St. Boniface Parish Summer Picnic

The annual St. Boniface Parish Summer Picnic will be held on Sunday, August 6, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT on the church grounds at Fulda.

Games and entertainment, including bingo, will be available throughout the parish grounds. For the family, a Family Fun Center, along with free games and activities, will be open throughout the day.

Fulda’s famous soup will be sold by the bowl or bulk at the shelter house. The food court will also serve hamburgers, featured grilled items and drinks. Ice cream and Dole soft-serve from Windmill Chill will be available.

Fried chicken or roast beef dinners with all the trimmings will be served in the parish center from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Parishioners, friends, and neighbors are invited to enjoy indoor and outdoor dining throughout the day, weather permitting. Carryout is also available.

The Kountry Kitchen will feature homemade bread, rolls, muffins, coffee cakes, snacks, salsa, jellies, jams, relishes, vegetables and plants for sale.

Other activities will include raffles of handmade quilts from parishioners and local artisans, and themed gift baskets, featuring local goods and artisan work. Handmade quilts from parishioners and local artisans will be available for purchase, from 9 to 9:30 a.m., for $600 each.

Also featured will be live music by Sweetwater Band from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. An organ concert by Nolan Snyder, a graduate of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, will begin at 11 a.m. Guided tours of the historic church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will be at 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. The oak case organ features 10 ranks, 535 pipes, two manuals with 58 keys, and pedals with 25 keys, built and installed in 1898 by Edmund Giesecke of Evansville, IN.

The picnic will conclude with raffle drawings and a reading of the picnic sponsors and the Picnic Honor Roll. You must be at least 18 years old to enter the drawings, and you need not be present to win. Cash prizes are mailed within 10 business days.

Shuttle service, handicap parking on the north side of the church, shaded grounds, and air-conditioned dining are available all day. An expanded area of covered outdoor seating will be set up on the south side of the parish center. Handicap-accessible seating is available at all dining locations.

The parish church is open daily throughout the year from dawn to dusk. For a complete list of news and information about upcoming events, visit www.sbcatholic.church/news. For a virtual tour of the church cemetery, visit www.sbcatholic.church/1847. All times are Central Time.

For more information visit www.sbcatholic.church/summer-picnic.