Thursday, January 20, 2011

Parish News - January 20, 2011

The Great Adventure Bible Study Series: Adventures in Revelation - Our next Bible Study will be starting up Tuesday, January 25. Visit the forms page to download the registration form.

Essentials of Life Women’s Retreat - Join us for our Essentials of Life Women’s Retreat in February. Visit the forms page to download the registration form. Space is limited, first come first served.

2011 Jr. & Sr. High Youth Rally
The annual diocesan youth rallies will be held the weekend of February 12-13 at Bishop John J. Snyder High School. Junior High Students are welcome on Saturday, February 12th and Senior High Students are welcome on Sunday, February 13th. Each day will start with check in at 11:00 am. Each day will close with Mass at 5:00 pm.

The featured presenter will be Fr. Tony Ricard. Fr. Tony is a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and a frequent and spirited speaker at youth conferences across the United States. He currently serves as pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in New Orleans. He is an Instructor of Catholic Doctrine for the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University in New Orleans.

Fr. Tony is a native of New Orleans and says he is a proud graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School and St. Augustine High School. A former public school teacher, Fr. Tony holds a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Loyola University, an M.A. in Theology from Xavier University’s Black Catholic Studies Program and an M.Div from Notre Dame Seminary. Fr. Tony’s sideline is KnightTime Ministries. You can visit his website at www.fathertony.com to learn and see more of his work. You can download the permission slip from the parish website. Cost is $15 and you can buy a bag lunch for an additional $5. Permission slips are due Sunday, January 23 at Youth Group