St. Anthony parish to celebrate 140 years

St. Anthony Church, 2222 W. Market St., will celebrate the 140th anniversary of the parish at a 4 p.m. Mass May 18.

The celebration also will mark the 124th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the church.

Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz will preside at the Mass and will give the homily. Franciscan Father Pius Poff, pastor, will concelebrate.

SERVICES, DEVOTIONS, MISSIONS, RETREATS

An end-to-the-school-year Mass will be celebrated by Father David Naylor for students, teachers, parents and others who want to attend at 11 a.m. May 17 at St. Anthony’s Chapel in Kindred Hospital, 1313 St. Anthony Place. Confessions will be heard at 10:30 a.m.

A caregiver’s retreat, titled “Have Mercy: Taking Care of Yourself,” will be offered May 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in McAuley Hall at Sacred Heart Village, 2120 Payne St. The retreat is free and open to the public, and an RSVP is required by May 13. Call Shelly at 895-9425.

The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites Community of the Holy Spirit will have a day of recollection entitled “Up to Jerusalem: A Journey with Christ through the Sacraments” May 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Brigid Church, Baxter and Hepburn avenues. Dominican Father Stephen Hayes will be the guest speaker. Mass will be at noon. For information, call 817-7699 or 664-6383.

A novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help will be held at 6:30 p.m. May 13 at St. Martin of Tours Church, 639 S. Shelby St. The rosary will be prayed at 6 p.m.

The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living will offer “Bridges to Contemplative Living Retreats” May 16-18 and May 23-26 at Bethany Spring in New Haven, Ky. The cost for retreats is $225 per person. For information, call 899-1991.

A Pentecost Vigil Prayer Meeting, sponsored by the Heart of Jesus prayer group, will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight May 10 at the Flaget Center Chapel, 1935 Lewiston Drive. For information, call Bob Garvey at 435-6186 or Kim Allen at 439-3248.

“Thomas Merton and Mary Oliver: Poets of the Sacred” is the subject of a May 19-21 retreat the Merton Center for Contemplative Living will offer at Bethany Spring in New Haven, Ky. The retreat will be led by Jonathan Montaldo, and the cost is $275 per person. For information, call 899-1991.

A Charismatic Mass will be celebrated by Father Christian Moore May 18 at Our Mother of Sorrows Church, 770 Eastern Parkway. Before Mass, praise music will begin at 2 p.m. There will be an opportunity for personal prayer after the liturgy.

YOUNG ADULTS AND SINGLES

The Catholic Single Adults Club invites singles age 21 and over to a games party at 8 p.m. May 17 in the loft at St. Gabriel Church, 5505 Bardstown Road. For information, call 812-284-4349.

VOCATIONS

The Abbey of Gethsemani in Nelson County will host free, live-in vocational retreats to single men. Dates are June 2-9, June 9-16 and July 4-11, and weekend retreats also will be held. For information on those dates and on registering for the week-long retreats, call 1-800-221-1807.

SUPPORT GROUPS

A support group for the divorced and/or separated meets May 20 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Loft 2 at St. Gabriel Church, 5505 Bardstown Road. The group is beginning a 13-month program entitled “Divorce Care.”

ARTS

A violin-piano concert with violinist Juan Carlos Ortega and pianist Adrienne Fontenot will be held at 7 p.m. May 11 at the Loretto Motherhouse, Nerinx, Ky. Also, a piano concert will be held at 7 p.m. today, May 8, and a violin concert at 7 p.m. May 9.

The Holy Name Band will give a concert at 7:30 p.m. May 12 at Sacred Heart Village, 2120 Payne St.

HERE AND THERE

The St. Stephen Martyr Church alumni committee will sponsor a “trivia night” May 17 in the church’s Marteen Room, Hess Lane and Pindell Avenue. Teams of six to eight players are welcome, and the cost is $10 per person. Play begins at 7:30 p.m. For information and registration, contact Sandi Stutzenberger at 376-3301.

Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital’s Healthcare Auxiliary will hold its version of “Dancing with the Stars” on May 31. The event will be held at the Moose Club, 4615 Fegenbush Lane, and will begin with a dinner at 6 p.m., followed by dance performances by Bravo Dance Studio. At 8 p.m. a dance for those attending will begin.

The cost is $30 per person, and cocktail attire is appropriate. Reservations must be made by May 15 by calling 361-6744 or 594-7984. Proceeds from the event will help build a recreational miniature golf course for children at Our Lady of Peace Hospital.

