BATESVILLE St. Mary Parish, vacation Bible school, Saturday, Aug. 23, 9 a.m.

GREENWOOD Immaculate Heart of Mary and St. Francis parishes, youth and parents meeting with new youth minister, Stephen Iwanski, Sunday, Aug. 24, 4 p.m. Pizza and salad will be served.

JACKSON St. Richard accepting football players and cheerleaders for 2014/2015 season. Children in 3rd-6th grades are eligible to participate. For more information contact the school at 601-366-1157.

MERIDIAN St. Patrick School back to school night,  Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 6 p.m.
– Parents and youth (JCYM and CYM) meeting, Sunday, Aug. 24, after the 11 a.m. Mass in the Family Life Center.
– The parish scouting program seeks volunteers to serve as assistant scout master or Cub Scout Den Leader. Training provided. Details: 601-693-1321.

COLUMBUS Annunciation Parish youth car wash Saturdays Aug 9, and 23, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 206 Tuscaloosa Road.

HERNANDO/OLIVE BRANCH/SOUTHAVEN End of Summer celebration for teens from Holy Spirit, Queen of Peace and Christ the King parishes at Sardis Lake, Saturday, Aug. 23, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Day includes games, swimming, prayer and cook out..
Sign up sheets are in the church gathering area.

JACKSON St. Richard School basketball camp for third-seventh graders of St. Richard School or parish, July 14-18, and July 21-25, from 9 – 11:30 a.m. Registration fee is $50. Details: Paul Daschbach, 601-278-5256, pmdasch@yahoo.com.
– The parish high school youth group (Faith Life) is selling T-shirts for $15 and golf polos for $30. Details: Melissa Shapley, 601-366-2335.

MADISON St. Joseph School, five-day cheer camp, for rising first-through sixth-graders, July 21-25, from 9 a.m. – noon, conducted by the school varsity cheerleaders. Cost is $100 per student. On the final day of camp, parents are invited to watch the performances.
– Summer used uniform sale, Saturday, July 19, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the school library. Details: Paula Morgan, 601-573-1244, henryandpaula@bellsouth.net.

MERIDIAN St. Patrick and St. Joseph parishes new coordinator of Catechetical (PSR) and youth ministry is Marianne Hurst.  She will join the parish staff on Friday, Aug.1.

NATCHEZ The St. Mary’s Basilica CYO is collecting children’s books for pediatric patients at Natchez Regional Medical Center, Natchez Community Hospital and Blair Batson Children’s Hospital through July 15. Look for the collection box at the entrance of the church.

YAZOO CITY St. Mary, swimming party and cook out on Sunday, July 13, from 4 – 7 p.m. p.m. the home of Frank and Melissa McGraw.

JACKSON – The Youth Office of the Diocese of Jackson is inviting Mississippi’s Catholic teens to the Home Work Mission Trip set for July 21-25 in Northeast Mississippi, including  Tupelo, Fulton and Booneville.
Home Work is open to teens who were in grades nine, 10, 11 or 12 this past school year. “One of the great things about this event is that youth will be able to make a bunch of new friends from parishes all over Mississippi,” wrote Kathie Curtis, director of the Office of Youth Ministry, in her invitation letter.
Some of the activities may include assisting with day camp, painting parish classrooms, preparing and serving meals for the needy, doing home maintenance and repairs for the elderly, and assisting with Habitat for Humanity.
Curtis is asking youth to figure out what are their unique gifts and talents and how they can use them to serve God now.
Participants will be housed in the Catholic Life Center at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo.
Cost is $75. Spaces are limited. Get an application on the Office of Youth Ministry page of www.jacksondiocese.org. For more information contact Kathie  Curtis, 601-949-6934, kathie.curtis@jacksondiocese.org.