Calendar - November 3, 2012

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Nov. 3-10

SCHOOLS
    ST. BENILDE, Veterans Mass, Nov. 3, 8:15 a.m.,  sponsored by Home and School Association. Veterans of all service divisions invited.
    MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY, Fall Festival hours, Nov. 4, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 7027 Milne Blvd., New Orleans.
    ST. PHILIP NERI, Ladies’ Co-Operative Club general membership meeting, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. followed by dinner, assembly hall. Bring Crayola brand art supplies for the Art Cart program benefitting Children’s Hospital. Also, Ladies’ Co-Operative Club hosts City  Park Night for SPN families, Nov. 9, 7-10 p.m., City Park Carousel Gardens, with D.J., amusement rides, concessions. Advanced tickets: $10; children 2 and under are free. Thanksgiving food drive, Nov. 12-16, for Second Harvest Food Bank.
    ST. PHILIP NERI, Grandparents Club, Nov. 8, 9:30 a.m., Parishioners’ Center rooms 2-3. Flu shots given to the first 60 people signing in. Speaker: Wellness Center to discuss nutrition. 
    URSULINE ACADEMY, La Fête 285, “Celebrate State:  100 Years on State Street,” Nov. 9, patron party, 6:30-8 p.m.; gala 8-11 p.m. Entertainment: Yat Pack, Vieux Carré; cuisine from area restaurants, open bar, live/silent auctions. Tickets: $285, patron party, gala for two or $150 single ticket; $100 gala only. 212-5112, RSVP by Nov. 2. Homecoming, Nov. 11, Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor followed by jazz brunch in courtyard. Brunch tickets: $25. 861-9114.
    HOLY NAME OF JESUS, 29th annual Gator Fest “Gators Under the Big Top,” Nov. 9, 6-10 p.m.; Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Entertainment: Nov. 9, Vince Vance and the Valiants, 7-10 p.m.; Nov. 10, Remedy, 2-4 p.m., The Hwy. 78’s, 8-10 p.m.; Nov. 11, Neutral Snap, noon-2 p.m., The Wiseguys, 3-p.m. Food, live entertainment, game booths, carnival rides. 6325 Cromwell Place, New Orleans. www.hnjfair.com, www.hnjschool.org, 861-1466.
   ST. MARY MAGDALEN, Parents’ Club hosts Art Bayou, Nov. 10, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., for fourth graders to adults to paint on an 11-by-14 canvas. Cost: $20 a person. Chuck E. Cheese night, Nov. 14, 3-9 p.m. Parents’ Club general meeting, Christmas potluck dinner, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.  No childcare.

PARISHES
    ST. ANSELM, 7th annual Golf Classic, Nov. 5, 11 a.m. shotgun start, four-person scramble; 10 a.m. check-in, Tchefuncta Country Club, Covington. Entry: $125 a golfer includes green fees, cart, lunch, beverages, dinner after tournament. Longest drive, closest to hole, super Mulligans, betting hole, hole-in-one prizes. www.stanselmmadisonville.org,  (985) 845-7342. Also, Knights of Columbus, second annual Pumpkin Patch beginning Oct. 13.
    ST. EDWARD THE CON- FESSOR, two-day prayer vigil of intercession for the elections, with communal and silent prayer, Nov. 5 at 8 a.m.-Nov. 6 at 10 p.m. Chapel, 4921 West Metairie Ave., Metairie. Details: 889-0334.
    ST. RITA, monthly Peace Mass with celebrant Father Christian DeLerno, parochial vicar St. Edward the Confessor. Sponsored by St. Rita’s Mary Group and MIR, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. Confessions, 6:30 p.m.; rosary, 7 p.m. 7100 Jefferson Hwy., Harahan.
    DIVINE MERCY, annual Christmas Boutique, sponsored by the Altar Auxiliary, Nov. 10, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Nov. 11, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Divine Mercy Auditorium (Nativity site), 3325 Loyola Drive, Kenner. Christmas decorations, gift items. Proceeds benefit new church sanctuary.

