Calendar - April 7, 2012

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April 8-15

PARISHES
    ST. RITA, monthly peace Mass, April 12, 7:30 p.m. with celebrant Holy Cross Father Thomas Chambers. Confessions, 6:30 p.m.; rosary, 7 p.m. 7100 Jefferson Hwy., Harahan.
    ST. DAVID, vespers (evening prayer), April 9, 6 p.m. Also, Evening of prayer for vocations with adoration and benediction, April 12, 7 p.m.  5617 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans.
    ST. BEN’S, alumni gathering, April 13, 3 p.m., St. Joseph Seminary College, 75376 River Road, St. Benedict.  (985) 867-2242.
    ST. MARTHA/INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE, 16th annual golf tournament, April 15, noon shotgun start; 11 a.m. registration, Stonebridge Country Club, Gretna. $75 a person. Stmarthaharvey.com/golf, 368-4292.
    ST. PETER, “A Divine Mercy Miracle Story” with Catholic evangelist and music missionary Kitty Cleveland, April 14, 7 p.m. She will detail what she learned from St. Faustina and how the Divine Mercy novena led to a family miracle. Cleveland’s music sold. Divine Mercy chaplet will be prayed April 15 from 6-9 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 125 East 19th Ave., Covington. (985) 892-2422.
    ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, spring fair, April 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., school and yard.
inflatable bounce house and castle spacewalk; $1,000 and $500 raffle; parade of prizes; Cuban sandwiches, paella, meat pies, black beans and rice, tamales, nachos, flan, Jambalaya, hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, sweet booth;  plant booth; games. 4600 Canal St., New Orleans.

EVENTS
    LOYOLA INSTITUTE FOR MINISTRY, online webinar “Humor in the Gospel of Luke: The Rhetoric of Just Living,” April 11, 8 p.m., with  Sister Terri Bednarz, assistant professor of New Testament Studies at Loyola. http://loyno.adobeconnect.com/webinar/. Select enter as a guest, then type in name and click “enter room.” If you log-in before the starting time, you need to wait until start time before being invited in.
    POWER FROM ON HIGH, free seven-week seminar by CCRNO preparing people to be baptized in the Spirit, Wednesdays, from April 11 through May 23,  from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at St. Benilde Church, Metairie. Mass at 8:30 p.m. 828-1368.
    GREER HEARD POINT-COUNTERPOINT FORUM, April 13-14. Lecture by Peter Kreeft, “Why Am I Optimistic About Ecumenism: A Catholic Perspective,” April 13, 1:30 p.m. peterkreeft.com. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Leavell Chapel, 3939 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans.
    HONK! THE MUSICAL AND FINE ARTS FESTIVAL, April 14, 20, 21, 7 p.m.; April 15, 22, 2 p.m. St. Mary’s Dominican Gym, 7701 Walmsley Ave., New Orleans. Cost: $12 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under and Dominican students. Art of students in Alumnae Hall. 865-9401, ext. 4158.   
    CATHOLIC BOOK STORE, a book signing by Larry Powell, author of “The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans,” April 14, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Catholic Book Store, 3003 South Carrollton Avenue at Fig Street, New Orleans.
    OUR LADY OF HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, Friends of the Library sponsor book presentation and signing by Randy Fertel of “The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak: A New Orleans Family Memoir,”  April 15, 2 p.m., Moreau Center, 4123 Woodland Drive, Algiers. The book concerns his parents – Rodney Fertel, who ran in 1969 for mayor of New Orleans, and Ruth Fertel, owner of Ruth’s Chris Steak House. Reception follows. Reservations: April 11 at 398-2100; email [email protected]
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences’ Jewish Students Lecture Series, with Emory University’s Dr. Sander L. Gilman,  “When Did the Jews Become Funny? A New Debate about the Limits of Representation After 9/11,” April 16, 7 p.m.; reception 6:15 p.m. Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Ave. 897-0143.