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November 22, 2008  
Bishop Frank Dewane
Good For You
Click here for Diocese of Venice Lenten Regulations.Click Here to download information on the student art contest for Easter.
Diocese of Venice Schools “light the way” in faith

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VENICE | St. Martha parishioner Jim Styer takes part in the 10th annual Prayer Walk for Life Jan 18. The full story is HERE.

Youths lead the way

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WASHINGTON | St. Brendan High School student Samantha Portela captures a memory as students from the Archdiocese of Miami carry the lead banner at Tuesday’s March For Life in Washington, DC. The stories begin HERE

Helping farmworkers

Click here for information about the long sleeve relief drive.

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Again this Lent, the Florida Catholic is coordinating the statewide collection and distribution of long-sleeve shirts to protect farmworkers from scratches, sunburn, insect bites and exposure to agricultural chemicals in the fields. Read about drive HERE.
Season of Lent: a time of holiness

Father John Mark Klaus, TOR, asks: “What is our view of Lent?”
Faithful participate in Prayer Walk for Life

For the 10th year, people from throughout the diocese gathered to walk and pray for an end to abortion.
Catholic Charities hosts Sarasota ball

The Catholic Charities Ball, “An Enchanted Evening in Italy” draws more than 500 people.

Canon Law Series

In the second installment of his series, Father Jaroslaw Sniosek, JCL writes on “Notion of divine law in theological reflections of Cardinal Avery Dulles.”
Faithful may gain plenary indulgence for devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Venice will be open for Mass and prayers Feb. 2-11 in honor of the 150th anniversary of apparitions in Lourdes, France.
News Briefs

Operation Rice Bowl begins Feb. 6; Venetian Ball supports Catholic Charities of Lee County; and Catholic Charities is looking for volunteer tutors.
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