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Backpack blessing Father Donald Henke of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary gave a blessing to children for “Blessing of the Backpacks Sunday” at Mass Aug. 22 at Immacolata Church in Richmond Heights. The event was intended to build a stronger relationship between the parish and the school. The blessing was given after two Masses, and afterward the congregation was invited to visit Immacolata School. Bringing school families, parishioners and grandparents to the school helped them gain a greater appreciation for the benefits of a Catholic education.

Anger management

Robert Furey, a professional counselor and Review columnist, will be the guest speaker at the First Tuesday Pro-Life Speaker Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, at St. Peter Parish, 215 N. Clay Ave. in Kirkwood. Furey will speak on the topic of anger management, how it can serve a greater good and how its destructive forces can be minimized. A reception will follow.

Festa di Santa Fara

A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 2 for Sister Brigit Marie Hackett in the School Sisters of Notre Dame motherhouse chapel in South St. Louis County.

Sister Brigit Marie, a longtime educator, died Aug. 29 at Anna House-The Sarah Community in Bridgeton from dementia. She was 87.

A St. Louis native, she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1943 from St. Liborius Parish. She professed her first vows in 1946 and final vows in 1952. She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Webster College in 1954 and a master's in education from St. Louis University in 1966.

Immacolata Parish held its first "Blessing Of The Backpacks Sunday" on Aug. 25. The event helped build a stronger relationship between the parish and the school. All parishioners, school families, grandparents and others were invited to attend either the 9:30 or 11:30 a.m. Masses that Sunday for a blessing. The church was full of families with children and their backpacks. At the end of Mass, Father Donald Henke of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, filling in for the pastor who was out of town, asked all students to come forward for a blessing.

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