Summer social season starts soon for area churches. Here's a list of when and where.
EVANSVILLE - Summer is coming fast, and that means it's time for the annual church socials.
Socials are how many church organizations and schools raise money to continue their missions throughout the year, and you don't have to be a member to stop in for a home-cooked meal to benefit a cause. Here are nine summer socials coming up in the Evansville area.
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Holy Rosary Parish, 1301 S. Green River Road
Thursday, May 30, 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, 5-10 p.m.
Expect rides, games and fun for the whole family. Dinners are served from 5-7 p.m. Choose fried chicken or pork chops with chicken and dumplings and sides. Price is $12, $11 for seniors and veterans, and $5 for kids 4-12 years. Dinners may be purchased in the school cafeteria and may be eaten in the cafeteria or carried out. There will also be food booths in the festival area.
Holy Redeemer Parish, 918 W. Mill Road
Saturday, Aug. 24, 5-7 p.m.
Call 812-424-8344 for more information as the date approaches.
St. Boniface Parish, 418 N. Wabash Ave.
Friday, June 7, 5:30-11 p.m.
St. Boniface is not having a church social this summer, but the Westside Catholic School will be having a 50th Anniversary celebration at Burdette Park's O'Day Discovery Lodge at 5301 Nurrenbern Road. Dinner will begin at 6:30 and there will be an auction and live music. Back to the 70's is the theme, in honor of the formation of the school in 1974. 70's attire encouraged. Must be 21 to attend. Tickets are $50 per person at vancoevents.com/us/events/landing/41379.
Good Shepherd Parish, 2301 Stockwell Road
Thursday, June 20 - Saturday, June 22, 5-10 p.m.
Get ready for homemade dinners and much more including a gift card grab, children’s games, auctions and Bingo on June 23. Watch the Facebook page for updates closer to the date of the event.
St. Matthew Parish, 421 Mulberry St., Mount Vernon, Indiana
Sunday, July 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
More information is yet to come, but there will be raffles with quilts and cash prizes. Watch the Facebook page for more information on the social.
St. James Parish, 12300 S. 50 W. Haubstadt, Indiana
Sunday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m.
Watch the Facebook page for more information.
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St. Philip Parish, 3500 Saint Phillips Road South, Mount Vernon, Indiana
Saturday Aug. 10, 5-8 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Fried chicken dinners with flitters, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, a roll, desserts and drinks will be served on Sunday only from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and may be eaten on site or carried out. Drive through is available. Saturday and Sunday evening there will be food booths with burgers, pizza, snow cones, ice cream and more. Also look for raffles for cash prizes and a Big Green Egg grill, games and a half pot.
St. Bernard Parish, Rockport, Indiana. 547 Elm St., Rockport, Indiana
Sunday, Aug. 18, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
In past years this social has been known for mock turtle soup, fried chicken and roast beef dinners, a food court with burgers and corn dogs, homemade ice cream, lemon shake-ups, games, auction, raffle, a cruise-in, and much more.
Watch the social’s own Facebook page for updates on this year’s event.
St. Wendel Parish, 10542 W. Boonville-New Harmony Road
Saturday, Sept. 7, 5-9 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 8, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
More information is still to come, but St. Wendel’s social has a Facebook page all its own with many pictures of food, auction items, prizes and festivities from years past.
This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Evansville-area Catholic church summer socials
