Calendar - March 30, 2013

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March 31-April 6

EVENTS
    EASTER SUNRISE ECUMENICAL SERVICE, March 31, 7 a.m., Metairie Cemetery, Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries lagoon near the fountain gate. 25th annual event. Rev. James Richard Randels of Lakeview Baptist Church will deliver the Easter message. The New Orleans Gospel group, The Zion Harmonizers, perform. Refreshments follow service. In inclement weather, the service will move inside the funeral home chapel. 486-6331, LakeLawnMetairie.com.
    SPIRITUALITY IN THE CITY, series continues at 12:30 p.m. on April 2, Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception, 130 Baronne St. Speakers: Loyola voice professors and performers Philip and Ellen Frohnmayer on topic “‘Anoint Our Lips to Sing Your Praise’: The Spiritual Battle.”  Simple lunch at 12:15 p.m. www.loyno.edu/lplc/downtown.
    ST. MONICA MINISTRY, April 3, after the 5:30 p.m. Mass, meets to pray for family members who are not practicing their faith; and again April 20, after the 8:30 a.m. Mass. St. Dominic, 775 Harrison Ave., New Orleans.
    CATHOLICS COMING HOME, six-week series to help those who have been away from the Catholic Church, beginning April 4, 7-8:30 p.m. St. Edward the Confessor, Parish Center, West Metairie Ave., Metairie. 888-0703.
    MORNING OF SERVICE, Family Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, encourages families to do a day of service together on April 6 as part of the 2013 Year of Family and Faith. www.arch-no.org/yff, 861-6243.
    WOMAN’S NEW LIFE CENTER, Day of Prayer and Healing for Women suffering from the pain of abortion, April 6. Co-sponsored by Theresa Bonopartis, co-founder of Entering Canaan Post-Abortion Ministry. For information and confidential registration, contact Amy Miller, [email protected] or 831-3117. 3032 Ridgelake Drive, suite 101, Metairie. www.womansnewlife.com.
    FAMILY LIFE APOSTOLATE, Sympto-Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning series April 6, April 20, May 4, June 1. Instructor: Gayle Rizzo of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Northshore Pastoral Center in Covington. Preregistration required; cost: $100. Family Life Apostolate. 861-6243.
    WILLWOODS MARRIED COUPLES RETREAT, April 13-14. Theme: “Faith,” led by couples Kim and David Lukinovich, Willie and Aly Leonard and Marcel and Karla Farnet. Suggested donation: $250. 830-3716, www.faithandmarriage.org.

PARISHES
    ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLE, “Let the Children Come to Me” Family
Adoration, April 4, 6-7:30 p.m. in the Msgr. Bendix Center.
 Pizza dinner, children’s music, presentation by the Office of Evangelization
and Eucharistic Renewal, adoration,nd benediction geared to children with the
purpose of introducing them to the tools, vessels, vestments, music, and
 purpose of eucharistic adoration. RSVP [email protected] or call 
737-8830 with number of family members and ages. 10021 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge.
    MARY QUEEN OF PEACE, talk about “Jesus, the Divine Mercy,” April 2, 9:45-10:45 a.m. or 7-8 p.m. Speaker: Sandra Martin, a secular Carmelite and spiritual director who has a master’s degree in education and theology and holds a mandatum. She will discuss how the Divine Mercy is more than a chaplet, image and novena.

OUT OF AREA
    ROSARYVILLE, Day of Prayer, “Biblical Women: Models of Courage and Initiative,” April 15, with Dominican Sister Rose Bowen. 9 a.m., coffee/fellowship; talk begins at 9:30 with discussion and reflection time. Noon lunch provided; Mass; departure at 3 p.m. Fee: $35. Register: www.catholicretreatcenter.org/coming-soon. (225) 294-5039.

COMING…
    NEW EVANGELIZATION SOCIETY, April 11, 6-8:30 p.m., Mass, complimentary dinner, discussion based on Father Robert Barron’s Catholicism series. Loyola University New Orleans. Mass at 6:30 p.m., Ignatius Chapel, followed by discussion in Miller Hall room 114 on “The Ineffable Mystery of God.” Specific strategies for implementing the new evangelization. RSVP by April 8 [email protected], 482-8010.
    COLLEGE FAIR, annual Archdiocese of New Orleans Office of Catholic Schools event, April 9, 6-8:30 p.m., Pontchartrain Convention and Civic Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner. More than 90 colleges represented. Presentations: Archdiocese of New Orleans Office of Vocations “Exploring Your Vocation in Life,” 6:30-7 p.m.; “Why Continue Catholic Education Beyond High School – a Perspective from Catholic Colleges,” 7-7:30 p.m.; Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance, 7-7:30 p.m. and 7:45-8:15 p.m.
    THEOLOGY ON TAP, four-week series on Tuesdays beginning April 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Irish House in New Orleans. A variety of speakers and topics. www.yamarchno.org, [email protected], 227-3229.