HERNANDO Holy Spirit, Labor of Love, Saturday, March 11. All 7-12 graders are invited to join us as we help a SHSM client who needs assistance with home repair. Adult helpers are needed as well. Deadline for registering is Sunday, March 5. Details: contact Amanda at (662) 429-3467or holyspiritchurch@shsm.org.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., St. Francis Hospital, mother/daughter program to learn about God’s plan for growing up, becoming a woman and His gifts of sexuality, fertility and chastity, Sunday, March 19, for 10 – 12-year-old girls and Sunday, March 26 for 13 – 16-year-old girls and their mothers. All programs begin at 2:00 p.m. at Saint Francis Hospital, 5959 Park Avenue in Memphis. $25.00 per family. Pre-registration is required. Register online at www.cdom.org. Go to bottom of page and click “2017 Mother/Daughter Programs”. Details: Mary Pat Van Epps at Diocese of Memphis NFP Center (901) 373-1285.

MERIDIAN – St. Patrick School students Elizabeth Rush and Amelia Jones carry the first grade banner during the March to City Hall on the Monday of Catholic Schools week.

JACKSON – Knights of Columbus Council 15131 hosted its annual Free Throw Competition Saturday, January 28, in the St. Richard Gym. Eleven of the 32 contestants qualified for the regional/state competition set for February 18. The winners included overall winner Alan Garrison. Lilly Luckett and Cy Stephens, both age 10, Sabine Cook and Charlie Zhang, both 11, Cooper Chaplain, age 12, Robert Archer, age 13, Farrell Moorehead and Nicholas Brilley, both 14), Michael Doherty, 15, and Cullen Moorehead, 16. (Photo courtesy of Rusty Haydel)

NATCHEZ – Stephanie Daly, Science Lab Facilitator, assists fourth grade students Autumn Ferguson, Landon French, Troy Dillon and Kolemyn Fisher in an experiment to see which type of citrus fruit produces the biggest reaction with baking soda. They were testing oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit. (Photo courtesy of Cara Serio)

Culumbus – Eighth-grade student, Matthew Swiderski gets dusted at the CSW color run. (PHoto by Katie Fenstermacher)