Support Our Shrine
Your gift may be made to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor by check or credit card.
To give by check, please write and mail checks to:
National Shrine of
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
2701 State Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115-7008
To donate by credit card, please click the link below:
From the Director...
Dear Friends of Our Lady of Prompt Succor,
Following a wonderful centennial year, we keep in our minds and hearts Our Lady’s devoted pilgrims who have continued to support her mission throughout the years. Through your generous gifts of time and treasure, you have made an impact on our ability to provide outreach programs and efforts that bring others closer to Our Lady, and you have helped us provide the necessary maintenance and repairs needed to perpetuate the devotion in her National Shrine…a place of beauty, welcome, and inspiration.
Through your participation during the past year, we were able to replace the a/c chiller and refinish the wood floors in the inside chapel and in the balconies. In 2025, we are taking steps to perform some necessary major repairs needed to abate water intrusion in the basement and through the belfry; and we are hoping to follow this by the cleaning, repairing, and recaulking of the Shrine’s beautiful front terrace. We are sincerely thankful to those who have provided generous gifts to allow us to begin this work, but we would like to raise the funds that will take us to its completion.
There are a number of easy and tax-wise beneficial ways to donate.*
• Direct Mail: Mail a check directly to the Shrine at 2701 State Street, New Orleans, LA 70118.
• Online: For those who wish to conveniently make a gift online, go to www.shrineolps.com/donate .
• Stocks & Securities: If you choose to make a gift of appreciated securities (stocks, bonds and mutual funds) they are deductible at the fair market value on the day they are transferred to the National Votive Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor and sold. Have your financial advisor contact us for transfer instructions.*
• Retirement Assets: Those who are aged 70 ½ years or older may contribute up to $100,000 from their IRA or Retirement Plan directly to a charity and avoid paying income taxes on the distribution. This is known as a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD).*
• Bequests & Wills: A bequest allows you to create your own legacy by making a gift while retaining your assets during your lifetime, and can eliminate or reduce federal estate taxes.*
*It is always advisable to consult with your tax and/or financial advisor or your attorney before making any decisions regarding significant charitable gifts, particularly in making gifts of securities, retirement assets, and bequests. This will safeguard your interests and those of your family.
We encourage you to visit in this Holy Year of 2025, and we invite you to connect with us through email and social media for continuous updates throughout the year!
Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us!
- Kaki Pittman Smith, Executive Director
If you are interested in supporting the Shrine through a bequest, please contact Mary Lee Harris at 504.473.6750.
National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor US Federal I.D. No. 32-0295257
If you prefer to make a designated gift through the CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, please contact:
Cory J. Howat, Executive Director
504.527.5778
[email protected]
Circles of Prayer
Generations of Ursulines and friends of Our Lady of Prompt Succor have learned about many of the favors granted through the intercession of Our Lady in response to pleas for quick and favorable help. We will never know them all. But those we know are a source of encouragement and hope to all who count on Our Lady’s help.
The Ursuline Sisters, in a tradition that has continued for over two centuries, gather the written petitions of the faithful in the Sanctuary of the Shrine. The Sisters and the faithful pray daily for these intentions during the celebration of the Eucharist.
We would like to invite you to become part of this tradition by joining the Circles of Prayer that have multiplied throughout the country. Your request for prayers for your special intentions will be physically placed in our Sanctuary and will be remembered each day at daily Mass. Your requests will also be circulated to the Circles that are active nationwide.