March Events

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Ballroom Dance Crash Course + Party
7pm-9pm Saturday, March 1st Ballroom Dance Experience (3773 Park Mill Run Dr. Suite 108, Hilliard, OH) Cost: $10 cash/Venmo/PayPal RSVP (appreciated, not required)
We’re planning a dance party! We’ve hired a professional instructor to teach us the basics of a few ballroom and line dances, and then we’ll get to dance together to some popular music. No experience or partner necessary! $10/person (cash/paypal to sarahsfrassatiwallet@gmail.com, choose “send money to a friend”/venmo to @sarahsfrassatiwallet). RSVP appreciated but not necessary. To find the party, go in through the doors between CAM Market and the Hot Pot restaurant.  

St. Timothy Mass + Lunch11am Sunday, March 2nd St. Timothy Church (1088 Thomas Ln., Columbus, OH 43220) Cost: $15Sit with us at the 11am Mass, and join us afterward in the cafeteria for a spaghetti luncheon.  On the menu: homemade marinara, meatballs, pasta and desserts!

Frassati Planning Meeting6:30pm Thursday, March 6th Grandview Heights Public Library Conference Room A (1685 W. 1st Ave., Columbus, OH 43212)Have an idea for an activity involving service/fellowship/prayer/study/love of the outdoors? Share it at our planning meeting.  No commitment to join the planning team necessary.  Or sit in and share input on existing plans. Can’t make the meeting? Feel free to email your ideas to columbusfrassatisociety@gmail.com .Can’t make it right at 6:30? No problem, we have the room reserved until 8:00.

Holy Cross (Dayton) Mass + Lunch 10:30am Sunday, March 16th Holy Cross Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church (1924 Leo St., Dayton, OH 45404)We’ll attend 10:30am Mass at Holy Cross Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church in Dayton, a very unique 100-year old church inspired by its Lithuanian heritage.  Afterward, we’ll head to the nearby 2nd Street Market for lunch.   Stick around if you’re interested in a St. Patrick’s day dance at the Czechoslovakian Club of Dayton at 2pm ($11 for the dance and lesson).

Service Event: Food Forest Gardening Saturday, March 22nd 9am-12pm First Baptist Church in Gahanna (520 Havens Corners Rd, Columbus, OH 43230)Help friends of our group, Matt and Jessie Hoenig, grow food for the less fortunate. This time we’ll be planting fruit trees and transplanting raspberries. RSVP appreciated but not required: columbusfrassatisociety@gmail.com

Christ in the City7pm Thursday, March 27thSt. Patrick Church (280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus, OH 43215)Compline found here (revised)Come for Eucharistic adoration, confessions and Dominican Compline (night prayer) followed by fellowship at a nearby restaurant. Please be sure to enter the building through the back doors by the Saint Patrick parking lot.

Escape Room 6:45pm Saturday, March 29th Escape It Grandview (1666 W. 1st Ave., Columbus, OH 43212) Cost: $20Sign up here Team up with us to escape from one of the area’s best-rated escape rooms!  We’ll have one hour to recover our priceless artifact from the thief explorer Dr. Edward Blythe!To join us, sign up on the link and pay $20 to Sarah Spaulding. Payment methods: cash in person to Sarah prior to escape night, PayPal to sarahsfrassatiwallet@gmail.com (choose “send money to a friend”), Venmo to @sarahsfrassatiwallet, phone last 4: 1614 Space for this escape room is limited to 10, so don’t wait to sign up!

Hike 2pm Sunday, March 30th, Location TBD More info coming soon!

Dinner and the Opera: Marriage of Figaro 6pm Dinner, 7:30pm Opera, Friday, April 25th Cost: $17 cash/paypal/venmo Condado Tacos (Condado Tacos, 132 S High St, Columbus, OH 43215) Southern Theatre (21 E. Main Street, Columbus, OH 43215) Sign Up Here Regarded as one of the greatest operas ever written, The Marriage of Figaro is a screwball comedy complete with disguises, surprises, and compromises, and comes to life with an impressive cast of singers. Mozart’s famous opera premiered in Vienna in 1786, but we’re watching it at the Southern Theatre.  To buy tickets in our group sign up below and pay Sarah Spaulding $17 via cash / PayPal (sarahsfrassatiwallet@mgail.com, “send money to a friend”) / Venmo @sarahsfrassatiwallet.  **If you’d like a better ticket, please pay $60, and we’ll get a ticket for you in the same section as the rest of the group, but closer to the front and center of the section.**