April 17-Bishop Gaydos, Keynote Speaker for Serra Dinner

Bishop John Gaydos of Jefferson City will be the guest speaker at the fourth annual dinner honoring priests serving in the St. Charles Deanery.

The event, sponsored by the Serra Club of St. Charles, will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at The Columns, 711 Veterans Drive in St. Charles. Auxiliary Bishop Robert Hermann of St. Louis will be a featured guest.

Bishop Gaydos is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Cardinal Glennon College here and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He served in St. Louis as a parish pastor, secretary to Cardinal John J. Carberry and Archbishop John L. May, vice chancellor, chancellor, vicar general and vicar for clergy. He was named bishop of Jefferson City in 1997.

Tickets are $35, with proceeds to be used for vocations programs of the St. Charles Deanery Serra Club. For tickets or information on the dinner honoring priests of the deanery call Janice at (636) 447-4339 or Sharon at (636) 447-3673.

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