On the Feast Day of St. Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants, New Orleans area Catholic sisters and their Associates, Italian-Americans, and immigrant supporters will gather at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church to honor St. Mother Cabrini’s ministry to New Orleans immigrants and to pray for her intercession in the plight of today’s immigrants. After gathering at the church at 10:30 AM, participants will walk in procession from the church sanctuary to its courtyard to lay a wreath in front of the statue of Mother Cabrini-- who visited Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in 1892-- offer Prayers of Petition, and take the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop’s Cabrini Pledge. Parallels between 1891 and today: • 11 Italian immigrants were lynched by a mob at Orleans Parish Prison on March 14, 1891. Since January 2025 when, indiscriminate mass deportation policies went into effect, 56 immigrants, most denied due process, have died in immigrant detention prisons, including 4 immigrants who died in Louisiana detention prisons; • Mother Cabrini was asked to come to New Orleans because the lynching had terrorized and demoralized the city’s Italian immigrants. Today, many NOLA area immigrants who helped rebuild the city after Katrina are terrorized by their sudden vilification and are demoralized that the country they love is treating them and their children like their lives do not matter; • Mother Cabrini and her Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus also came to New Orleans to serve the hundreds of children of Italian immigrants orphaned by yellow fever. In Louisiana, over 2900 U.S. citizen children of undocumented immigrants have lost one or both parents to cruel and reckless immigration policies since January 2025. What Would Mother Cabrini Do (WWMCD)? Sponsored by Our Lady of Guadalupe/St. Jude Shrine Parish, Burning Bush, and Love Your Immigrant Neighbor. All are invited! Reception to follow at approximately 11: 20 AM in the parish community hall-- bring info about your immigrant ministry to reception! For more information contact Sr. Maura O’Donovan, CHF, leader of Burning Bush at mauraodonovan74@gmail.com and 504-905-6295 or Mr. Marcello Barbaro, OGL parishioner, at mbarbaro1973@gmail.com and 262-705-6376