LOYOLA JAZZ CAMP, June 10-13, open to non-beginnners who have completed seventh through 12th grades that play brass, woodwind or string instruments, piano, bass, guitar or drums. Four days of combos, improvisation, theory, ear training, appreciation, lessons, master classes, faculty performances. Scholarships available. http://cmm.loyno.edu/music/loyola-jazz-camp.

St. Augustine High, 28th annual crawfish boil, June 1, 2-5 p.m. $25 a person at the door; one child 10 or younger admitted free with paid parents. Sponsored by the Alumni Advisory Board.  2600 A.P. Tureaud, New Orleans. Also, June 18 will be Give Purple Day, a 24-hour day of giving for students, alumni, faculty, staff, parents, and friends to transform lives. In order continue our prescription for success, we need your support.

INTERFAITH RAMADAN DINNER, May 23, 7 p.m., Loyola University New Orleans’ Danna Center St. Charles Room. Reception starts at 6:30 p.m. 6363 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans. Register at eventbrite.com/e/interfaith-ramadan-dinner-loyola-university-tickets-60169347137.

HALOS, a new group for those who have lost loved ones to suicide or drug or alcohol abuse, meets the second Monday of each month at St. Margaret Mary Parish’s E-building, 1050 Robert Blvd. in Slidell. The next meeting is May 13 at 7 p.m. It is open to all denominations. Deacon Chris Schneider moderates. For details, call (985) 201-2143 or (504) 621-7864.

God’s Special Children, Families, Friends, monthly Mass, May 5, 2 p.m., St. Francis Xavier Church, 444 Metairie Road. Upcoming:  15th anniversary Mass concelebrated by Archbishop Aymond and Fathers Mike, Frank, Raymond, Joe and Thien, Oct. 13, 2 p.m., St. Francis Xavier.

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, May 2, noon-1 p.m., non-denominational “Love One Another” prayer event, under a tent in front of Gretna City Hall on the Commons near Huey P. Long Avenue and 2nd Street, Gretna.

April 19-May 16 DIVINE MERCY NOVENA, April 19, 2:30 p.m.; April 20, 7:30 p.m.; April 21, 10:30 a.m.; April 22-26, 6 p.m., April 27, 3:30 p.m. Feast of Divine Mercy, April 28, 3 p.m. St. Anthony Church, 2653 Jean Lafitte Blvd., Lafitte. 689-4106.

DAY OF PRAYER, April 25, directed by Matt Rousso and Msgr. Doug Doussan on Pope Francis’ universal call to holiness as proclaimed in his apostolic exhortation “Gaudete et Exsultate” (“Rejoice and Be Glad”). Salt and Light film on the “Francis Impact” will be shown June 11. Archdiocese of New Orleans Retreat House, 5500 St. Mary St., Metairie.

ST. JOSEPH SEMINARY COLLEGE, free student recital, featuring seminarians, April 7, 2 p.m., outdoors near the new Rouquette Library fountain. Performances will include vocal and instrumental works composed by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert and more. A reception with light snacks and beverages, and tours of the Rouquette Library recently built at the seminary. 75376 River Road in Covington.

March 31-April 15 EVENTS: ATD FOURTH WORLD MOVEMENT, Garden Party, March 31, 4-7 p.m. 4730 St. Charles Ave., (use Bordeaux Street entrance), home of Betsy and Gary LaBorde. Suggested donation: $30. Details: 812-2184, 835-9544.

PEACE PRAYER WALK, March 26, 5 p.m., in the lot adjacent to St. John the Baptist Church, 1139 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans. Rain date March 28. 310-8772.

St. Thomas Catholic Church/Assumption of Our Lady Mission, fourth annual altar, March 17, noon, beginning with reenactment of Tupa Tupa (knock on doors of Holy Family), followed by the blessing of the altar and meals served to visitors with bags filled with cookies, a St. Joseph card and medal, bread and a lucky bean. 6951 Hwy. 39, Braithwaite.

March 11-25 LENT MISSIONS: ST. ANN, Lenten Mission, March 11-13, with Masses at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.  Dominican Father Jim Marchionda,“Never Defined by Our Flaws.” Parish Date Night, March 16, 6:30 p.m. $30 a couple includes dinner, entertainment focused on “The Lighter Side of Marriage.” Tickets:  https://stannchurchandshrine.org/marriage-family-life-1. Babysitting for children 4 years old and younger.

March 9-29 EVENTS; ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA BYZANTINE CATHOLIC MISSION, Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts every Wednesday during Lent at 7 p.m. 2435 S. Carrollton Ave., New Orleans.

March 6-10, 2019 EVENTS; ST. PETER CHURCH, Covington, Ash Wednesday, March 6, Mass times with distribution of ashes 6:30 and 8:30 a.m., and 7 p.m. At noon, a distribution of ashes during a Liturgy of the Word only. Details, (985) 892-2422.

Feb. 16-March 30 EVENTS: FREE TAX PREPARATION, from University of Holy Cross (UHC) tax accounting students for low-to-moderate income New Orleanians on Fridays and Saturdays through April 13 (except March 8-9) from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. In conjunction with the IRS’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA). 4123 Woodland Drive, Room 1034, Algiers campus.

Feb. 9-May 7 EVENTS: END HUMAN TRAFFICKING NOVENA, the Archdiocese of New Orleans is asking everyone to participate in this novena Feb. 9-17. For daily email reminders to pray along, please visit https://nolacatholic.org/novena-to-end-human-trafficking. As a corporal work of mercy, one can also help the Free Indeed Home (safe house for girls ages 12-17 who have been victims of sex trafficking) with the items on their current wish list, which include a vacuum cleaner, hair dryers, copy paper, bike helmets, Walmart, Rouses and Winn Dixie gift cards, light bulbs (especially ceiling insert bulbs), garbage bags, brooms, mops.

Feb. 3-17 EVENTS: GOD’S SPECIAL CHILDREN, Families and Friends, next Mass Feb. 3, 2 p.m., St. Francis Xavier Church, 444 Metairie Road.

HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF MASS, a presentation by Father Nile Gross, director of liturgy at Notre Dame Seminary, Feb. 2, 9:30-11:30 a.m., St. Francis Xavier Church, 444 Metairie Road, Metairie. SLIDELL MAGNIFICAT’S FEBRUARY BREAKFAST, Feb. 2, 9 a.m.-noon (doors open at 8:30 a.m.), Pinewood Plantation, 405 Country Club Blvd., Slidell. Guest speaker: Karen Gibbs, wife, mother and writer for Inside Northside magazine. A cradle Catholic, Karen did all the “Catholic” things she was supposed to do yet felt something was missing. Tickets: $20 include breakfast. www.Eventbrite.com through Feb. 1. Details: (985) 502-0349.

CHURCH IS MEANINGFUL EVENT: “Church is Pointless: What’s in It for Me?” Dr. Scott Hahn,  founder and president of St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, a writer and teacher at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, discusses how Mass is not boring and pointless but impactful and meaningful. WHEN: Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. WHERE: Tulane University Dixon Hall. Presented by Tulane Catholic Center.   COST: free for students, and $5 for the public. Register at stpaulcenter.org/ Tulane or call 866-0984.