Calendar: Jan. 26-Feb. 9

St. Augustine High School New Orleans Alumni Association host “The Brunch,” Jan. 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Dillard University – Kearney Hall. Online registration, information at purpleknightsalumni.com. Brunch will honor legendary basketball Coach Bernard Griffith, who guided multiple Purple Knight basketball teams to state championship titles and a national title. Details, call Matthew Williams at 452-8841.

Theology on Tap, Carnival season series, Thursdays at 6 p.m., with talks beginning at 7:15 p.m. Jan. 30: “Providence and the Holy Spirit” with Deacon Kenny Uhlich; Feb. 6: “Finding God in the Arts” with Brent Goodrich; Feb. 13: “Trivia Night.” The Chimes, 19130 Rogers Lane, Covington. (985) 845-7342.

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS, alumni Association, “Masquerade for Mental Health, Feb. 4, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Southern Rep, 2541 Bayou Road, New Orleans. To benefit the low-cost Loyola Center for Counseling and Education, http://www.southernrep.com/masqueradeformentalhealth/

ST. ANGELA MERICI, Ladies Auxiliary (SALA) meeting with refreshments, Feb. 4, 7 p.m., Kern Center, 901 Beverly Garden Drive, Metairie. Donations of baby diapers (all sizes) and baby wipes to benefit ACCESS Pregnancy Center needed. Speaker: parishioner Eric Broadbridge. Valentine’s Day attire may be worn. Dues: $20 a year.  New members welcome.

MAGNIFICAT, ministry to Catholic women, West Bank chapter breakfast, Feb. 8, registration 9 a.m., breakfast 9:30 a.m.-noon. Café Hope at Timberlane Country Club, 1 Timberlane Drive, Gretna. Guest speaker: Father Lance Campo, director of Center of Jesus the Lord and chaplain at Children’s Hospital. $20 through Feb. 3. Tickets available at Westbank Religious Supply House, 341-6558, or call 452-9748.

ST. CHRISTOPHER PACK 117, 61st  annual Cub Scout parade, Feb. 8, “Pack 117 Goes to the Arcade,” rolling at 10 a.m. Refreshments and breakfast items available beginning at 8 a.m. until start of parade inside St. Christopher Gym,  3900 Derbigny St, Metairie. The parade begins at the Johnson Street schoolyard and marches five blocks down to Turnbull, to Civic, to Manson, to Roman, to Turnbull, to Cypress, to Manson to Bauvais, to Turnbull, to Derbigny then to Manson streets and ends back in the schoolyard on Johnson Street (near Airline Drive).

ST. JOSEPH ALTAR TALK, Sandra Scalise Juneau, St. Joseph altar expert, local journalist and culinary historian, gives demonstration at Northshore Literary Society meeting, Feb. 9, Christ Episcopal Church community center, 120 S. New Hampshire St., Covington. She explores the culinary traditions of Sicily, from earliest Greek, Roman and Arabic influences, focusing on the techniques of carving the intricately designed cuccidata, fig-filled pastries and explaining the religious symbolism of the designs typically displayed on St. Joseph altars.

BORN TO RUN, “Be a Real Life Hero,” annual run for the Woman’s New Life Clinic that offers counseling and a medical clinic for women facing unplanned pregnancies, March 7, 7:30 a.m. sign-in, race-day registration, 8:30 a.m. half-mile fun run; 9 a.m. 5K race. New Orleans Lakefront across from Landry’s Restaurant. Post-race “birth” day party with free food, music. Early-bird pricing through Feb. 7. www.womansnewlife.com/BornToRun or call 496-0212 or csholl@womansnewlife.com.

ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART named Lauren Wegmann director of major gifts and capital campaign, effective Aug. 26. In this role, Walker will be responsible for implementing the capital campaign and strategic fundraising that supports the school’s long-term strategic plan, “Inspiring Faith-Filled Women of Courage of Confidence.”  Walker joins Sacred Heart after serving as the director of development, major gifts in Tulane University’s Office of Advancement. In this position she managed a portfolio of over 100 major gift relationships for the university’s $1.3 billion campaign. Walker also served on Tulane’s Leadership Giving team as a Program Officer, during which time she worked closely with the university’s top leadership to prepare for the university’s campaign. Prior to her tenure at Tulane, Walker worked in Washington, D.C., as a senior legislative assistant to U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Rodney Alexander. She managed a varied portfolio of issues and served as lead policy advisor to the congressman in his position as vice chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies.  Walker holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Business from the College of Charleston. In her new position at Sacred Heart, Walker succeeds Helen Read Young, who served the school in various capacities, most recently as the director of major gifts and capital campaign.