Announcements ~ January 20, 2026
DIOCESAN OFFICES
Office of Marriage and Family Life
National Marriage Week
Join in celebrating National Marriage Week, February 7 to 14, with World Marriage Sunday being celebrated on February 8th. National Marriage Week is a special time to reflect on the beautiful gift of the sacrament of matrimony. This year’s theme from the USCCB, Man and Woman, He Created Them: Together with Purpose, invites couples to recognize their unique gifts and how they might use them to build up one another in joy and complementarity. The USCCB Secretariat on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth offers a variety of resources for those discerning marriage, engaged couples, and those already living out the vocation of marriage. These include an at-home week-long retreat, a marriage-centered Lectio Divina, and social media graphics. For more information visit foryourmarriage.org.
Learn about Natural Family Planning
St Gianna Center offers free Introductory Sessions in Family Planning and Fertility Appreciation. Learn about cycle charting using the Creighton Model. This system can help women who are experiencing painful periods, irregular cycles, PCOS, repeated miscarriages, or infertility, and supports a form of Restorative Reproductive Medicine called NaProTechnology. If you are interested in attending a session via Zoom, visit www.stgiannacenter.com/events/ or call St Gianna Center at 813-421-4625. Next Session is (enter the date below based on your upcoming bulletin)
Tuesday, February 10 at 6:30 PM
Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 PM
Tuesday, April 14 at 6:30 PM
Annual Red Mass
Please join us at the Catholic Lawyers Guild’s Annual Red Mass on February 4, 2026, 5:15 PM, reception to follow. The Mass will take place at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 509 N Florida Ave, Tampa. The Main celebrant will be the Most Reverend Gregory Parkes, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Petersburg. Attorneys will have an opportunity to renew their Oath of Office during the Mass.
Flyer with more information at this link.
Intercultural Ministries
Vietnamese Lunar Year Festival 2026
The Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Parish, 4000 43rd Street N, St. Petersburg, invites you to the Lunar New Year Festival on Friday, January 30th and Saturday, January 31st, with Mass in Vietnamese on both days at 6:00 PM in the church. A closing Mass will be held on Sunday, February 1st, at 9:30 AM.
Come and enjoy live music, dance, delicious food, and family fun!
Promotional graphic at this link: https://www.dosp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/HolyMartyrs26-Lunar-Year-scaled.jpg
PARISHES/ORGANIZATIONS
Magnificat of St. Petersburg Meal
Magnificat of St. Petersburg is excited to welcome all women to our next MAGNIFICAT MEAL on Saturday, February 21, 2026 from 9:30 AM—12:30 PM at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle Parish Center, 5815 Fifth Avenue North. Please also join us for Mass held in the Cathedral Church at 8:15 AM (with time after for Adoration!)
Guest speaker is Floredenis Brown, a long-time educator, advocate for students with disabilities, and wife and mother, who fully lives in the charisms of the Holy Spirit and has overcome life’s trials with joy.
Reservations are $18.00 each; tickets are on sale until February 16, 2026. No tickets are sold at the door, and seating is limited. Please respond early to allow time for the USPS to process your request. Your ticket/name tag will be at the door.
For questions or more information please contact Linda at (727) 415-2693, or Jane (727) 452-7404 or by email: magnificatofstpetersburg@gmail.com.
2026 Winter Concert Series
The 2026 Winter Concert Series at Saint Mary, Our Lady of Grace Church in downtown St. Pete continues on Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM with a concert of light jazz featuring Sarasota bassist Isaac Mingus and his quintet. This concert is one-hour, FREE and open to all. The church is located at 515 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, 33701.
For more information, call Michelle Rego at 727-896-2191 ext. 208.
Don Bosco Gala
Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The Don Bosco Gala is the annual fundraising event to support the many ministries of the Mary Help of Christians Center, 6400 East Chelsea Street, Tampa. As we will look back on the legacy of the center and recognize our achievements from this past year, we will also look ahead to the future and share exciting news of things to come. This will be a fun night with wine tastings, auctions, dancing and more.
For more information, contact Stephen Watkins at swatkins@mhctampa.org and/or visit our webpage at https://www.mhctampa.org/don-bosco-gala/.
PILGRIMAGES AROUND THE DIOCESE
If your parish is offering a pilgrimage within the coming months, we invite you to share this information with the Pastoral Bulletin: pastoralbulletin@dosp.org. This allows readers to view opportunities to participate in an upcoming pilgrimage. The pilgrimages are posted in the Diocesan website under the Pastoral Bulletin page at this link.