December 2006

Dec. 1-3
Advent Retreat – A Time of Holy Darkness – Leader: Sister of St. Joseph Carol Zinn. Friday-Sunday, Marywood Retreat Center, Jacksonville. Cost: $118-$195. Call (904) 287-2525 or visit www.marywoodcenter.org.

Dec. 2
Pre-Cana – A marriage preparation program for couples that want to marry in the Catholic Church. Saturday, 9:20 a.m.-5:30 p.m., St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Jacksonville. Cost: $69 per couple. Call (904) 308-7474 or register online: www.dcfl.org.

Dec. 3
Christmas Customs From Around the World – Sunday, 3-5 p.m., Marywood Retreat Center, Jacksonville. Annual event celebrating an international Christmas. Cost: Free. Call (904) 287-2525 or visit www.marywoodcenter.org.

Dec. 8
Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Dec. 9
Pathways to God – Faith and Reason
Leader: Bishop Victor Galeone.
Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Marywood Retreat Center, Jacksonville. Cost: $25. Call (904) 287-2525 or visit
www.marywoodcenter.org.

Dec. 10
Christian Meditation – Living in
the Peace of Christ – Leader: Benedictine Father Laurence Freeman. Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Marywood Retreat Center, Jacksonville. Cost: $40. Call (904) 287-2525 or visit
www.marywoodcenter.org.

Dec. 11
Catholic Woman’s Club Luncheon – Monday, 11 a.m., Wyndham Hotel, downtown Jacksonville.

Dec. 12
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Dec. 16
19th Annual L’Arche Harbor House Living Nativity – Presented by the residents of L’Arche. Saturday, 7 p.m. at Holy Family Parish, Jacksonville. Call (904) 721-5992.

Dec. 25
Christmas Day

Dec. 28
Feast of the Holy Innocents

Dec. 30
Feast of the Holy Family