Send information on Ash Wednesday

Send information on Ash Wednesday

Lent, a season of spiritual renewal, begins Ash Wednesday, which is Feb. 10. Forty days is a traditional number of discipline, devotion and preparation in the Bible. Lent also lasts for 40 days, excluding Sundays.

A listing of Ash Wednesday services and other Lenten programs will be published Feb. 6. Deadline to submit information is 5 p.m. Feb. 3.

Send information by email to religion@vindy.com, mail to the religion desk at The Vindicator, P.O. Box 780, Youngstown, OH 44501-0780, or by fax to 330-747-6712.

Send newsletter to Religion Desk

All churches, synagogues, mosques and ministries are invited to send their newsletters and press releases about programs, concerts and any other special events to The Vindicator. Send to Religion Desk, The Vindicator, P.O. Box 780, Youngstown, OH 44501-0780. Electronic versions may be sent to religion@vindy.com. The newsletters provide a valuable source of information on services and activities at area places of worship. For more information, call the Religion Desk at 330-747-1471, ext. 1245.

‘Awakening Faith’

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St. William Parish, 5411 Mahoning Ave., will offer a program, “Awakening Faith,” from 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 1. The session will share the basic tenets of Catholicism and also provide an opportunity to reconnect.

Refreshments will be served. Visit www.stwilliamchampion.org.

Groening lecture

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The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends will present a screening of a movie, “The Phenomenon Bruno Groening – On the Tracks of the Miracle Healer” on Jan. 24 at the Georgianna Parker Center at Boardman Park, 375 Boardman-Poland Road.

The movie will be shown in three segments of 95 minutes each from noon to 6 p.m. There will be two breaks and snacks.

The Circle for Spiritual Aid to Life Inc. is organizing the event. Arlene Barkan is leader of the Youngstown Community and North American Internet Children’s Community. Call Barkan at 330-372-3144 to make a reservation for the movie.

An introduction lecture, “Help and Healing on the Spiritual Path through the Teachings of Bruno Groening,” will follow a docu-film at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 550 S. Broad St. The session is taking place at, but is not affiliated with, the church.

Visit www.bruno-groening.org/english.

First Friday Club

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Bishop George V. Murry of the Diocese of Youngstown will be the featured speaker when the First Friday Club of Greater Youngstown meets Feb. 4 at Antone’s Banquet Centre, 8578 Market St.

His topic will be “Katherine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament’s Mission to Native and African People.”

The luncheon is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $16. Reservations must be made by calling 330-720-4498 or visiting www.firstfridayclubofgreater-youngstown.org.

Caring project

Souper Bowl of Caring works to mobilize those looking to fight hunger and poverty in their own communities around the time of the Super Bowl football game.

In the weeks leading up to and on Super Bowl Sunday, youth at area churches take up a collection, sometimes using a soup pot, and ask for one dollar or one item of food for people in need. The donation goes to local hunger-relief organizations.