Mercy reunion weekend events set

Mercy Academy will hold its 10th annual reunion weekend March 19 to 21. It will include two special events on the school’s campus at 5801 Fegenbush Lane.

Alumnae who graduated in years ending in “5” and “0” are invited to attend an open house March 19 beginning at 5:30 p.m. It will include food and tours of the new school. The cost to attend is $20.

Mercy Academy’s Mercy Society, whose members graduated 50 or more years ago, are invited to attend the Mercy Society brunch and Mass beginning with Mass in the school auditorium March 21 at 10 a.m. Brunch will follow. The class of 1960 will be inducted into the Mercy Society during these events. The cost to attend is $15.

Reservations are required to attend the open house and the Mercy Society activities. Call 502-671-2021.

Sacred Heart to host lacrosse tourney

Sacred Heart Academy will host the fourth annual BraveHeart Girls’ Lacrosse Tournament for high school teams March 17-21.

A dozen teams from schools in Kentucky and Ohio will take part in the varsity tournament, and nine teams will participate in the junior varsity tournament. Games will be played at Sacred Heart, 3175 Lexington Road, starting at 5:15 p.m. on March 17, 18 and 19, 9 a.m. on March 20 and 12:30 p.m. March 21.

Local Catholic school teams in the varsity tournament are Sacred Heart and Mercy academies. Sacred Heart and Assumption High School will have teams in the junior varsity tournament.

For the complete tournament schedule, go to the Web site www.kylax.org and click on the BraveHeart logo.

Holy Family School plans benefit

Holy Family School, 3934 Poplar Level Road, will hold its 10th annual Spring Fling Reverse Raffle and Auction beginning at 6:30 p.m. March 27. Tickets are $50, and each ticket-holder receives a free dinner, with additional dinners costing $5. Only 500 reverse raffle tickets are sold.

In addition to the dinner, live and silent auctions and raffle, there will be other game activities. The event is for adults only. For information or tickets, call Carol at 634-0797.

Sister Lillian Ann Brown, 79, dies

Ursuline Sister Lillian Ann Brown, formerly known as Sister Gilbert, died March 7 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. She was 79.

Sister Brown, a Louisville native, entered the Ursuline Sisters in 1951. She taught at Sacred Heart Academy, Angela Merici High School, St. Joseph School and St. Rita School in Louisville.

She began working in the Ursuline Sisters’ Office of Finance in 1970 and served as office director from 1981 to 1987. She also served in the Office of Catholic Schools and the Archdiocese of Louisville in accounting in the 1990s and ministered at Catholic Charities, SAGE Resources, Our Mother of Sorrows Church and Marian Home.

Survivors include her sisters, Elsie Boyd and Jamie Smith of Louisville and Jo Rodgers of Jacksonville, Fla.; nieces and nephews and her Ursuline family.

The Mass of Christian Burial was scheduled at 11 a.m. today, March 11, at the Ursuline Motherhouse, with burial in St. Michael Cemetery.

Sister Josita Kippes, 99, dies

Ursuline Sister Josita Kippes died March 2 at Mercy Sacred Heart Village in Louisville. She was 99.

Sister Kippes, a native of Louisville, entered the Ursuline Sisters in 1927. She served at schools in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

In the Archdiocese of Louisville, she ministered at St. Boniface, St. Ann, St. Martin of Tours, St. Therese, St. Anthony and St. Rita schools, St. Joseph Orphanage in Louisville, and St. Aloysius School in Shepherdsville, Ky. She also taught at St. Mary and St. Michael schools in Madison, Ind., and St. Mary School in Cumberland, Md. She spent 30 years serving in schools and parishes in Conemaugh and Johnstown in Pennsylvania.

Survivors include two nieces, Peggy Cummings and Betty Vancion; two nephews, William and Robert Kippes; and her Ursuline family.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 5 at the Ursuline Motherhouse chapel. Burial was in St. Michael Cemetery.

Following are anniversaries of the deaths of priests of the Dioceses of Bardstown and Louisville and the Archdiocese of Louisville that occur in the coming week. These are listed each week so they may be remembered in prayers during this “Year for Priests.”

MARCH 7

• Msgr. Bernard J. Boland, 1955, born in 1877; a pastor of St. Frances of Rome Church in Louisville; political link between the archdiocese and state government in Frankfort; worked with military personnel during World War II.
• Msgr. Edward Ban Bogaert, 1967, native Louisvillian; JCL from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.; a former chancellor (1946-1952); a pastor of St. Benedict Church (1952-1967); died at the age of 59.

MARCH 9

• Father George K. Bowling, 2002, born in New Haven, Ky., in 1920; founded Good Shepherd (Columbia) and Holy Redeemer (Greensburg) churches; a pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Campbellsville.