St. Mary Church, 209 Crestwood Lane in Hillview, will have an indoor yard sale from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 24. Table spaces will be rented with profits benefiting the needy in the community. For information, contact Lynn at 957-3385.

“Ignite Your Torch” will have its annual auction fund-raiser from 6 to 9 p.m. May 19 at Clifton’s Pizza, 2230 Frankfort Ave. Admission is $10 per person or $30 per family, and the doors will be open until 7:30 p.m. For information, contact Sara Hamilton at 502-551-7433.

St. Brigid Church in Vine Grove, Ky., is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and a centennial potluck dinner is planned June 8 at 3 p.m. There will be a Mass at 6:30 p.m.

ORGANIZATIONS

The Serra Club of Louisville will hold a luncheon meeting at 11:45 a.m. May 19 at the University Club on the campus of the University of Louisville. The speaker will be Father Paul Schloemer, who will discuss his vocation.

PEOPLE

Christopher Walsh has been named the new vice president for academics at DeSales High School. Walsh succeeds Tony Medley, who has held the post of interim vice president of academics for the past year. Walsh currently is interim principal of Bethlehem High School in Bardstown, Ky., and he will continue in that position through the end of the current academic year.

Jim Protenic, a teacher at Mercy Academy, has been selected to participate in the Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teacher’s program this summer. The program, hosted by the Jewish Labor Committee, will take the teachers to Poland and Israel July 6 to 21.

Tom Brown, former principal at Boyle County High School, has been named athletic director at Bethlehem High School, Bardstown, Ky. He also will supervise building, grounds and transportation for the school.

REUNIONS

Sacred Heart Academy class of 1959 will have a 50-year reunion cruise, which begins Jan. 24, 2009. Reservations for the seven-day cruise are needed by May 30. For information, call Jean Buehner at 366-8620 or Kay Burris of Cruise Holidays at 899-7700.

The Ursuline Academy class of 1958 will hold its 50-year reunion at 12:30 p.m. May 31 on the Ursuline campus at 3105 Lexington Road. For information, call Wanda Haas Bell at 326-3819.

Holy Rosary Academy class of 1958 will have a 50th-year reunion at noon June 1 at Audubon Country Club. For reservations, contact Beverly Roberts Busch at 502-637-4287 or Brenda Holzknecht Sweazy at 502-366-8332.

The Presentation Academy class of 1943 will hold its 65th anniversary celebration at noon June 8 at Cunningham’s Restaurant, 630 S. Fourth St. The class is trying to contact members Dorothy Lentz, Eliza Taylor and Mary Ward. For information, call Verna Lee Bishop Craig at 367-8392.

EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT

“Focus on the Homebound” is the subject of a class the Archdiocese of Louisville Ministry Institute will offer on May 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Flaget Center, 1935 Lewiston Drive. The cost is $25. To register, call Linda McLemore at 448-8581.

St. Maria Goretti is the subject of a DVD presentation and discussion scheduled today, May 8, following the 6 p.m. Mass at St. Christopher Church, Radcliff, Ky. St. Martin de Porres is the subject of the DVD presentation and discussion on May 15.

The Angela Merici Center will offer free programs on spiritual direction at 7 p.m. May 14 and at 10 a.m. May 17 in Brescia Hall on the Ursuline campus, 3105 Lexington Road. For information, call 896-3945.

An “Introduction to Centering Prayer” workshop will be offered by Contemplative Outreach of Kentucky on May 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cor Unum, 1908 Tyler Lane. The cost is $45. For information and registration, contact Dominican Sister Mary Otho Ballard at 502-331-9074.

The Office of Church and Health Ministries at Norton Healthcare is hosting a program on “Accessing Community Resources” on May 10 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Norton Healthcare Pavilion, 315 E. Broadway. For information and reservations, call 629-1234.

How sensory processing difficulties affect children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Auditory Processing Dysfunction and other learning differences will be topic of the next meeting of the Parent Alliance at 7 p.m. May 22 at St. Leonard Church, 440 Zorn Ave. The speaker will be Colleen Murphy, an occupational therapist who specializes in sensory integration therapy.

The Parent Alliance is sponsored by St. Leonard and the Archdiocese of Louisville Family Ministries Office.

Father Patrick Delahanty, associate director of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, will give a review of the 2008 Kentucky General Assembly and a preview of the 2009 session at a Faithful Citizenship luncheon May 20 from noon to 1 p.m. in Flaget Hall at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown, Ky.

Participants are asked to bring their own lunch, and dessert and drinks will be provided. To RSPV, call Judy Beaven at 502-348-3126. The event is sponsored by Catholic Charities’ Parish Social Ministry Department.