Blessing Of The Graves At McDonoghville and Hook & Ladder Cemeteries - November 2nd - St. Joseph Church

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Repeats every Wednesday until November 2, 2022

Location: Hook and Ladder Cemetery

Come learn the history of our ancestors who made Mechanicsham and McDonoghville great. (You can't spell Gretna without the letters in 'great')

If you know of an ancestor that is buried in the Hook and Ladder and have a story to be told, call Paul Coles at 504-304-6868.

The public is cordially invited to attend the annual All Saints Day "Blessing Of The Graves" ceremony to take place on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 AT 2:00 P.M. at Westlawn Cemetery located at 1225 Whitney Ave, Gretna, LA 70056 -- for further information call 504-393-6963. Restlawn Park & Mausoleum in Avondale will also have their Annual Blessing on November 1 at 2:00pm. **N.B. ** Fr. Gary will be coming back from the Holy Land on November 1st, so in a separate blessing on Wednesday, November 2nd, Fr. Gary will bless the graves in McDonoghville Cemetery at 1:30 pm. and Hook & Ladder Cemetery at 10:30am.