Calendar - May 28, 2022

HOLY SPIRIT NOVENA

• WHAT: 2022 Holy Spirit Novena, “The Disciples Were Filled With Joy and the Holy Spirit.”
• WHEN: May 27-June 4, with praise and worship and confession at 6:30 p.m. and Mass at 7 p.m. nightly.
• WHERE: St. John of the Cross Church, 61030 Brier Lake Drive, Lacombe.
• SPEAKERS INCLUDE: May 27: Father Sidney Speaks and entertainment by Jamie Diliberto and Tongues of Fire; May 28: Father Gil Martin and musician Colin MacIver; May 29: Father Dan Dashner and musician John Finch; May 30: Father Gary Copping and entertainers Missi Spinosa and the St. Cyr Sisters; May 31: Archbishop Gregory Aymond and singer Donna Guidry and the Sacred Heart Choir; June 1: Father Mark Beard and entertainment by St. Helena’s Neapolitan 6; June 2: Father Herb Kiff and Linden Uter; June 3: A healing Mass celebrated by Father Anthony Odiong, with Schneideau, St. Cyr, Bauer and Brewer; June 4: Father Tuan Pham with Vince Vicidomina and St. John of the Cross Choir.
• DETAILS: Call (504) 577-6652.

EVENTS

PENTECOST MASS AND PRAISE CELEBRATION, June 5, Pentecost Mass at 10 a.m., praise celebration from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.  Music, testimonies, liturgical dance and more sponsored by Center of Jesus the Lord, 1307 Louisiana Ave., New Orleans. (504) 529-1636.

CHRIST IN THE CITY, young adult ministry for ages 18-39, meets June 7, 7 p.m.,  Our Lady of the Lake, 312 Lafitte St., Mandeville. Eucharistic adoration, reconciliation and fellowship. Sponsored by the CYO/Youth and Young Adult Ministry Office of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Details: James Behan, associate director for Young Adult Ministry and Marriage and Family Life, jbehan@arch-no.org.

ST. BENILDE, “Jonah: The Musical,” shown June 10, 7-9 p.m., St. Benilde cafeteria, 1901 Division St., Metairie. It’s a Bible story for the whole family, for inside the whale, God teaches Jonah how to receive grace and extend mercy.  Free admission, light snacks and refreshments available. Details: Val Hebert, valencemet@aol.com, (504) 427-0327.

SACRED RELICS OF THE SAINTS: TREASURES OF THE CHURCH, June 13, 6:30 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc, LaPlace. A teaching and exposition of more than 150 sacred relics with Father Carlos Martins, a Vatican-appointed expert on relics. Among the treasures – some as old as 2,000 years –  will be relics of St. Joseph, St. Maria Goretti, St. Therese of Lisieux (the “Little Flower”), St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Faustina Kowalska and a portion of the veil of Our Lady and one of the largest remaining pieces of the True Cross in the world. Attendees can examine and venerate each relic and can bring their own articles of devotion (such as rosaries, holy cards, etc.) and pictures of ill friends/family members to touch the reliquaries as a means of intercession. 529 W. 5th St., LaPlace. (985) 652-9100.

NEW ORLEANS CHILDREN’S CHORUS (NOCC), registration open for singers for the 2022-23 season. June 10 and 17 at 4 p.m. or June 11 and 18 at 10 a.m. at NOCC office, 5580 Canal Blvd., suite A, New Orleans.

HALOS (Healing After Loss to Overdose or Suicide) meets June 13 at 7 p.m.  St. Margaret Mary Evangelization (E-Building), 1050 Robert Blvd., Slidell. Call or text Donna Oster at (985) 201-2143.

PEOPLE PROGRAM, a local non-profit that offers classes to keep seniors active, will hold its summer session June 14-July 20 near the University of New Orleans at  2240 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans. The fall semester will begin Aug. 22 and continue through Dec. 9 at the Lakeshore location and also in Algiers at Holy Spirit Church, 6201 Stratford Place. Visit the webpage at www.peopleprogram.org for class fees and schedules or contact Jan Martino at (504) 284-7678.

MAGNIFICAT, ministry for women Metairie chapter, breakfast, June 18, 9 a.m.-noon, with guest speaker and musician Kimberly Mouledoux, music director at St. Angela Merici Church and a music teacher in the school. She has five children and was received in the Catholic Church in 2019. Knights of Columbus Hall, St. Jerome Council No. 6746, 3310 Florida Ave. at 33rd Street, Kenner. Onsite parking. Tickets are $27 through June 15. Register:  https://conta.cc/3Mk5q4J.

RETROUVAILLE WEEKEND, for troubled marriages of all faiths, June 24-26, William J. Kelly Retreat Center, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Registration or additional information, https://www.helpourmarriage.org/ or email retrouvaillenola@gmail.com.

PARISHES​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

MATER DOLOROSA CHURCH, Sacred Heart Procession June 5 after 10:30 Mass. Jambalaya follows in the church’s backyard, 1230 South Carrollton Ave., New Orleans.

ST. PETER CHURCH, 27th annual Feast of Corpus Christi solemn Mass and eucharistic procession, June 19, 11:30 a.m. Reserved seating for religious in the front right section of church. Special litanies will be prayed in church for those unable to process. 125 E. 19th Ave., Covington. (985) 892-2422.

SCHOOLS​​​​​​​

UNIVERSITY OF HOLY CROSS (UHC) offers three camps for youth this summer. The Energy Venture Camp, June 27-July 1, is open to seventh through 12th graders who will build working solar panels from scratch and explore bioengineering in virtual reality.  UHC co-sponsors the camp with Shell Oil and LA STEM. For students in kindergarten through 12th grades, there’s the 2022 Astro Camp, July 11-15. UHC hosts this camp with NASA and LA STEM for campers to build working robots, a lunar colony, explore the surface of Mars in virtual reality. The Urban Ecology Camp, July 18-22, will feature designing and building a butterfly wall, performing ecologic field research, growing mealworms in DIY compost and more. Each camp runs from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration is $325 and can be completed online at centralcreativity.com/camps2022 or email kfabre@uhcno.edu.