Calendar - May 4, 2013

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May 4-11

SCHOOLS
    ST. RITA, Home and School association will sponsor a May crowning May 6 at 8 a.m., followed by the living rosary. Students will pray the rosary using a rosary made from flowers. Also, Home and School Association general meeting, May 8, 7 p.m., gym. Performances from choir, recorders and an art display. 7100 Jefferson Hwy., Harahan.
    ST. MARY MAGDALEN, Parents’ Club hosts Cici’s Pizza night, May 7, 4- 9 p.m. Also, a spaghetti dinner night will benefit a fourth grader experiencing medical issues, May 11, 5-9 p.m., hosted by Parents’ Club and Men’s Club.
   ST. PIUX X, Mothers’ Club annual installation luncheon, May 8, 11:30 a.m. cocktails, Southern Yacht Club Grill Room. Also, St. Pius X Men’s Club monthly meeting and steak night, May 9, 7 p.m., multipurpose room, 6600 Spanish Fort Blvd., New Orleans. 282-2811, www.stpiusxnola.org.

EVENTS
    XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, Confucius Institute’s colloquium “Enjoying Chinese and African Art” May 9, 9 a.m., University Center, Room 201. Top experts on Chinese and African art in the New Orleans region will discuss innovative strategies and approaches in presenting such art in museums so that visitors will learn and enjoy viewing. Speakers: Dr. Yu Jiang, director of the Confucius Institute; Dr. Mora Beauchamp-Byrd, XU assistant professor of Art History; MaPo Kinnord-Payton, XU associate professor of art; Lisa Rotondo-McCord, deputy director for curatorial affairs and curator of Asian art; Bill Fagaly, emeritus curator of African Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art; Dr. David Riep, SUNO assistant professor of museum studies; and Adwale Adenle, Texas Tech visiting assistant professor of drawing and painting. An afternoon tour to the New Orleans Museum of Art, with admission fees paid for a talk by Chinese and African art experts on their collection, is included. www.xula.edu/confucius, email confucius@xula.edu, 520-7237.
   HOLY SPIRIT NOVENA, May 10-18, different speakers nightly beginning at 7 p.m. Change of speakers: Father  Steven Bruno on May 13; Father Basil Burns on May 15. Sacred Heart Church, 28088 Main St., Lacombe.

COMING…
    “BECOMING A SPIRIT-DRIVEN FAMILY” RETREAT, May 17-19, St. Jane de Chantal, Abita Springs, focuses on family life in the Spirit. Sessions for ages 4 to adult. Childcare for children ages 1-3. Advance registration required. (985) 892-1439, http://saintjanedechantal.com.
    BOWTIES FOR BABIES, Southern-style soiree May 21, 7-10 p.m., Old State Capitol. Live jazz music, food, silent auction benefitting the Advertise for Life Project of the Louisiana Pro-Life Council. $75 a person or $125 a couple, $50 young professionals (ages 18-26). www.adifficultchoice.com. Also, third annual Golf Fore Life, May 13, Chateau Golf and Country Club in Kenner. Four-person scramble, noon tee time, $125 a person, $500 team registration. www.prolifelouisiana.org.
    CENTER OF JESUS THE LORD, 18th anniversary and homecoming Mass, May 26, 10:30 a.m., honoring founding director Father Emile Lafranz. Also, Inner Healing Retreat, “The Dawn From on High Shall Come,” with Arlene Apone, June 28-30 at Magnificat Center of the Holy Spirit, 23629 Faith Road, Ponchatoula. Cost:  $175. 529-1636.
    ST. CLARE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL, May 24, 6-11 p.m.; May 25, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; May 26, noon-6 p.m., 236 S. Beach Blvd., Waveland, Miss. (228) 467-9275.