Calendar - February 23, 2013

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Feb. 22-March 2

FISH FRIES
    OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY, Feb. 22, March 1, March 8, 5:30-8 p.m. No drive-through.
    MARY QUEEN OF PEACE, Knights of Columbus Council 12072, Fridays during Lent, 5-7:30 p.m. $8, fried fish, baked fish, fried shrimp, potato salad or fries, salad, dessert, soft drink. Dine in/take out. West Causeway Approach, Mandeville.
    HOLY FAMILY, Knights of Columbus Council 9933, Feb. 22, March 1, 15 (fried catfish, white beans shrimp, salad, bread); March 8 (shrimp stew, rice peas, salad, bread), 5 p.m. until sold out. $8 a plate. Dine in, take out. Parish Center, 155 Holy Family Lane, Luling.
    ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, Feb. 22, March 15, 4 p.m. 15405 Hwy. 90, Paradis.
    ST. JOAN OF ARC SCHOOL,  Feb. 22 and every Friday during Lent, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. 919 Cambronne St., New Orleans.  Fried fish, macaroni, potato salad, peas, cake, bread, $9; baked fish with crabmeat stuffing, macaroni and cheese, potato salad, peas, cake, bread, $10;  catfish po-boy, $7. Pre-orders taken Thursdays,  861-2887.
    ST. GENEVIEVE, Men’s Club hosts dinners March 1 and 15, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $7 with fish, fries, cole slaw, roll. Drinks, desserts extra.; Knights of Columbus Council 9769 hosts March 8 and 22, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost is $7 a plate, with fried fish, macaroni and cheese, peas, roll; drinks, desserts extra. Dine in or take out. In church hall, 58203 Louisiana 433, Slidell.

PARISHES
    OUR LADY OF LOURDES, every Friday during Lent, 6 p.m., Way of the Cross, in church with Mass following at 6:30 p.m. Good Friday at 11 a.m.: “The Living Way of the Cross” on the levee on Oak Harbor Boulevard near Hwy. 11, Slidell.

SCHOOLS
    ST. MARY MAGDALEN, Grandparents Days, Feb. 26-27. Parents’ Club general meeting, March 6, 7:30 p.m., cafeteria.
    ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON, Home and School Association general membership meeting, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. New student registration, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Kenner.
    ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE, Parents’ Club Prom Fest Committee, meeting Feb. 26, 7 p.m., cafeteria.  Parents must attend two meetings to be eligible to work Prom Fest; Parents Club, Senior Grandparents Day, Feb. 28, 9 a.m., cafeteria.
    ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, auction and gala “A Night at the Casino,” March 2, 6:30 p.m.-midnight. Silent/live auctions, open bar, buffet dinner, band “August Rush.” Tickets: $50 in advance, $60 at door. Proceeds benefit school. 4921 W. Metairie. [email protected].
    JESUIT, annual Celebration Gala “The Greatest Show on Earth,” March 2, 7:30-11:30 p.m., 4133 Banks St. Silent/live auctions, raffles, specialty dishes from area restaurants, refreshments, live musical entertainment. Tickets: $50 a person;  $35 young alumnus. Patron Party, 6 p.m. in courtyard, with tickets at $275 a couple. www.jesuit nola.org, 483-3947.

EVENTS
    LITURGICAL MINISTRY WORKSHOPS, for extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Francis of Assisi, 631 State St., New Orleans, with presenter Msgr. Ken Hedrick; March 9, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Northshore Pastoral Center, 69090 Hwy. 190 East Service Road, Covington, with Betty-Ann Hickey; March 16, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Hispanic Apostolate, 2525 Maine Ave., Metairie, with Deacon Jose Sierra conducting class in Spanish; April 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Holy Guardian Angels, 1701 Bridge City Ave., Bridge City, with Hickey; April 18, April 25, 7-9 p.m., and May 4, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Angela Merici, 835 Melody Drive, Metairie, with Msgr. Hedrick; May 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., St. John of the Cross, 61051 Brier Lake Drive, Lacombe, with Hickey. Office of Worship, 861-6300.  
    CATHOLIC WOMEN IN ACTION, a Catholic Foundation committee, has three Lenten mornings of reflection, “My Path to Holiness: Year of Family and Faith,” ill featuring local priests and women reflecting spiritually for Easter. Feb. 28, St. Francis Xavier Church, 444 Metairie Road, 8 a.m. Mass followed by reflections. March 7, Mary Queen of Peace Church, 1501 West Causeway Approach, Mandeville, 9 a.m. Mass followed by reflections. March 13, Visitation of Our Lady Church, 3500 Ames Blvd., Marrero, 10 a.m. Mass followed by reflections. 310-6981; www.archdiocese-no.org/catholicfoundation.
    INTRODUCING RACIAL SOBRIETY, “Be Sober (See Others as Being Entitled to Respect)” workshop to introduce unifying approach to begin the conversation on racism. Facilitators Nick Albares and Barb McAtee. Feb. 28, 6:30-9 p.m., St. James Major Church, 3736 Gentilly Blvd. New Orleans.
    WORKSHOPS FOR READERS, who proclaim the Word of God, March 2, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Clement of Rome, 4317 Richland Ave., Metairie, with Deacon Harold Burke; April 20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Hispanic Apostolate, 2525 Maine Ave., Metairie,  Deacon Jose Sierra conducts class in Spanish; May 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Christ the King, 535 Deerfield Road, Terrytown, presenter Linda Jarrell. Office of Worship, 861-6300.  
    YOUNG MARRIED COUPLES, Day of Reflection for couples married eight years or less, March 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Speaker: Roy Petitfils, author of “What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me About the First Five Years of Marriage.” Cost: $45 a couple; childcare available. St. Clement of Rome, 4317 Richland at Cleary avenues, Metairie. [email protected], 227-3229.
    WALK FOR THE HUNGRY, 32nd annual walk sponsored by Bread for the World New Orleans, to raise money to feed the poor. March 2, 8 a.m. registration; 9 a.m. prayer; 9:30 a.m. walk for four miles down Canal Street from St. Anthony of Padua Church 4640 Canal St., New Orleans, to Claiborne Avenue back to St. Anthony. Admission includes T-Shirt: $15 adults, $12 students, $7 children age 7 and under. Participants asked to bring a nonperishable food item for Second Harvest. Sister of Mount Carmel Jane Remson, [email protected], 458-3029.
    DAY OF REFLECTION, on spiritual and corporal works of mercy, March 2, 1-4:15 p.m., led by Vincentian Father Louis Arceneaux. Father Arceneaux is the spiritual advisor for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Association Council. Christ the King Church, 535 Deerfeild Road, Terrytown. Sponsored by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. 361-1500, 453-4744.
    MOTHER/DAUGHTER HUMAN SEXUALITY PROGRAM, for 10-12 year old girls and parent/guardian, March 3, 2-5 p.m., Knights of Columbus St. Dominic Council in New Orleans. Cost: $25 for parent/guardian and one child. Pre-registration required. 861-6243.