(This page was updated 1/11/2022)

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

We have exciting new as well as returning sessions planned for 2021-2022; both weekly and monthly as well as limited series and special events with guest speakers.
Register in three ways:  phone the parish office at 941-966-0807, stop by the front desk to register in person, or email:  TFlippo@olmc-osprey.org.   Thank you for joining us!
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2022 Special Events  (Watch for continued updates)

• Jan 19:   Rifka Gatz, Holocaust Survivor; International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Feb 16:  "Estate Planning."  Speaker:  Michael Morse, Exec. Director, Catholic Community Foundation
• May 4:   Wendy Deming, COO, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Winter 2022 Day Pilgrimage for Adults, February 8th.  $25.00 per person.
(carpool to Saint Leo Abbey and Benedictine Monks.  Cost includes talks, walking tour, visit to Grotto, noon Mass, lunch).  Registration forms are available in the parish office.  Questions?  Contact the parish office at (941) 966-0807.
 
Lenten Lunch Series, Mar 16, 23 & 30, 12:15-1:30pm, in Tillotson Hall. 
Facilitator: Fr. Fred Tillotson, O.Carm.
 
Women’s Lenten Retreat, Thursday, March 10th, 2022  w/ national Catholic speaker and author, Patricia Lorenz.  Tillotson Hall ($$)
 
Men’s Lenten Retreat, Tuesday, March 15th, 2022, w/ national Catholic speaker & author,        Tom McQueen.  Tillotson Hall ($$)
 
Weekly Programs
Sundays:   Family Faith Formation, in Rms 1 and 3, 4, 5 & 6                 
9:00am—10:00am, September 19th—end of May. 
For children in Grades K through 6th.  All gather with their parents for opening prayer and to read the Sunday Gospel.  Children then break away to classrooms while parents, older adults and youth remain to discuss the Gospel and various Catholic teachings.  Children return toward the end of the hour for whole group discussions on what we learned.  Occasionally, we have a guest speaker or celebrate as family an event in the life of the Church. 
 
Sundays:   “Thirty-Minute Theology”
9:20am—9:50am, September 19th —end of May, in Rms 4-6
Facilitator:  T. Flippo, M.A., M.A., Director of Faith Formation
This session is open only to parents of Family Faith Formation, RCIA participants and older youth.  Discussions are centered on material from Breaking Open the Word, Catholic Update, the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults and the Bible.  Topics include prayer, the sacraments and our Catholic faith.
 
Mondays, Winter 2022:  “Great Figures of the New Testament,” 10:30am—Noon, in Rms 4-6.
Part of The Great Courses DVD lecture series.  Facilitator:  T. Flippo, M.A., M.A.

• Part I, Jan 10, 24, 31 (office closed Jan 17):  John the Baptist, Mary, Joseph, John and James, the Sons of Zebedee  
• Part II, Feb 7, 14, 28 (office closed Feb 21):  Lazarus-Martha-Mary, Doubting Thomas, Samaritan Woman, Mary Magdalene 
• Part III, Mar 7, 14, 21:  James, Stephen, Philip, Jesus, Paul

Mondays, Lent 2022:  “No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk Through Christ's Passion,” 10:30-Noon,  Mar 28, Apr 4 & 11, in Rms 4-6. 
An Ascension Press DVD series.  Facilitator:  T. Flippo, M.A., M.A.
Overview:  The Prayer of the Agony, the Trial before Pilate, Death of the Messiah, Seven Last Words, The Resurrection
 
Tuesdays:    “Breaking Open the Word”
10:30am—11:30am, starting September 14th, in Library
Facilitator:  T. Flippo, M.A., M.A.
Small groups allow participants to read and reflect upon various themes in Scripture while sharing life experiences.  Join us for these upcoming opportunities on the below themes: 

Monthly Programs
Book Club:  12:15pm—1:30pm, in Library.  Facilitator:  T.Flippo, M.A., M.A.
Order your books then come join the conversation on these days:

• Jan 12, 2022:    Boy Soldier:  Recollections of World War II by Charles Palmeri (OLMC parishioner)
• Feb 9:  Just Mercy:  A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
• Mar 9:  The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
• Apr 13:  The Second Mountain:  The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks
• May 11:  Silence:  A Novel  by Shusaku Endo (based on true events of Jesuit missionaries to China). 

For information about these books or for suggestions on how to purchase, contact the parish office.

Photography as a Spiritual Practice
Meets monthly on Jan 11, Feb 8, Mar 8, Apr 12 and May 10 in Rooms 4-6 from 10:00-11:30am.  
Viewing God’s beautiful creation through the camera’s lens.  Features monthly assignments on select themes.  Below photo: “Morning Dew” © by Rob Wucki, parishioner and Photography Group facilitator.  For additional information about this group, contact Rob at (262) 646-0855 or email:   rwucki@comcast.net.  
Interested participants are also invited to visit this group's Facebook page.