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Here's a list of the fall dinners at various parishes throughout the diocese. Click on the title for more details on each event. ▪ St. Katherine in Braddock fall festival Oct. 13 ▪ St. Theresa Octoberfest in Carson Oct. 20 ▪ St. John in Minot fall festival Oct. 27

This fall, the St. Mary Sisters will be offering an extra-curricular catechism class for children ages 6 through 13 on Tuesdays from 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. at Ascension Parish’s upstairs classrooms. There is no set cost for these classes but a monthly donation to the St. Mary Sisters is requested to assist them in carrying out this work. For more information and to register for the class, visit www.stmarysisters.org. This class is not a replacement for parish faith formation programs.

All are invited to a series of evenings at the Church of Saint Anne in Bismarck called “Theology on Tap.” The adults-only events are on Friday nights starting at 7 p.m. in the parish garage (enter through the church east door or parish office). Evenings for women are Nov. 22 and March 28. The men’s nights are Feb. 28 and April 25. The events are open to everyone ages 21 and over.

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. Cost for the weekend is $75. Partial scholarships are available. Weekends for the 2024-25 season are: Jan. 17-19; Mar. 7-9; and Apr. 25-27. Find more information at bismarckdiocese.com/search1.

The diocesan offices will be closed on Thursday, Aug. 15 for the holy day of obligation—the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

In an effort to clear some questions from the list, here are some that warrant more brief answers.

As we begin the month of August, we will be celebrating two very important and beautiful feasts.