Calendar - April 6, 2013

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SCHOOLS
    ARCHBISHOP SHAW, annual Celebrity Waiters Luncheon, April 11, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Four Columns, 3711 Westbank Expwy., Harvey. $5,000 raffle, computer raffle, door prizes, auction. Entertainment by: Victory Belles of the National WWII Museum. Tickets: $50; table of 10, $500. Proceeds benefit financial aid, technology upgrades. 347-9895.
    ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY, Benedictine Players present “Fiddler on the Roof,” April 11-13, 7:30 p.m.; April 14, 2 p.m., St. Joseph’s Abbey, Benet Hall, Covington. Tickets: (985) 892-2540, ext. 104; email [email protected].
    ST. MARY’S DOMINICAN, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” and Fine Arts Festival, April 6, 12, 13, 7 p.m.; April 7 and 14, 2 p.m., gym. Fine arts display in Alumnae Hall. Tickets: $15 (adults); $10 (children 12 and under and Dominican students). 865-9401, ext. 4158.
    ST. ANN, Men’s Club meeting, April 15, 7 p.m., cafeteria. School Advisory Council meeting, April 18, 7:30 p.m., parish office.
    ACADEMY OF OUR LADY, Basket and BBQ Bash, April 14, 12:30-3:30 p.m., in gym, 537 Avenue D, Marrero. Advance tickets: $15 includes prize tickets. BBQ, basket raffle. Additional prize tickets can be purchased for 50 cents each. 341-6217.

EVENTS
    NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING, Sympto-Thermal Method classes taught by Gayle Rizzo through Family Life Apostolate, April 6, 20, May 4, June 1. Northshore Pastoral Center, 69090 East Hwy. 190, Covington. Cost: $100; preregistration required. 861-6243.
    THEOLOGY ON TAP, four-week series with various speakers/topics geared to 18- to 39-year-olds, every Tuesday in April beginning April 9 at 6:30 p.m. Office of Young Adult Ministry hosts at Irish House in New Orleans. www.yamarchno.org, [email protected], 227-3229.
    CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL WESTBANK, prayer meeting, Mass, healing service, every second/fourth Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Infant Jesus of Prague Church, 700 Maple St., Harvey. April 10, Father Raul Lobo, celebrant; April 24, Father Bryan Howard, celebrant. Rosary, 7 p.m.; Mass, 8 p.m.
    ST. PETER, free Covenant of Love date nights April 11, “United in Christ, United in Love” topic is “Forgiveness: Love Means Always Having to Say We’re Sorry,” with Father Daniel Brouillette; May 13, “United in Christ, United in Love,” with Jason and Elise Angelette sharing insights on Mary’s self-gift as model for our marriages, and offering tools to assure growth in marital love. Love offerings welcomed. Free childcare by reservation. (985) 892-9353, [email protected].
    PEACE MASS, April 11, 7:30 p.m. Celebrant: Father Joe Palermo, director of spiritual formation, Notre Dame Seminary. Confessions, 6:30 p.m.; patriotic rosary, 7 p.m. Sponsored by St. Rita’s Mary’s Group and MIR. 7100 Jefferson Hwy., Harahan.
    MAGNIFICAT WESTBANK, ministry to Catholic women prayer breakfast, April 13, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Testimony by Diane “Dee” Caskey. Knights Of Columbus Hall, 475 Franklin Ave., Gretna. Tickets: $15. 347-2665, 348-7729.
    WILLWOODS, Married Couples Retreat, “Growing Together in Faith and Love,” April 13-14; May 4-5; June 22-23; Sept. 28-29. Also, sixth annual diocesan-wide Supper and Substance, July 20. Details: 830-3700.

PARISHES
    ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, 13th annual Old Metairie Fest fair April 13, noon-9 p.m. “Back to Betz,” a special alumni booth. 444 Metairie Road, Metairie. 833-1471.        
    ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, fifth annual Crawfish Cook-off, April 20, 6 p.m. All-you-can-eat crawfish, beer, soft drinks: $25 an adult, $10 a child, with children age 6 and under eating free. Deadline to prepay is April 12. Pizza, artichokes, desserts sold. Reserved tables are $250 for eight people. 4921 West Metairie Ave., Metairie. [email protected]. Also, Gus Pumilia Golf Tournament, April 13, Lakewood Country Club. $100 a golfer, $100 hole sponsorship, $475 for foursome with hole sponsorship. 352-6588. Swamp Room burgers for noon lunch; Welty’s Deli steaks for tournament dinner.

KUDOS
    ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE HIGH SCHOOL, named an Apple Distinguished School for the 2012-13 school year for its implementation of iPad into its 1:1 technology program. The Apple Distinguished School designation is reserved for schools that meet criteria for innovation, leadership, and educational excellence, and demonstrate a vision of exemplary learning environments. It is only one of 87 schools nationwide and the only Catholic school in Louisiana to receive this honor. “At Archbishop Chapelle, we have worked to blend technology into the curriculum in an effort to prepare the young women in our care to compete in the ever-changing global economy,” President Jane Anne Frosch said.
    MICHAEL FARRUGIA, a seventh-grade student from Christian Brothers School, won first place in the school spelling bee, outlasting 59 other challengers for the honor. He advanced to the Greater New Orleans Spelling Bee at Xavier University. Patrick Young was the school’s runner-up.
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, William P. Quigley, J.D. ’77, professor and director of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, was honored for his work in several voting rights cases statewide. Quigley received the Emmitt J. Douglas Memorial Award from the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP at Southern University Law School in Baton Rouge. This is the highest internal honor given to NAACP members within Louisiana. Quigley was part of several legal teams that have helped in voting rights challenges stemming from the reapportioning of voting boundaries in the state.
    SISTER OF MOUNT CARMEL Mary Ellen Wheelahan has been selected as Cabrini High School’s 2013 Alumna of the Year. She is a 1972 Cabrini graduate who exemplifies the qualities of service, leadership and excellence – foundational values taught at Cabrini. Sister Mary Ellen has dedicated herself to the care and protection of children. She earned an elementary education degree at UNO in 1976, taking perpetual vows in 1984 with the Congregation of the Sisters of Mount Carmel. She earned a master’s degree in adult education and Christian Community Development from Regis University. She was religious coordinator at Mt. Carmel in New Iberia;  founder/administrator of Cub Corner Preschool at Mt. Carmel in New Orleans; and associate director elementary school catechesis. She was the first director of the archdiocesan Safe Environment Office to protect children from child abuse. The office provides resources for church parishes, schools and support organizations related to prevention of child abuse. She developed a program that teaches young people to recognize their value as individuals created in God’s image. She also created the archdiocesan “Calling All Fifth Graders” program to spark the call to religious vocations in young students.