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St. Francis de Sales Parish was founded around 1847 by the Rev. Zéphyrin Lévêque. Mass was initially celebrated in the Terrebonne Parish courthouse. [1] The first church building was completed in 1848 and construction on the present church was begun in 1936 under the direction of the Rev. August Vandebilt.
Archbishop Riordan blessed the new St. Francis de Sales Church/School on February 27, 1887. St. Francis de Sales School opened July 18, 1887, an elementary school for boys and girls and a girls high school. The Sisters of the Holy Names staffed the schools. St. Francis de Sales Girls High School closed May 31, 1931. After ninety years, St ...
School is now Oaklawn Academy. Holy Name Minor Seminary - Operated from 1963 to 1995; run by the Diocese of Madison. St. Francis de Sales Preparatory Seminary - Operated from 1941 to 1979; run by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Holy Redeemer College - Operated from 1968 to 1985; run by the Redemptorists.
The upper section of the arms represent Houma. It contains the arms of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of the diocesan cathedral. The lower section of the arms represent Thibodaux. It shows the symbols of St. Joseph, patron saint of the diocesan co-cathedral. The three lilies also represent the French heritage of south-western Louisiana.
Vandebilt was founded by the Marianites of Holy Cross in 1870 as Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy (then as St. Francis de Sales Catholic High School from 1879 until 1965, and later Houma Central Catholic High School until 1966) and continued by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. The school primarily serves Catholic students of Terrebonne ...
St Francis De Sales School may refer to: St Francis de Sales School, Dhemaji, Assam, India; St. Francis De Sales School (New Delhi), India; St Francis De Sales School, in Island Bay, New Zealand; St. Francis de Sales School (Toledo, Ohio), U.S.
St. Francis de Sales Church (the Oratory of Saint Francis de Sales) is a Roman Catholic Oratory located in south St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It is the second largest church in the Archdiocese of St. Louis after the cathedral-basilica. The church is popularly known as the "Cathedral of South St. Louis".
Saint Francis de Sales Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral and parish church located in Baker City, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1908, it is the seat of the Diocese of Baker. The cathedral church and the parish rectory were included as contributing properties in the Baker Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic ...