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The Archdiocese of New Orleans will offer a writing workshop for persons seeking an annulment in the Catholic Church or for persons responding to an annulment. The workshop will be held in Our Lady of Divine Providence’s Providence Hall in Metairie. The series will be for five (5) Tuesdays, March 12, 19, 26, April 2, and 9, 2019. Hours are 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The materials for the series cost $25. To register go to our website https://nolacatholicfla.regfox.com/annulment-writing-workshop. For more information, please call Cathy, 504-861-6243.

The Father/Son Program for 11-14 Year old boys and the Mother/Daughter Program for 10-12 year old girls will be held in the St. Pius X Gym (boys) and Cafeteria (girls) on March 13, 2019. The purpose of these programs is to foster open communication between parent and child and to provide sexuality information and fertility appreciation in a Christ-centered atmosphere of love. The cost is $25.00 for parent/guardian and one child. Pre-registration is required. Mother/Daughter-- https://nolacatholicfla.regfox.com/motherdaughter. Father/Son-- https://nolacatholicfla.regfox.com/fatherson.

The holy and penitential Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6th, with the distribution of Ashes. The Mass Schedule is 7AM, 9AM, 12Noon (Word Service with the Distribution of Ashes – No Mass) and 6PM.

The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, March 4th and Tuesday, March 5th for the Mardi Gras Holiday. We will reopen on Wednesday, March 6th at 9:00 am. The Adoration Chapel will be open on Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, March 5th.

The Archdiocesan Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration will take place on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 3 PM, in St. Philip Neri Church, 6500 Kawanee Ave., Metairie. Please call the Parish Office at 834-4980 for more information and to register. The deadline to register is February 28. Please Note: This celebration will not be a Mass, but a prayer service. Attendance of Mass for Sunday obligation will have to be met within one’s respective parish.

Is Purgatory real? Could the Afterlife require suffering? Can the living help alleviate the anguish of the dead? Please join us on Friday, February 22, for a showing of Purgatory, The Forgotten Church. This inspiring documentary will be shown at 7 PM in the Teen Center. Top scholars, scientists, historians, and church leaders revisit age-old questions and embark on a spiritual quest to unlock the controversy and consolation of Purgatory using new research and offering fresh insights. Refreshments will be available. For more information, please contact Val Hebert at (504) 427-0327 or at [email protected].

Join us as we embark with Bishop Robert Barron for this engaging presentation concerning the seven deadly sins, those great spiritual blocks that inhibit our flourishing in relationship with God and one another. Based on Dante’s writings, the seven deadly sins correspond to the seven levels of Dante’s Mt. Purgatory. Pride, envy, anger, sloth, gluttony, avarice, and lust are all presented as patterns of dysfunction within us that lead to unhappiness. However, Bishop Barron shows us how to counteract these seven sinful patterns through a conscious process of opposition, which are the “seven lively virtues." The seven lively virtues offer antidotes to each sin and help set us on the right path to healing and happiness. All sessions will be held on Tuesday evenings at 7pm beginning on February 19th in the St. Benilde Teen Center. The cost of the group retreat is $10. Please make checks payable to St. Benilde Catholic Church. Preregister by contacting Val Hebert at 504-427-0327 or [email protected].

All senior citizens are invited to attend our Senior Prom/Masquerade Dance on Saturday, February 16th, from 5:30 to 8:30 PM in the Cafeteria. A King and Queen will be crowned. Dress is casual or masquerade. Food and drinks will be served. The entry fee is $5/person. For more information, please contact John Stiegman at (504) 382-4081.