Calendar - December 17, 2016

The Clarion Herald’s final issue of 2016 will be Dec. 24.
We resume publication on Jan. 14, 2017.
Deadline for the Dec. 24 issue is Dec. 17.
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Dec. 18-Jan. 17

PARISHES
 
ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, Ladies Council, S.T.E.A.M. hosts Christmas caroling Dec. 18, 6 p.m., under the church pavilion, West Metairie Avenue at Transcontinental Drive, Metairie.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT, Dec. 18, 7 p.m., featuring Our Lady of Prompt Succor Choir directed by Edward Grotkowski with Watson Copeland, St. Joseph Abbey organist/sacred music professor at St. Joseph Seminary College. Free, donations accepted. 146 Fourth St., Westwego.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, parish fund-raiser, selling two tickets to the 2017 Allstate Sugar Bowl football game between Oklahoma Sooners and Auburn Tigers in the Superdome. Drawing Dec. 28. Donation: $5 each or six for $25. Winner need not be present. Call 488-2651 or visit www.sapparish.org.

2017

CATHOLICS COMING HOME PROGRAM, new six-week session starts Jan. 5, 7-8:30 p.m., in the St. Edward the Confessor Parish Center. No obligation to attend all sessions. Open to inactive Catholics or those wanting a better understanding of the Catholic faith. 4921 West Metairie Ave., Metairie.

ANNUAL MASS OF THANKSGIVING TO OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR, on her feast day celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Jan. 8, 4 p.m. Our Lady of Prompt Succor Shrine, 2635 State St., New Orleans. This Mass has been celebrated since the Battle of New Orleans. Ursuline’s elementary and high school choruses will sing. Open to the public.

ST. JOSEPH ALTAR LECTURE, Jan. 14, noon-3 p.m., St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s gym, 7701 Walmsley Ave., New Orleans. Culinary historian and food journalist Sandra Scalise Juneau will discuss the history and religious symbolism of foods on St. Joseph Altars in New Orleans. Admission is free. Juneau, a 1958 Dominican graduate, will discuss the traditions introduced in Louisiana in the late 1800s by Sicilian immigration. She also will demonstrate the intricate technique of carving symbolic cuccidate (fig cake designs) for altar display. The lecture will include a film presentation of vintage St. Joseph Altars. Call alumnae director Celeste Anding at 865-7823 or email [email protected].

GOD’S NORTHSHORE BLESSING, inaugural “Special Needs Mass,” for those with disabilities, Jan. 15, 2 p.m., Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, 312 Lafitte St., Mandeville. Celebrants: Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Dominican Father Charlie Latour.

PEOPLE PROGRAM spring semester registration continues through Jan. 17, the day classes begin. The spring semester ends May 12. For class offerings, go to www.peopleprogram.org. In-person registration begins again Jan. 9 at 9 a.m. at the Lakeshore campus, 2240 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans; and Jan. 11 at 9 a.m. on the West Bank campus at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 6201 Stratford Place, Algiers. The People Program is a sponsored ministry of the Congregation of St. Joseph.

ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS RETREAT CENTER, Jan. 13-15: “Forgotten Among the Lilies: Learning to Love Beyond Our Fears” by Father Donald Blanchard; Jan. 20-22: “Heroic Discipleship of Women: A Call to Relationship” by Father Joe Krafft. retreats.arch-no.org. 5500 St. Mary St., Metairie. 267-9604.

KUDOS

ST. MARY MAGDALEN, KC Ladies’ Auxiliary affiliated with Knights of Columbus Council No. 5301 and Knights of Columbus Council No. 4508 at St. Christopher, officers: Yvonne Dubret, president; Therese Dubret, parliamentarian; Loretta Keane, corresponding secretary; Lynette Driscoll, vice president; Brenda Aucoin, board member; Stacey Bye, recording secretary; Louisiana Ladies‘ Auxiliary Association Diocesan Membership Advisor  Linda Waguespack; and treasurer Carolyn Lawson, who received the “Lady of the Year Award” at the Louisiana Ladies Auxiliary Association Installation Banquet.  Lauren Nash received the eighth-grade “Outstanding Catholic Award for Girls” from the KC Ladies’ Auxiliary.

ST. MARY’S DOMINICAN, Jill Cabes was named vice president of Dominican Catholic Identity at Dominican. She is 1987 graduate of St. Mary’s Dominican High School, holds a master of arts in theological studies from Notre Dame Seminary, and a bachelor of science in physical therapy from Louisiana State University. She has served in an advisory capacity for Dominican’s  STREAM™ – Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Math – initiative, and was on the school’s master planning committee. She is St. Dominic parishioner, and she has spoken to various groups on numerous topics related to Catholic life.

JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL, Dr. Warren R. Bourgeois III, class of 1974, named 2016 Jesuit Alumnus of the Year for his achievements and distinguished service, either to Jesuit or the community-at-large. He received the award Oct. 1 during Jesuit’s Homecoming Mass in the Chapel of the North American Martyrs. After earning two degrees from Tulane, including his medical degree, Bourgeois served as a major in the United States Air Force Medical Corps Reserves and served active duty for four years including deployment in support of Operation Desert Storm. His medical career has centered on orthopedic surgery. Bourgeois is on active staff at Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, East Jefferson General Hospital and Jefferson Ambulatory Surgery Center. He has cared for student-athletes at Jesuit and has been on eight medical missions to Central and South America, and served on the New Orleans Medical Mission Services Advisory Board. He has been married for 31 years and has two children.

ST. RITA, HARAHAN, Home and School Association’s new board members for 2016-17: president, Melessa Rantz; co-president, Jamie Moore; treasurer, Therese Arroyo; membership, Angie Flynn; recording secretary, Christy Santangelo; corresponding secretary, Shelly Melton; health and safety, Angela Baudier; ways and means, Jennifer Gleeson, Lynn Ruckert, Tiffany Clark; room captain coordinators, Kristine Flynn, Adrianne Jouet, Stephany Cure; CCSCC, Jennifer Pittman; religion in the home, Kelly Donahue; past president, Amy Little.

OUT OF TOWN

LOUISIANA LIFE MARCH, Jan. 21, 10 a.m.-noon, procession beginning at the Old State Capitol building and ending at the new State Capitol. A bus will leave St. Edward the Confessor, 4921 West Metairie Ave., Metairie, at 7:45 a.m. Bus is $15 a person. Deadline to reserve seat is Jan. 13. 888-0703.