EVENTS
    SPIRITUALITY IN THE CITY, Nov. 6, 12:30 p.m. with chef John Besh speaking on “Food, Family and Faith.” Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception, 130 Baronne St., New Orleans. Simple lunch served at 12:15. Admission is free. Next talk: Dec. 4 with Jamie Marx, cantor at Touro Synagogue. www.loyno.edu/lplc/downtown.
    CENACLE RETREAT HOUSE, Retreats: “Come to the Feast: Companions at the Table,” with Father Joseph Nassal, Nov. 9-11; Young Adult Ministry, Nov. 10, 250-9697; “Contemplating the Story of My Life” with Sister Rose Hoover, Nov. 13; Handicapped Encounter Christ (HEC), Nov. 16-18, 312-9278; Advent Retreat: Come to the Quiet II with Sister Kathy Scott, Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Also, Cenacle prayer enrollment,887-1810.
    ARCHDIOCESAN SPIRITUALITY CENTER, four-part workshop for men, “Male Spirituality” presented by Deacon Dan Dorsey, Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27, 7-8:30 p.m., North Shore Pastoral Center, 69090 East Hwy. 190 Service Road, Covington. Topics: Catholic teaching on the human person; Is there such a thing as male spirituality and how does it differ? Do men and women relate to God differently in life and in their prayer? Cost: $40. Register: http//asc.arch-no.org, (985) 886-0957, zoefluf@yahoo.com.
    MAGNIFICAT, Life in the Spirit seminar, Parts I and II, Nov. 7 and 14, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., designed to help participants establish a deeper relationship with Jesus. Nov. 7 will include four talks devoted to  Christian message of salvation; Nov. 14 has a Mass, prayer for baptism in the Holy Spirit and talks on maintaining this new life in the spirit. 3521 Ridgeway Drive, Metairie.  837-6896, 831-9737.
    MSGR. RAY HEBERT will host a reception for Marjorie and Merlin Barth, Nov. 12, from 2-5 p.m., at St. John’s Villa, 4701 Wichers Drive, Marrero. Marjorie Barth entered the Catholic Church after receiving instructions from Msgr. Hebert nearly 60 years ago. She is an extraordinary minister of holy Communion in her Anaheim, Calif., church and has been nominated for Catholic Woman of the Year in the Diocese of Orange. Contact 341-6399.
    CATHOLIC FOUNDATION, annual Foundation dinner, Nov. 8, New Orleans Hilton Riverside. Honoring 2012 Pope John Paul II Award recipient Dr. Jack A. Andonie. Keynote speaker: Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer, Ph.D.  Reservations: 596-3044; email, mobrien@archdiocese-no.org.
    ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE, open house, Nov. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m. tours and refreshments in cafeteria for prospective students and pastors. General meeting, Nov. 13, 6:45 p.m.; teacher meetings 7:30 p.m. Grandparents Day for grades 10 and 11, Nov. 16, 7:30 a.m., cafeteria.  
    GOLDEN VOICES COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR, 44th anniversary celebration, Nov. 9, 7 p.m. Ashe Cultural Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans. Guest soloists will perform. Father Joseph Putnam, former pastor of St. Frances De Sales Church, founded the choir in 1968. It has performed worldwide and at  New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
    NAVAL WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB, musical performance of patriotic, classical, Broadway tunes, Nov. 9, 11:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m., and 11:45 a.m. -12:20 p.m. Mount Carmel Academy’s Mother Therese Chevrel Assembly Center, 7027 Milne Blvd., New Orleans.
    MARY QUEEN OF PEACE, Rollin’ on the River Fleur-de-Fall parish gala and auction, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.  Paddlewheel of fortune raffle tickets available to win a Buick Verano, Super Bowl XLVII tickets and more. Details: www.mqpcs.org.