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On May 8 Immaculate Heart Retreat Center will celebrate Mother’s Day with its 13th Annual Champagne Brunch.
According to a press release, “The Retreat Center is a special place to celebrate our mothers, grandmothers and the other special women in our lives. Our annual all-you-can-eat champagne brunch is among the most celebrated Mother’s Day events in the area.”
Brunch includes carving stations, French toast, egg casserole, a variety of salads, fresh seasonal fruit, assorted cheeses, omelets-to-order, and extravagant dessert bar featuring fresh-baked cinnamon rolls, muffins, and house-made desserts including carrot and chocolate cakes, bread pudding with rum sauce and chocolate mousse cake.
Cost is $30 for adults and $10 for children ages 6 -12 at the door. For reservations call (509) 448-1224 or visit www.ihrc.net. Event proceeds support Immaculate Heart’s retreat ministries.
In addition to brunch, Sunday Mass will be celebrated beginning at 8 a.m. in the main chapel.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
