Calendar - September 22, 2012

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Sept. 22-Oct. 1

PARISHES
    SACRED HEART, Lacombe, Latin Mass, Sept. 23, noon. Free lunch follows. Latin/English missals are offered for an easier following of the Mass. Latin Mass choir rehearses first three Wednesdays of the month at 4:30 p.m., followed by a rosary recitation and altar server training. 28088 Main St., Lacombe. (985) 882-5229.
    ST. ANN, archdiocesan Family Sunday “Renew the Gathering of the Family,” Sept. 23. Donuts served after all morning Masses; family pictures taken. Students can bring in family photo for  display by grade level in cafeteria. Also, Cub Scout Pack meeting Sept. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.

SCHOOLS
    ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE, annual Parents’ Club craft fair, Sept. 22, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 175 vendors selling outdoor items, wreaths, ornaments, handmade clothes, bows, ceramic items, food items, candles and jewelry.  Nachos, hamburgers, hot dogs, jambalaya, sweets, pickles and popcorn. Proceeds benefit Senior Prom Fest. Also, Parents’ Club Prom Fest committee volunteer meeting Sept. 26, 7 p.m., cafeteria.
    ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON, Home and School general membership meeting Sept. 25, 7:15 p.m. 4119 St. Elizabeth Drive, Kenner.
    OUR LADY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, Parents’ Club meeting, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., Bahan Center Café.

EVENTS
    ST. AUG HAMP FEST, fourth annual event with performances by Howard Hewett, Morris Day and The Time, Luke James, the school’s Marching 100, Mike “Soulman” Baptiste and the Real Soul Band, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, Captain Charles, Free Agents Brass Band and more. Sept. 27-28, 6 p.m. Tickets: $65 for two days, $40 each day. www.purpleknights.com, 944-2424.
    RESPECT LIFE MASS, Sept. 28, 10 a.m., St. Dominic Church, 775 Harrison Ave., New Orleans.
    LIGHT OF THE WORLD PRAYER COMMUNITY, meets weekly on Fridays beginning with a rosary at 6:45 p.m. followed by prayer and praise. The Newman Center on Alumni Drive of the University of New Orleans campus. Next meeting: Sept. 28. All ages welcome. 559-2414.
    FEAST OF SAN LORENZO RUIZ, 25th annual celebration of this Philippines patron saint, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m. St. Maria Goretti Church, 7300 Crowder Blvd. at Morrison Road, New Orleans. Sponsored by the Greater New Orleans Filipino-American Community with the rosary, novena prayers, Mass and a shared meal and fellowship. Families are invited to bring their images of San Lorenzo Ruiz to be blessed by the concelebrating Filipino-American priests. 722-0352, 459-5958 or host Lina Carlos at 442-1913.
    MARY QUEEN OF VIETNAM, Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, Sept. 29, at the church site. Time: noon-11 p.m. Entertainment starts with the lion dance at 5 p.m. 5069 Willowbrook Drive, New Orleans East.
    BASIC CANTOR CERTIFICATION, workshops Sept. 29, 10 a.m.-noon, Mary Queen of Peace, 1501 North Causeway Approach, Mandeville, presented by Lindsey Piatolly, with the written and performance exam by appointment on Nov. 3; and Oct. 13, St. Francis Xavier, 444 Metairie Road, Metairie, with Rendell James, with the exam by appointment on Oct. 27. Open to church cantors and presented by the Office of Worship and the New Orleans chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. 861-6300.
    CATHOLIC BOOK STORE, discussions/book signings, Sept. 29, 11 a.m. with Mary Margaret Abide Richardson and her book “Open Your Eyes and Let Life In,” and Deborah Lipsky and “Message of Hope,” Oct. 3, 11 a.m. 3003 South Carrollton corner Fig Street, New Orleans.
    GOOD SHEPHERD, Latin Mass, Sept. 30, 12:30 p.m., St. Stephen Church, 1025 Napoleon Ave., New Orleans. 899-1378.
    ST. TAMMANY RIGHT TO LIFE, annual Pro-Life Dinner, Sept. 30, Le Cafe de Bon Temps, 40261 Hwy. 190 East in Slidell. Cost: $50 a  person. Guest speaker: Senator David Vitter. (985) 641-1855.
    ST. ANGELA MERICI, parish fair, Sept. 28, 5:30-11 p.m.; Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Entertainment: The Topcats, Sept. 28, 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Local Option 2, noon-3 p.m., karaoke, 3:30-6:30 p.m.; Imaginary Frenz, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Sept. 29. Food, games, plant and liquor booths, raffles.
    ST. CHARLES BORROMEO, annual “Wedding Anniversary Mass” for couples celebrating 25, 30, 40, 50 or more  years of marriage, Sept. 29, at 4:30 p.m. Mass. Deadline to register: Sept. 24. Call the rectory (985) 764-6383.
  WOMEN’S PRAYER BRUNCH, “Women of God Yesterday, Now and Forever,” Sept. 29, 10 a.m. Guest speaker Monica Pierre. Blessed Sacrament-St. Joan of Arc, 919 Cambronne St., New Orleans. 460-5700.
    DIVINE MERCY, 67th anniversary Mass of the Missionaries of St. Therese, Oct. 1, 6 p.m., Divine Mercy Parish, 3325 Loyola Drive, Kenner (Nativity site).  Rosary, 5 p.m. followed by prayers to St. Therese. Celebrant: Father Jimmy Jeanfreau. A reception follows in parish auditorium. 
    RED MASS, Oct. 1, 9:30 a.m., St. Louis Cathedral. Celebrant: Archbishop Gregory Aymond; homilist: Archbishop John Favalora, archbishop emeritus of Miami. St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association with the Catholic bishops of Louisiana, celebrate annual Red Mass, invoking the Holy Spirit upon the bench and bar of the state. St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Members of the bench and bar of the state and lay individuals are invited.

COMING…
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, “A Spiritual Journey to Spain In the Footsteps of Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier,” June 16-27, 2013 (12 Days). Spiritual directors: Jesuit Father Ted Dziak, vice president for Mission and Ministry, Loyola University New Orleans; Jesuit Father Mark Lewis, provincial of the New Orleans Province of the Jesuits; and Jesuit Father Bob Gerlich, professor of History, Loyola University New Orleans. Trip highlights: homes of St. Ignatius, St. Francis; Marian devotion for Ignatius; shrine to the Black Madonna; site of Ignatius’ conversion at Manresa; city tour and sites of Gaudi in Barcelona. Details: 865-2304, email dziak@loy no.edu, 1 (800) 798-ALUM, 8, alumni@loyno.edu.
    EUCHARISTIC ADORATIONS FOR VOCATIONS, Oct. 4, 7-8 p.m. St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict. 861-6298, vocations@archdiocese-no.org.
    BLESSED FRANCIS X. SEELOS’ FEAST DAY MASS, Oct. 7, 1 p.m., celebrating 145th anniversary of his death. Location: national Seelos Shrine/St. Mary’s Assumption Church, 919 Josephine St. at Constance Street in the Irish Channel. Veneration  of Father Seelos’ relic, one-on-one intercessory prayer starting at 11:45 a.m. in back of the church and in the shrine before and after Mass. Trish Foti Genco will sing. Wheelchair accessible, free parking.  Gift shop open before and after Mass. 525-2495, 525-2499.