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OXFORD — St. Patrick Parish will sponsor an all-you-care-to-eat fish fry from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12, in the parish hall. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children under age 6. Carry-outs will be available. All are welcome to attend.

REYNOLDS — St. Joseph Parish will hold a Lenten fish fry from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, March 12, in the parish’s Muller Hall. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 6 and younger. Carry-outs will be available. All are welcome to attend.

WINCHESTER — St. Joseph Parish will hold its annual Lenten fish fry from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12. The menu will include all-you-care-to-eat fish prepared by Dan’s Fish Service of Huntington, coleslaw, baked beans, applesauce, potato chips, dessert and beverage. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children age 5 and younger. All are welcome to attend.

LAFAYETTE — St. Ann Parish will hold a chicken and noodle dinner from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13, in the parish’s Memorial Center, 601 Wabash Ave. The menu will include chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, cranberry gelatin salad, dinner roll, dessert and beverage. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for students in kindergarten through 12th grade and free for children under age 5. All are welcome to attend.

CARMEL — The Frassati Society invites young men and women ages 18 to 35 to join the Carmel Deanery group for a weekly series during March on “Sexuality.” The group meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday at the John Paul II Center across from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 14598 Oakridge Road. Topics for the upcoming series will include homosexuality, pornography and living the “theology of the body.” The group also will meet for an evening of “broomball” beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at Pan Am Plaza, 201 S. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis. Cost is $10 per person, payable at the door. For more information, e-mail emailfrassati@gmail.com or visit the Web site at www.youngandcatholic.org.

LAFAYETTE — All are invited to attend a Secular Franciscan information meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at St. Boniface Parish’s St. Michael Center, 816 North St. Those attending will learn about the Secular Franciscan life.

LAFAYETTE — The Faithful City Prayer Group, a charismatic prayer group, will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 15, in the St. Philomena Center across from St. Boniface School. The group meets in a Catholic environment to praise God, share his Word and exercise the gifts of the Holy Spirit. A short teaching on healing will be given during the March 15 meeting. For more information, call Chuck Bunnell at 765-296-6955.

LAFAYETTE — Heart of Mary Educators (HOME) homeschooling group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, in the west lounge of the St. Elizabeth School of Nursing. A social half-hour will begin at 6:30 p.m. Infants are welcome.

CARMEL — The Frassati Society of Young Adult Catholics will welcome guest speaker Frank Bienas for a presentation about the Eucharist at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish’s John Paul II Youth Center, 14598 Oak Ridge Road. The society also will meet from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, to help cook and serve lunch to those in need at the Cathedral Soup Kitchen, 1347 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Contact smetzinger@gmail.com to sign up; carpooling from Carmel is available. For more information about Frassati Society events throughout the diocese, visit the Web site at www.youngandcatholic.org or contact Larry Booksh at 317-663-4032 or bookshl@olmc1.org.

ANDERSON — Knights of Columbus Council 563 will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day party and raffle on Wednesday, March 17, at the council hall, 1225 Main St. The council will be serving Irish stew and black bread from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children. For more details and carryout information, call 765-642-7946. All are invited to attend.

LAFAYETTE — A Schoenstatt Holy Hour is held on the third Thursday of each month in the chapel at St. Elizabeth Central medical center. The next holy hour will be held at 7 p.m. March 18. The evening will include recitation of the rosary and Benediction. All are welcome to attend.

LAFAYETTE — A short course on the Sympto-Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, March 19, at St. Lawrence Parish. NFP is a safe, effective and morally acceptable method for achieving or postponing pregnancy. For more information or to register, call Louis and Susan Hoefer at 765-471-8734 or e-mail shoefer@verizon.net.

HARTFORD CITY — Upcoming retreat at John XXIII Retreat Center: “A Family Lenten Retreat: Believing in the Resurrection,” from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 21. The afternoon will feature age-level presentations and family activities and end with a light supper. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and younger. For more information or to register for this retreat or other upcoming events, call the center at 765-348-4008, e-mail john23rd@sbcglobal.net or visit the Web site at www.john23rdretreatcenter.com.

MUNCIE — Father Christopher Shocklee, associate pastor of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception and St. Lawrence, Lafayette, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of SEED (Seeking Evangelization through Eucharistic Devotion) at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 25, at St. Mary Church in Muncie. His topic will be “The Eucharist: The New Testament Passover.” Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will begin at 5:30 p.m. After Father Shocklee’s talk, a reception will be held in the parish’s Facilities Building. For more information, call Susan Kerrigan at 765-744-0475. All are welcome to attend.

CARMEL — A series of Natural Family Planning classes will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, March 26, in the St. Thomas Aquinas Room at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. The series of three classes, scheduled a month apart, will explain the Sympto-Thermal Method, which records simple observations of the fertility cycle to plan or postpone pregnancies. For more information or to register, call Joe and Diane Conover at 317-848-4486 or e-mail diane.conover@sbcglobal.net.