Stand for life, save babies, and help moms at the daily vigil in front of New Orleans’ only abortion facility! Contact New Orleans Director Sarah Zagorski with questions: sarah@prolifelouisiana.org The 2021 40 Days for Life New Orleans campaign begins Sept. 22nd. 40 Days for Life is an international inter-denominational campaign focused on saving lives through prayer, vigil, and outreach. In New Orleans, our 40 Days for Life peaceful and prayerful vigil runs all 40 days from 7 AM – 7 PM at “Women’s Health Care Center,” New Orleans’ only abortion facility located at 2701 General Pershing St. near Ochsner Baptist. We will have announcements regarding protocol in light of the Coronavirus Pandemic but believe we must continue to reach women during the fall campaign!

Nothing brings the Gospels to life like a Catholic Holy Land Pilgrimage Tour to the Holy Land and Jerusalem. During the course of the pilgrimage tour, you will walk in the Footsteps of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the Apostles, visiting and celebrating daily Mass in the most important Shrines and Basilicas of Christianity. You will visit the Basilica of the Annunciation, where the Angel of the Lord appeared to the Virgin Mary, and she professed her Magnificat. You will visit Bethlehem and celebrate the birth of Christ at the Church of the Nativity. During this Holy Land Pilgrimage tour, you will have the opportunity to renew your baptismal vows at the Jordon River and your wedding vows in Cana, where Jesus performed His first Miracle. You will spend two days around the Sea of Galilee where Jesus began His ministry, preaching to thousands as He gave His sermon of the Mount of Beatitudes, and miraculously fed the multitudes with fish and loaves of bread. The highlight of the Holy Land Pilgrimage Tour will be in Jerusalem where you will pray in the Garden of Gethsemane and experience the Lord’s Passion along the Via Dolorosa, (the Way of the Cross) on the way to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which marks the place where Jesus was put to death on Calvary, and was buried and rose again! Visits to Mount Tabor, Sepphoris, Bethany, and Jericho are just some of the other places that you will visit on this pilgrimage. Get the details and book online| www.catholicjourneys.com/copping | or call 800-715-6670

The Bridge City Gumbo Festival at Holy Guardian Angels has opened up its application for Miss Creole Gumbo to all young women who are parishioners of a Westbank Catholic Church, 17-23 years of age. If you know of someone who might be interested, please inform her.