Our Lady of Prompt-Succor, Hasten to Our Help!, L. Fils Turgis, Lithograph
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The women of New Orleans prayed to Our Lady of Prompt Succor while the Battle of New Orleans was being fought.
Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum, Gift of W. Bell Slaughter
This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: Old Ursuline Convent
Battle of New Orleans: Old Ursuline Convent
Almost 300 years ago, in 1727, the Ursuline nuns arrived in New Orleans at the invitation of Governor Bienville. While awaiting the completion of their convent in 1734, the Ursuline nuns established…