11th Annual Knights of Columbus 5K for Vocations

11th Annual Knights of Columbus 5K for Vocations

Missionaries are happy to host the annual 5K Run for Vocations at St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio, on Saturday, November 11. For more information or to register. Race day registration will be held from 8:45-9:45 a.m. Thanks to the K of C Council 1991 in Coldwater...
Messages Found in St. Charles Window Frames

Messages Found in St. Charles Window Frames

While crews were working on replacing the windows in St. Charles Center’s main building (read more about the window project), they came upon several curious handwritten clues in the frames of the main-floor windows. “You’re getting closer,” or “You’re almost there.”...
Window Project Complete at St. Charles

Window Project Complete at St. Charles

Since October 2020, a crew from JMD Manufacturing in Tipp City had been traveling north to Carthagena every working morning, methodically removing the windows from the main building of St. Charles Center and replacing them with new energy-efficient windows. There were...
Missionaries Want Woods Preserved

Missionaries Want Woods Preserved

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. And Br. Nick Renner, C.PP.S., wants to keep it that way. Br. Nick has filed paperwork to enter 66 acres of woods and an adjoining 13 acres of farmland that the Community owns into a nature conservancy that will preserve it far into...
The Nativity Scene at St. Charles Center 

The Nativity Scene at St. Charles Center 

For well over 100 years, the same nativity figurines have taken their place in Assumption Chapel at St. Charles Center. Joseph and Mary, the shepherds, sheep, donkeys and angels, all gazing adoringly at the Christ Child, who is propped up on small handmade pillows so...
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