Calendar - April 2, 2022

EVENTS

THE UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS (UHC), one-day Crawfish Boil Cook-off, April 2, noon-4 p.m. Team registration is $50 and includes five team entry wristbands but not the crawfish to boil. The public can eat crawfish from all competing teams for $25 at the gate. Bring cash for vendors and other activities.  Visit uhcno.edu/crawfish, call (504) 394-7744 or email Meredith Reed at mreed@uhcno.edu.

ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE, annual Emerald Gala 2022, April 2, 7 p.m. Proceeds support the construction of the new St. Joan of Arc Center for Academics, Research and Collaboration. Music by Uptown Phunk. Honorees include John and Joanna Theriot, Deus Providebit recipients; and Shari Schiro De Ville, Alumna of the Year, class of 1983. Individual tickets are $150. For tickets, got to https://www.archbishopchapelle.org/gala.html (details: ticketing-summary). 8800 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. (504) 467-3105.

ST. CHARLES BORROMEO, PTFO EGG-STRAVAGANZA April 3, 10 a.m.-noon on the parish back field. Egg hunts at 10:15 and 11:15 a.m.; performances by chorus and dance teams; Easter crafts. Open to all families and friends of SCB Parish and School. To volunteer, contact Lauren Rome at lpilie@gmail.com or Elaina Bergeron at elainabergeron@gmail.com. 13396 River Road, Destrehan.

STEAL AWAY TO JESUS, Lenten Evening of prayer and reconciliation for women, April 6, 6 p.m. with Marinda Lee-Houston, “Woman, Neither Do I Condemn You,” St. Peter Claver Church, 1923 St. Philip St., New Orleans.

PRAYER SERVICE and STATIONS OF THE CROSS, April 6, 6 p.m., sponsored by the St. Martin de Porres Society of St. Dominic Church in conjunction with the Archdiocese of New Orleans Racial Harmony Commission. Archdiocese of New Orleans Retreat Center, 5500 Mary St., Metairie.

ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS RETREAT CENTER, April Days of Prayer, April 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., “Holy Week: the Heart of the Gospel” with Dr. Paul “Buddy” Ceasar and Darryl Ducote; April 12, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., “Pope Francis: Christian Families” with Father Doug Doussan and Matt Rousso; April 26, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., “Make a Friend, Be a Friend, Bring a Friend to Christ” with Sandy Meyer. To register, call (504) 267-9604, or go online at www.neworleansretreats.com. Also, Mass of Thanksgiving/reception will be held April 21, with Mass at 6 p.m. followed by a reception and open house from 7-8:30 p.m. Drinks on the terrace, desserts in the garden, coffee and tea in the library/living room, refreshments in the dining room. 5500 St. Mary St., Metairie. To attend, RSVP Susan Halligan at (504) 267-9604 or neworleansretreats.com/april-21-mass-of-thanksgiving.

ATLAS FOUNDATION, 16th annual dialogue and Ramadan Dinner, “Dialogue of Civilizations,” April 9, 6 p.m., Loyola University Danna Center St. Charles Room, 6363 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans. Speaker: Dr. Craig Considine, a professor and author of “The Humanity of Muhammad – A Christian View (Blue Dome Press 2020). Register: https://bit.ly/3tCNueL.

ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL, 10th annual, “A Knight at Drago’s,” April 10, 3-5 p.m. It’s a drive-thru fundraiser to generate scholarships for deserving St. Augustine High School scholars. Minimum purchase $300 for a pre-packaged meal with wine for two people. A special take-home gift to accompany each meal. Food and wine donated by Drago’s and the Cvitanovich Family Foundation. 3232 North Arnoult Road, Metairie. bit.ly/3tfe3GE.

HALOS (Healing After Loss to Overdose or Suicide) will meet April 11, 7 p.m., St. Margaret Mary, 1050 Robert Blvd., Slidell in the Evangelism Building. Details, text Donna at (985) 201-2143.

CENTER OF JESUS THE LORD, a Living Stations of the Cross inside Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 1235 Louisiana Ave., New Orleans, April 15, at noon. Father Lance Campo will lead stations, and members of the center’s music ministry will offer spiritual songs as the stations begin. For details, call Michele or Tien at (504) 529-1636 or email SolesforChrist.cjl@gmail.com.

MEN’S EVENING OF REFLECTION, April 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., St. Catherine of Siena Church, 105 Bonnabel Blvd., Metairie.  Mass followed by a discussion, “Christendom to Apostolic Mission: How to Evangelize in a World Becoming More Secular,” with Legionaries of Christ Fathers Michael Luxbacher and Gregory Heslip. Dinner and the discussion will be held in the Melancon Center.  RSVP: Erafidi1@gmail.com

WOMEN’S GIVING CIRCLE, celebration Mass and brunch, April 19, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at St. Ann Church and Shrine, followed by grant  presentation to awardees and light brunch. 3601 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie.

PURIFIED, featuring nationally renowned speaker Jason Evert, April 20, 7-9 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). This life-changing event is offered to families with children (ages 13+) and targeted for anyone who wants to better understand the church’s teachings on sexuality and chastity, particularly teens and parents. 155 Holy Family Lane, Luling. Tickets are $20 and available at Chastity.com/Purified or all Holy Family Masses.

OTHER

XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, presents a performance-based exhibit “Imagining Grace” through April 6 in the Administration Building Art Gallery, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans. Presented by Xavier University of Louisiana’s Women’s Studies Program, Performance Studies Laboratory (PSL) and Department of Art and Performance Studies. The gallery is open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Details, email: rvander@xula.edu.

KUDOS

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS has honored Edgar “Dooky” Chase III as the 2022 Integritas Vitae Award and Victor Jones, class of 2012,  as the 2022 Adjutor Hominum recipient at this year’s annual 1912 Society Dinner March 24 as part of the school’s Alumni Weekend celebration.

WYNHOVEN COMMUNITY I congratulates Alejandro Smith Rodriguez, originally from Guatemala but now living at the Christopher Homes property in Marrero. He turned 100 on March 25. He has 25 children, 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.