The Knights of Columbus annual convention will be in Cincinnati, August 4-6. The Feast of the Assumption is August 15. Because it falls on a Saturday, the obligation to attend Mass is lifted because of the number of Masses already scheduled in parishes on Saturday evening and Sunday. The annual J.S. Paluch seminar for diocesan and religious order vocation directors in Rosemont, Illinois, Aug 24-26. About 500,000 young people, from their mid-teens through their thirties, are expected to attend.
Participants are responsible for their transportation to and from Santiago.
Additions to already registered groups may be made until September 1. Registration forms were forwarded to dioceses in March. According to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, there are 23,333 students enrolled in lay ministry formation programs. The August issue of the jubilee newsletter produced by the Office for the Third Millennium and Jubilee Year 2000 will highlight Advent 98 and the start of the final year of preparation for the beginning of the Third Millennium. The issue will include suggestions for celebrating the four Sundays of Advent, an advent wreath ceremony, music and homily suggestions, an Advent vespers service and a reconciliation service.