ROSARY CRUSADES THROUGHOUT CITY

    In celebration of the 95th anniversary of the Blessed Virgin Mary performing the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, more than 8,000 groups around the United States will rally Oct. 13 at noon for public square rosaries. The prayer event is sponsored by America Needs Fatima, which aims to ask God through the Blessed Mother to save America through the rosary.
Local celebrations will  be held at:
➤ St. John Bosco Church, 2114 Oakmere Drive, Harvey. 362-1754.
➤ General De Gaulle Avenue neutral ground, across from Village Aurora Shopping Center, Algiers. 392-4244.
➤ 72054 Maple St., in front of St. Joseph Hall next to St. Jane de Chantal Church in Abita Springs.
➤ East Bank Bridge Park, River Road, Destrehan. Details: 621-6651.
➤ Monsanto Park, Sugarhouse Road at River Road, Luling. Rosary, Marian prayers, singing by Marlene Savoie. Third annual rosary crusade.
➤ Lafayette square, New Orleans. 899-4148.
➤ St. Paul the Apostle Church, 6828 Chef Menteur Hwy., New Orleans. Front parking lot. This parish also will hold a culminating rosary Oct. 30, with each decade of the rosary recited in a different language (Vietnamese, French, English and Spanish). Several area churches have committed to participate, but everyone is invited. 242-8820.
➤ Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Causeway Boulevard, neutral ground, Metairie, 12:30 -1:30 p.m. Bring rosary and chair.