Come experience “Theology of the Body and the Life of the Church,” hosted by the Theology of the Body Advocates and the Office of Marriage and Family Life of the Diocese of Toledo. The event will take place on Saturday, May 19 at St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Findlay, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $5 per person. 

The keynote speaker will be Perry Cahall, Ph.D., of the Pontifical College Josephinum. Theology of the Body is a series of teachings by the late Pope John Paul II about what God has revealed about himself in and through the human body, which includes an understanding of the truth about love, sex, marriage, family and the meaning of life. This summit is open to anyone interested in learning more about the message of Theology of the Body. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and network with other people in the diocese with a common interest in learning about Theology of the Body. For more information or to register for the summit, visit the Web site at www.tobanwo.org.

The next meeting of Hope & Healing, Heartbeat of Toledo’s Abortion Support group, is Wednesday, May 23, at 7 p.m. at Heartbeat’s new office, 4041 W. Sylvania Ave, Suite LL4. The office is located directly across from Westfield Franklin Park Mall. For information call 419-241-9131.

Hope & Healing is open to anyone who is hurting from a past abortion. Whether it was you or someone you care about who had an abortion, we invite you to come and talk, listen and begin your recovery process.

The support group is led by a nurse psychotherapist and a woman who had an abortion as a teenager and has gone through the recovery process.

Bishop Leonard Blair has made the following appointments effective July 2, 2012:

The fourth annual Urban Chicken Festival is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. June 2 at the Padua Center, 1416 Nebraska Ave.

The festival includes free children’s games all afternoon and entertainment provided by a DJ, drum line, the Self-Expression Teen Theater and the Paradise Baptist Church Singers. Barbecue chicken dinners, hot dogs and other festival food are to be available for sale.

Read more in the Catholic Chronicle by clicking here.

Interested in other festivals? Click here to access the Catholic Chronicle's 2012 Parish Festival Guide.