Calendar – September 22, 2018

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PARISHES

ST. RITA, Family Day, Sept. 30, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Reptile petting zoo, classic cartoons, hamburgers, hot dogs, kids’ area with bubbles, sidewalk games; games for bigger kids and families like volleyball, sack races. 7100 Jefferson Hwy., Harahan. Hosted by St. Rita’s Dads’ Club, Knights of Columbus 3854, Ladies Auxiliary and Home and School Association. Details: 737-2915.

ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, SHRINE, hosts Phase I of Lord Teach Me to Pray (for men) in parish office every Tuesday through Dec. 4, 7-9 p.m. 610 Sixth St., Gretna. Also, St. Joseph Church and Shrine, NeoCatechumenal Way giving mystagogia classes for baptized adults, Mondays and Fridays, 7-8:30 p.m. in the parish office through Nov. 19. Details: stjosephgretna.com, 368-1313. Also, St. Joseph Church with St. Anthony Church in Gretna sponsor the Gretna Citywide Public Rosary at Gretna City Hall on Huey P. Long Ave., Oct. 6, noon-12:30 p.m.

ASCENSION OF OUR LORD, Bereavement Ministry hosts, “End of Life Issues, Hospice Care and the Catholic Directives,” Oct. 14, noon-1 p.m., with Mount Carmel Sister Paula Derise, Notre Dame Hospice chaplain, and Kaley Brand, LMSW, Notre Dame Hospice’s bereavement coordinator. 1900 Greenwood Drive, LaPlace. Refreshments follow. Participants are welcomed to the 10:30 a.m. Mass beforehand (985) 652-2615.

EVENTS

COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON OPIOID ABUSE, Counseling Solutions and the Substance Addiction Ministry of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, free community education series on opioid use and addiction, Sept. 25, 6-8 p.m., Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 1501 West Causeway Approach, Mandeville. Resources on addiction will be available. Speakers include Dr. A. Kennison Roy, Deacon Louie Bauer, Kevin Gardere, John Antonucci. Refreshments served.

THE PREGNANCY CENTER, (Community Center for Life) hosts “Taste for Life” fundraising banquet, Oct. 11, 6:30-9 p.m., Royal Palm, 1901 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey. Tickets: $50 a person, $500 table sponsorship (10 tickets, recognition in program and on the center’s Facebook page, event slideshow and table designation). Deadline: Sept. 27. 227-9090, cclife@bellsouth.net or www.pregnancytestingwestbank.com. Benefits nonprofit The Pregnancy Center (Community Center for Life), 539 Lafayette St., Gretna, a faith- based organization committed to saving the lives of the unborn, their mothers and their families. 

BLESSING OF THE PETS, Oct. 4, 7 p.m., prayer garden next to St. Joseph Church, 610 Sixth St., Gretna. And, at St. Anthony Church, 924 Monroe St., Gretna, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m., at rectory.   

GALA FOR LIFE, to benefit Woman’s New Life Center, Oct. 5, 8-11 p.m., with patron party from 7-8 p.m. Club XLIV Champions Square, New Orleans, with parking and entrance on Girod Street off of Loyola Avenue. Cocktail attire. Individual tickets are $75; couples are $135. Sponsorships available. womansnewlife.ticket.qtego.net/tickets/list.

ROSARY PROCESSION, Oct. 6, 11 a.m-noon, around St. Edward the Confessor Parish, Metairie. Those who can’t walk can pray rosary inside the church, 4921 West Metairie Ave., Metairie. Refreshments and fellowship follow procession.

ARCHDIOCESAN SPIRITUALITY CENTER, “Mind/Body/Spirit Connection: A Holistic Approach to Prayer,” Oct. 8, 9:30 a.m.-noon, with executive director Dominican Sister Dorothy Trosclair, Kathy Anzelmo. Cost $40.  “Finding God in Our Everyday Life Experiences,” Oct. 10, 7-9 p.m., Teresian Sister Gloria Murillo, presenter. Learn the importance of reflecting on everyday experiences, praying with everyday life experiences, recognizing  the presence of God in those experiences and learning a reflection method for God. Register: asc.arch-no.org, 861-3254. Cost: $25. 2501 Maine Ave., Metairie.

SCHOOLS

ST. RITA, Home and School Association (Harahan), family fun night at City Park Amusement Park, Sept. 27, 7-10 p.m., 1 Palm Dr. New Orleans. Tickets: $10 a person includes rides. Details: call school office, 737-0744.  Visit school.stritaharahan.com.

CABRINI HIGH SCHOOL, Parents’ Association meetings scheduled Sept. 25, Nov. 6; (and in 2019) Feb. 5, April 16, 6:30 p.m., Alumnae Hall. Also, annual Sophomore Charity Challenge, a donation and fundraising event for the Hispanic Apostolate to benefit immigrants. Sept. 28, 3:30-6 p.m. Games, music, pizza. 1400 Moss St., New Orleans. Cabrini students have invited other high schools to participate by bringing five cans of food, rice or pay $5 admittance. Details: Caitlin Duplantier, cduplantier@cabrinihigh.com. Also, Super Science Saturday, Sept. 29, 9-11:30 a.m., day of fun and learning for girls in seventh and eighth grade to explore super science topics such as analyzing the characteristics of shampoo and making bath and body care products (soap, body scrub, dusting powder). $10 in advance. Registration form available online at www.cabrinihigh.com.

ST. MARY’S DOMINICAN, seventh-grade social, Sept. 28, 6-9 p.m., with activities, food, information given from staff and students about the school. Also, Dominican Deb and Cheerleader Mini-Camp, Sept. 29, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., gym. Debs dance team and cheerleaders teach girls in kindergarten through seventh grade a routine to be performed at the end of camp. Campers select a dance or cheer session. Online registration required for both events: www.stmarysdominican.org. T-shirt and lunch included. Registration fee on the day of mini-camp is $60. 7701 Walmsley Ave., New Orleans.

OUT OF TOWN

OUR LADY OF WISDOM CHURCH AND CATHOLIC STUDENT CENTER (at ULL), writer and papal biographer of Pope St. John Paul II, George Weigel, is featured as guest lecturer for “Lessons in Hope,” a luncheon benefitting the Catholic Student Ministry at Our Lady of Wisdom Church, Sept. 26, 11:45 a.m. The Sainte Marie Restaurant, 905 Jefferson St., Lafayette. Weigel’s lecture begins at 12:30 p.m. Tickets: www.ragincajuncatholics.org/benefit.  Parking: Rock’n’Bowl de Lafayette private parking lot, 905 Jefferson St.

CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN BERCHMANS, Shreveport, hosts three-day event with original team members from the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP), with other prominent Shroud experts, in honor of the project’s 40th anniversary, Oct. 11, 6 p.m., free event with CSI Jerusalem’s Russ Breault; Oct. 12, 6 p.m., Shroud panel and dinner with six Shroud experts, $50; Oct. 13, 9 a.m., Dr.  John and Rebecca Jackson presentation, managers of the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado; a free event. secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=192bed