Calendar - January 19, 2013

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Jan. 19-28

OPEN HOUSES
    ST. ANN, Cub Scout Pinewood Derby, Jan. 19, 6-9 p.m., gym; Men’s Club meeting, Jan. 19, 7 p.m., cafeteria; walk-through school tours for parents of prospective students, Jan. 24, 28, 31, 9:30 a.m., school office; school open house, Jan. 28, 7 p.m.; Men’s Club donut breakfast, Jan. 27 after 8, 9:30, 11 a.m. Masses, cafeteria, 3601 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie.
    ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON SCHOOL, open house for grades Pre-K2-7, Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m. Welcome/introduction in church, followed by tours, registration information. St. Elizabeth is SACS-CASI-accredited, has honors  in grades 5 through 7, and a certified individual-needs teacher. 4119 St. Elizabeth Drive, Kenner. 468-3524.
    ST. RITA School open house, Jan. 24, 5-7 p.m., for prospective students and parents. Refreshments follow Home and School Association hosts “The Smart Bodies Walk” for students Jan. 29 in the gym, 194 Ravan Ave., Harahan. 

SCHOOLS
    IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL, fourth annual golf tournament, “On a Swing and a Prayer,” Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Stonebridge Country Club. Registration and lunch begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at noon, concluding with dinner buffet, awards ceremony and raffle drawing. Call 347-4409 or visit icschargers.org.
    XAVIER UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL, alumni Mass,  Jan. 20, 2 p.m., XUP Drexel Center, 5116 Magazine St., New Orleans. Celebrant: Josephite Father Chuck Andrus. Refreshments, fellowship follow Mass.
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, LOYOLA INSTITUTE FOR MINISTRY (LIM), and Loyola graduate programs, free graduate school open house, Jan. 22, 6 p.m., first floor Danna Student Center.

PARISHES
    ST. RITA, “Holy Hour for Life, Marriage, Religious Freedom,” Jan. 21, 3-4 p.m., in church; eat lunch or dinner at Seymour’s in Harahan and 10 percent of proceeds is donated to parish food pantry; pulled pork dinner fund-raiser, Jan.  27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., cafeteria, 7100 Jefferson Hwy., Harahan.
    ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, Mass, Jan. 21, 7 p.m., followed by a healing service with eucharistic exposition and benediction. Free parking in school yard. 4640 Canal St., New Orleans.
    MARY QUEEN OF PEACE, bereavement support group, 12 sessions, “A Journey from Grief to Healing,” beginning, Jan. 25, 10-11 a.m. Register by Jan. 24. $12. Boy Scout Troop 310 jambalaya dinner, Jan. 27, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $6. Dine-in or take-out. 1501 N. Causeway Approach, Mandeville.
    OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY, fourth annual Mardi Gras Gala with $10,000 Reverse Raffle, Jan. 26, Metairie Country Club. Raffle tickets: $100, sold 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at parish office, 1322 Moss St. New Orleans. 488-2659.
    OUR LADY OF THE LAKE, “Sponsor Couple Training,” Jan. 26, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The trainers are Jan and Lloyd Tate. Cost: $125 a couple which is usually paid by the parish that has requested the training for this marriage-prep ministry. Call Beth Zima, (985) 626-5671, email [email protected].
    ST. JOHN BOSCO, Women’s Society, pot luck meeting, Jan. 28, 7 p.m., Family Life Center, 2114 Oakmere Drive, Harvey. 340-0444.
    OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP, Kenner, will celebrate a Memorial Mass Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. for Maryknoll Father Francis Schexnayder, a native New Orleanian who died Dec. 11 in Taiwan.

EVENTS
    PRIESTS FOR LIFE, prayer vigil and annual pro-life Mass, Jan. 19. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament at St. Patrick’s Church, 724 Camp St., beginning at 2 p.m. Walk to federal courthouse on Poydras and Camp streets at 2:20 p.m. for peaceful sidewalk prayer vigil from 2:30-3:30 p.m. against Roe vs. Wade decision; benediction at 3:40 p.m. and 4 p.m. Mass at St. Patrick. Celebrant: Archbishop Gregory Aymond.
    CENTER OF JESUS THE LORD, ministry fair, Jan. 20, 12:30-1:30 p.m., followed by meal. Ministries include liturgy, evangelization services (including Ozanam Inn and prayer hotline), teaching, healing. 1236 North Rampart St., New Orleans. 529-1636.
    PAULINE BOOKS AND MEDIA, free Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage, Jan. 22, 7 p.m., 4403 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. Wash with the Lourdes water, touch the grotto rock, eucharistic blessing, free bottle of Lourdes water. Call 887-7631 to register.
    NATIONAL DAY OF PENANCE, Jan. 22. All Catholics are asked to do some form of penance on this day. Established by the U.S. bishops in 2000 for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through abortion and to pray for full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life.
     CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL WESTBANK, prayer meeting, Mass, healing service with anointing of the sick, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m., Infant Jesus of Prague Catholic Church, 700 Maple St., Harvey. Celebrant: Vincentian Father Louis Arceneaux. Rosary, 7 p.m.
    DISCERNMENT RETREAT, “Good Call: Learning the Way of Discernment,” Jan. 25-27, at the Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center at Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman, Ala. Cost: $95. (256) 734-8302, email [email protected].
    NAIM, meeting, Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m., St. Pius X multipurpose room, 6666 Spanish Fort Blvd., New Orleans. Speaker: Yvonne Perret, “Perks and Quirks of Living in New Orleans.” Widowed persons invited.
    WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY, Jan. 27, 5-6 p.m., dedication worship service, Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, 3900 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans. Former Archbishop Alfred Hughes will preach on “What Does the Lord Require (Micah 6:8) … Is the Call for Unity Still Being Heeded?”