SURVIVING DIVORCE
The Family Life Office is offering the Surviving Divorce Program, beginning mid-February in Watertown, Gouverneur, Canton and Potsdam.
Dates: To be determined (will be held once a week)
Time: 2-3 hours
Cost: $25
Features: This program helps participants find personal healing and hope by working through the emotional upheaval of separation and divorce.
Contact: Register online at www.rcdony.org/survivingdivorce .
For more information contact Steve Tartaglia at 315-393-2920 or startaglia@rcdony.org .

LOVING AUTHENTICALLY
Commissioned Lay Ministers and candidates are invited to this program that is designed to strengthen the participant’s conviction about the truth, beauty and importance of church teaching on natural law and sexual morality and to give participants a basic understanding of the ethical basis of the teaching.
Schedule: 2 different opportunities to attend.  Jan. 29 at Emmaus Room, St. Peter’s Church, Plattsburgh; April 23 at St. Peter’s Church, Lowville.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Presenters: Deacon John Fehlner & Dr. Maura Fehlner, Mr. Steve Tartaglia and other members of the Family Life Department.
Features:Cost is free and all are welcome. Must watch an 80-minute video prior to the event. Link to video will be sent after registration. Bring your own lunch.
Contact: Register at: https://www.rcdony.org/lovingauthentically.  If you have questions, contact Family Life Director, Steve Tartaglia at startaglia@rcdony.org or call 315-393-2920.

REFLECT AND RECONCILE
A Diocese of Ogdensburg youth Lenten retreat to be held for all young people in grades 7 to 12.
Schedule: March 12 at St. Mary’s Cathedral Brzana Room, Ogdensburg; March 26 at St. Mary’s Parish Center, Champlain.
Time: 1 p.m. to 5
Features: As we dive deeper into the sacrament of Reconciliation and the season of Lent, we should center ourselves and work to understand who we are. Join fellow youth in grades 7 to 12 as you get a chance to dive deeper, to understand more in a space that is judgment-free and supportive. The pace of this retreat experience will contain moments of fun, quiet reflection, candid conversation, and a presentation. Drinks and Snack included.
Contact: Registration: https://www.rcdony.org/lentenretreat For more information please contact: Tom Semeraro - Office of Youth Ministry - 315-393-2920 ext. 1415
tsemeraro@rcdony.org

PRESENTATION OF FORGIVEN
A Continuation of the Eucharist Initiative.  Explore the transforming power and the healing grace of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Discover the merciful way that God calls us back to Himself when we have sinned.
Date: March 26
Time: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Place: St. Mary’s Parish Center, Clayton; Dostie Hall, Watertown; St. Peter’s Church, Lowville; Fr. Amyot Parish Center, Norfolk; St. Edmund’s Parish Center, Ellenburg; The Emmaus Room inside St. Peter’s Church, Plattsburgh; St. Bernard’s School, Saranac Lake
Features: There will be much time for discussion during the event which is free to attend. Please bring a bagged lunch.
Contact: To register go to: www.rcdony.org/forgiven

DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE MYSTERY OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST
Ogdensburg – A day of reflection based on the fourth video of Presence, "Biblical Foundations."
Date: April 9
Time: 10 a.m. to  3 p.m.
Place: Wadhams Hall
Cost: $25
Speaker: Sr. Mary Gregory Munger, SSJ
Features: A Continuation of The Mystery of the Holy Eucharist.  Lunch will be provided.
Contact: To register go to: www.rcdony.org/diggingdeeper

SIDEWALK ADVOCATES FOR LIFE
Experience Sidewalk Advocated for Life’s new virtual basic training 2.0.
Features: Sidewalk Advocates for Life employs peaceful, prayerful, loving, and law-abiding outreach outside of abortion centers to aid mothers in crisis and connect them with life-affirming resources in the effort to save their preborn children and end abortion. By God’s grace, this effort has witnessed over 9,000 women turn around at abortion centers and CHOOSE LIFE!

Neighboring Dioceses

RETREAT FOR WOMEN
Paradox, NY – A healing retreat for female survivors of abuse to be held.
Date: May 20-22
Place: Pyramid Life Center
Features: “The Way for Women” is a 3-day retreat for adult female survivors of abuse.
Contact: Registration deadline is May 1. Please contact Brian Evers at pyramidlifereservations@gmail.com or 518-585-7545 for more information. www.pyramidlife.org