Melkite Catholic Mission in Grand Rapids
The Melkite Greek-Catholic Divine Liturgy is now celebrated weekly at 11 a.m. on Saturday at St. Michael Ukranian Catholic Church, 154 Gold Ave. NW in downtown Grand Rapids. Local Melkite Catholics and other interested Catholics are invited. Melkites are Eastern Catholics from the Holy Land who follow the Byzantine tradition of the Catholic Church. For more information, contact Archpriest Lawrence at St. Joseph Melkite Greek-Catholic Church in Lansing, 517.327.6394.

Serra Club of Grand Rapids to hold Annual Dinner
The Serra Club of Grand Rapids will hold its Annual Serran Dinner at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1 in the Wege Conference Center at Cathedral Square, 360 Division Ave. S., in downtown Grand Rapids. Proceeds from the event support the continuing education and enhance the ministry of priests actively serving the diocese. For ticket information, contact Joe Westdorp at 616.866.6024.

Catholics interested in helping promote the importance of vocations should consider joining a Serra Club. In the Diocese of Grand Rapids, there are Serra Clubs in the Grand Rapids and Muskegon areas.

The Serra Club of Grand Rapids was formed in 1948. Serrans from Grand Rapids then chartered the Muskegon chapter of Serra International in 1949 and also have assisted in forming Serra chapters in other locations in Michigan and Ohio.

The Serra Club of Grand Rapids meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. For additional information about the Grand Rapids Serra Club, contact Tim Hile, 616.437.1404 or thile@okins.com.

The Serra Club of Muskegon meets for lunch on the first and third Thursday of each month. For additional information about the Muskegon Serra Club, contact Robert Nolan, 231.744.3857 or robertjnolan@comcast.net.