Treasures, Christ the King.

October 4, Cliffview Day of Prayer, Marian Apparitions, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. led by Sr. Mary Christina Murray, SJW. $20 individual; $35 for couple (includes retreat and lunch). In December 2010, the Bishop Ricken of Green Bay gave the United States the first approved Marian apparition. Learn about Our Lady of Good Help and approved Marian Apparitions of the Twentieth century. Learn what the Blessed Virgin's message is for her children. Cliffview Retreat Center. Call 877.792.3330 or e-mail cliffctr@cdlex.org

October 7-8, Oktoberfest, Christ the King.

October 12, Cliffview Day of Prayer, 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. led by the Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky. Cliffview Retreat Center. Call 877.792.3330 or e-mail cliffctr@cdlex.org

October 14, Natural Family Planning, St. JosephOffice Park, 1401 Harrodsburg Rd. Bldg. D, Keeneland Health Ed. Room (4th flr.), Lexington, 7:00-9:30 PM. Please note that October 14 is the FIRST meeting. This series also meets November 11 and December 9. Cost: $135/couple (includes textbook, basal thermometer, charts, etc.) These classes, led by married couples, teach the “sympto-thermal” method, which observes symptoms like body temperature, cervical mucus, position, and softness. Registration for these classes is done ON-LINE at www.ccli.org (click on “Register” button). Contact: Thomas & Molly Hubbell, 859.523.4765 or mollyhubbell@yahoo.com For other options, including on-line and home-study courses, visit www.family.cdlex.org

October 27, Bishop's Vocation Dinner, 6 PM to 8 PM, Annunication in Paris. Visit www.ichoseyou.com/VEVocationDinners.htm

October 29, Bishop's Vocation Dinner, St. William in London. Mass at 5 PM with dinner to follow. Visit www.ichoseyou.com/VEVocationDinners.htm

November 1, All Saints Day.

November 5, Birthright Bid and Buy. Save the date.

November 12, Virtus Training. Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 9:00 AM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

November 12-14, Cliffview Retreat, Joyful Aging, led by Barbara Whalen Retreat begins Sunday, November 13 with registration between 5 - 6 p.m. and ends around 9 p.m. On Monday, the retreat begins again at 9 a.m. (breakfast at 8 a.m.) and ends around 2:30 p.m. Cost $85 per person double room; $110 per person single room; $50 commuter rate. Call 877.792.3330 or e-mail cliffctr@cdlex.org

November 17, training on working against the death penalty, Berea. Co-sponsored by the Catholic Conference of Kentucky. The purpose is to equip pastors and parish leaders to work to abolish the death penalty. The goal is to train at least one person from every legislative district in Kentucky. For details contact Father Patrick Delahanty at delahantyp@bellsouth.net

November 27, First Sunday of Advent.

December 8, Immaculate Conception.

December 10, Virtus Training. Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church, 9:00 AM. Estimated length of session: 3 hrs. To register: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list.cfm?theme=0 (Select Lexington, KY Diocese then follow prompts)

December 25, Christmas.

February 13-14, Catholics at the Capitol 2012, Good Shepherd Church, Frankfort. For details contact Father Patrick Delahanty at delahantyp@bellsouth.net