MARCH 10

• Father Athanasius A. Aud, 1886, born in Fairfield, Ky., in 1803; ordained by Bishop David in 1836; a pastor of St. Thomas (Bardstown), St. Lawrence (Daviess City), Holy Cross (Holy Cross) and St. Vincent de Paul (New Hope) churches.
• Father Bernard Beck, 1946; ordained only six months; died of a heart attack at Holy Name Church, Louisville.

MARCH 11

• Father Michael M. Coghlan, 1877, born in Ireland in 1819; ordained by Bishop Chabrat in 1847; vice president of St. Mary’s College and president of St. Joseph College.
• Father Clarence J. Wagner, 1991, born in Louisville in 1925; three masters degrees; teacher at Sacred Heart Academy and a pastor of Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Louisville.

MARCH 12

• Father James E. Lehmann, 1959, born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1907; studied in Innsbruck, Austria, and a pastor of Our Lady Church in Portland (1941-1959).

MARCH 13

• Father John Montarial, 1875, born in France in 1811; ordained in 1840 and came to Kentucky in 1963; chaplain to the Xaverian Brothers for 10 years.
• Father Daniel O’Sullivan, 1933, born in Ireland in 1836; a pastor in Holy Cross and Pewee Valley, Ky., and Old Blessed Sacrament Church (Washington Street) for 53 years; died at age 97 after 60 years a priest.
• Father Joseph R. Odendahl, 1940, born in Germany; ordained 1897 by Cardinal Gibbons; served as pastor at seven Western Kentucky parishes; chaplain at St. Thomas Orphans, Home at Preston Park campus (now Bellarmine University).

Necrology is prepared by Father Dale Cieslik, archivist of the Archdiocese of Louisville.

Trinity group to observe Easter at the Vatican

A delegation of teachers and students from Trinity High School will spend spring break, March 31 to April 9, touring Italy. On Easter Sunday, they plan to attend Mass at the Vatican, and on April 7 they will attend Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square.

In addition to Rome, the group will visit Florence, Assisi and Pompeii. Trinity junior Will Flynn said in a news release from the school, “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I’ve been waiting for since I heard about it last summer. I’m looking forward to seeing all that there is to see in Rome, the home of our Catholic Church.”

Merit scholar

Kelly Sullivan, a senior at Presentation Academy, was named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarship winners will be announced next month.

Youth group concert

The youth group at St. Ann Church in Howardstown, Ky., will present a concert at 2 p.m. March 14 in the church. A dessert social will follow in the parish hall. Donations will be accepted for Catholic Relief Service’s Lenten “Operation Rice Bowl” program.

Theater

• Presentation Academy’s Top Hat Theatre Department will present “The Miracle Worker” today, March 11, at 7 p.m. and March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s new Arts & Athletic Center, 900 South Fourth St. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and can be purchased in advance by calling Presentation Academy at 502-583-5935 or at the box office prior to performances.
   
• Middle school students will star in Sacred Heart School for the Arts’ production of “Once on this Island Junior” on March 17 and 18 at 10 a.m., March 19 at 7:30 p.m. and March 20 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. All shows will be in the Ursuline Arts Center, building No. 5 on the Ursuline campus at 3105 Lexington Road. Tickets for the March 17 and 18 morning performances are $4. Tickets for the March 19 and 20 performances are $5 for students and senior citizens and $8 for adults. For reservations call 897-1816. During each performance, Sacred Heart School for the Arts will be accepting donations for Edge Outreach, a Louisville-based non-profit group working in Haiti to provide clean water.
   
• St. Xavier High School’s drama department will present “Jesus Christ Superstar” in the school auditorium, 1609 Poplar Level Road. Performances are set March 20, 25, 26 and 27 at 7 p.m. and at 2 p.m. March 21 and 27. Tickets are $14 for adults and $7 for students and senior citizens. Tickets are available online at www.saintx.com/drama. For more information, call Mike Reynolds at 637-4712, ext. 599.
   
• Trinity High School’s department of theater arts will present “South Pacific” in the school’s auditorium at 115 N. Sherrin Ave. Performances will be presented each evening March 17-20 and 24-27 at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. March 21 and 28. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For reservations and more information, contact Jean Flaherty at 736-2177 or flaherty@thsrock.net.

Mixer

St. Bernard School, 7500 Tangelo Drive, will hold a middle school mixer from 8 to 11 p.m. March 13. Admission is $7, and correct change is appreciated. Appropriate dress is required. Parents must pick up their children from the gymnasium door. Call the school at 239-5178 for more information.

Athletic signings

Four Mercy Academy seniors recently signed national letters of intent to participate in college athletics. Jordan Hodge signed to play soccer for Gardiner-Webb College. In field hockey, Dezirae Hall signed with Bellarmine University, Erin Schneidtmiller with the University of Louisville and Chelsea Sullivan with the University of Vermont.