October Events

Service Event: Nursing Home Visit
2pm Saturday, October 5th
Worthington Christian Village (165 Highbluffs Blvd., Columbus, OH 43235)

Join us at Worthington Christian Village (a local retirement community) to spend time with elderly residents!
Directions: 165 Highbluffs Blvd is off of US-23. When you turn into the facility just head back to the 7-story building. There is a volunteer sign in desk to your left as you enter where we can put on name badges. Please take the elevator to the sixth floor and when you get off the elevator turn to your right. The Activities Assistant will meet us there and let us know what all we will be doing.

Columbus Catholic Young Adult Conference (CCYAC)
8:30am-8:30pm Saturday, October 12th
St. John Neumann (9633 E, OH-37, Sunbury, OH 43074)
Cost: $22 with our $3 discount code COLSFRASSATI 
Register Here
Come for all or part of this conference! It’s modeled after the Columbus Catholic Men’s and Women’s Conferences, but this one is for us young adults (men and women both). The day will feature break out sessions, keynote speakers including Fr. Nathan Cromly and Mary Bielski, holy hour, Mass and the chance to visit us at our booth! Single? Dating? Married? This event has breakout sessions for all! Need childcare?  That’s available too!
More info here: https://colscatholicyoungadultconf.weebly.com/schedule-of-events.html  Let us know if you’re going, and we can connect anyone who wants to carpool up. columbusfrassatisociety@gmail.com

Apple Picking at The Orchard & Co.
2pm, Saturday October 19th
7255 US HWY 42, Plain City, OH 43064
Cost: $15 per peck (~10lb.) of apples

Escape the concrete jungle and join us for this classic autumn activity. Come in your best flannel and an appetite for apples! Depending how everyone feels afterwards, we can go hiking at Prairie Oak Metro Park or grab something to eat in downtown Hilliard.

Christ in the City
7pm Thursday, October 24th
St. Patrick Church (280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus, OH 43215) and Pins Mechanical

Come for Eucharistic adoration, confessions, beautiful Taize chant and Dominican Compline (night prayer), followed by fellowship and drinks.  It’s our last Christ in the City until 2020, so let’s make this one special by going out to Pins Mechanical!

Maronite Liturgy and Discussion
4:00pm Sunday, October 27th
St. Andrew Catholic Church (1899 McCoy Rd, Upper Arlington, OH 43220)

The Roman Rite (to which we belong) is one of a multitude of Rites in the Catholic Church. Each has a different manner of worship and liturgy–the Maronite Rite is one that is based in Lebanon. Fulfill your Sunday obligation on Oct. 27th at 4:00pm as Frassati attends their liturgy. Fr Alex Harb will give our group a short introduction before the liturgy and a deeper talk on the Rite after