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Ever since its founding more than three centuries ago, New Orleans has needed prayers. In 1727, just nine years after the city’s founding, a group of Ursuline nuns arrived to help see the city through its toughest times. They have been teaching, serving and inspiring New Orleanians ever since.
In 1924, the sisters also created a place for locals and visitors from around the world to pray: the National Votive Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. On Monday, April 15 at 9 p.m., WYES will broadcast a new documentary by Karen Swensen that celebrates the shrine’s 100th anniversary.
– Aislinn Hinyup, Vice President of Communications, WYES