Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Don't forget National Day of Prayer for Peace this Friday; specifics for Archdiocese of New Orleans

National Day of Prayer for Peace: September 9, 2016

Communications • Fri, Sep 2 2016
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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a National Day of Prayer for Peace on September 9, the Feast of St. Peter Claver.  Click here to read the USCCB announcement and click here to read Archbishop Aymond's column on the importance of prayer to bring about peace.  On this page we've included Prayers & Liturgy Resources and a Calendar of Events to help each of us as a church and as individuals become instruments of peace and justice inour community.

Prayers & Liturgy Resources

Our Family Prayer
Prayer for Peace in Our Communities
Made in the Image and Likeness of God: A Pastoral Letter of Racial Harmony - Archbishop Alfred Hughes
Prayer of the Faithful for Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities | en Español
5 Ways to Celebrate Sept. 9 Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities. . .
Ideas for Promoting Peace and Working for Racial Justice
God of the Journey: 50th Anniversary Prayer Selma to Montgomery March
Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe

Calendar of Events Promoting Justice and Peace in our Community
Leading up tp September 9 and throughout the Fall of 2016, the Archdiocese of New Orleans is sponsoring several events to help bring about peace and justice in our communities. Below is a listing with contact information to learn more.
September 6, 2016 at 7 pm
Mass for Peace and Justice
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Belle Chasse
For more information please contact the parish at (504) 394-0314

September 9, 2016
National Day of Prayer for Peace, Feast of St. Peter Claver

September – November 2016
40 Days for Life
For more information email respectlife@arch-no.org

September 12, 2016 at 6 pm
Introduction to Racial Sobriety
Women’s Center for Healing and Transformation, New Orleans
For more information please call (504) 861-6272

September 17, 2016 at 6 pm
Mercy is Our Mission  – 2016 Gospel Fest
The Historic Carver Theatre, New Orleans
For more information please call (504) 861-6207

3rd Monday of every month, beginning with 6:00pm Mass.
Racial Harmony Mass and Coffee House Meeting
St. Margaret Mary, 1050 Robert Blvd., Slidell

September 27, 2016 at 9 am
Day of Prayer – “Mercy Me: Living in the Year of Mercy”
Archdiocesan Retreat Center, Metairie
For more information go to http://retreats.arch-no.org

September 27, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Peace Prayer Walk
St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church, 2015 Louisiana Ave., NOLA
For more information please email kgibson@ccano.org

October 3, 10, 17 and 24, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
What is God Calling You to Do?”  Discussions on “Made in the Image and Likeness of God: a Pastoral Letter on Racial Harmony”
St. Luke the Evangelist, 910 Cross Gates Blvd., Slidell

October 15, 216 at 8 am
Mercy: Encountering Boundless Love – A Catholic Women’s Conference
Sponsored by: WINE: Women in the New Evangelization

October 16, 2016 at 11 am
Mass for Victims and Survivors of Violence
St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans
Mass to be televised on WLAE-TV and live streamed at http://nolacatholic.org

October 18th , 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Introducing Racial Sobriety
St. Catherine of Siena, 105 Bonnable Blvd., Metairie

October 21, 2016 (Mass at 8 am; Symposium begins at 9 am)
Symposium for Systemic Change & Criminal Justice Reform
St. Agnes Catholic Church, Jefferson
For more information call 985-966-3846 or go to www.ccano.org

October 25, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Peace Prayer Walk
Transfiguration of the Lord, 2212 Prentiss Ave., NOLA
For more information please email kgibson@ccano.org

November 5, 2016 time TBA
Black Saints Celebration
St. Katharine Drexel Chapel, Xavier University of New Orleans
For more information please call (504) 861-6207

November 29, 2016 at 6:30
Peace Prayer Walk
St. Philip Neri, 6500 Kawannee, Metairie
For more information please email kgibson@ccano

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