Local residents fighting to keep St. Henry’s Catholic Church open in the wake of the Archdiocese’s restructuring plan will meet tonight.

The meeting is a scheduled session with facilitators from the Archdiocese of New Orleans to prepare families for the closure of the parish and the merger with the nearby St. Stephen parish.

The leader of a resistance group called Friends of St. Henry’s is urging parishioners to attend tonight’s meeting and prepare for what could become an around-the-clock vigil in opposition to the plan.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m.