Super bowling for life

While most of the world was watching the Super Bowl pre-game shows on Feb. 6, the Rutherford County Chapter of Tennessee Right to Life was sponsoring a Bowling for Life afternoon at the Smyrna Bowling Center. Thirty four adults, teens and tinies from St. Luke Catholic Church in Smyrna, St. Rose of Lima Parish in Murfreesboro, and members of Middle Tennessee State University’s Raiders for Life helped raise money to provide educational materials used by the County Chapter to explain and promote the sanctity of all human life. Johnathan Warner, 5, of Murfreesboro, pictured right, was the youngest bowler and the top money raiser bringing in over $300. He attends the pre-kindergarten class at Overbrook School in Nashville. The Chapter will also be sponsoring a Pro-Life Oratory Contest that is open to all Rutherford County high school students, on Tuesday, March 15. The top three winners in the local contest will win monetary prizes, and the first place winner will advance to the State Oratory Contest held at Aquinas College. For information about the Chapter and the Oratory Contest visit www.tnrtl.org, click on Chapter Events and look for Rutherford County, and the Oratory Contest box for details.

Ladies of Charity sponsor Day of Reflection

Father Mark Beckman, pastor of St. Matthew Church in Franklin, led the Ladies of Charity annual Day of Reflection on Feb. 17. Eighty-five members of the Ladies of Charity attended the retreat that began with Mass and continued with the program, whose theme was “Jesus the Person: Who do you say I am?” Pictured with Father Mark are Ladies of Charity members Pat Kelly, left, and Suzanne Sevier.