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St. Landry Catholic Church; St. Margaret Catholic Church (Albany, Louisiana) St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church (St. Martinville, Louisiana) St. Mary Magdalen Church; St. Patrick's Catholic Church (West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana) St. Philomene Catholic Church and Rectory; St. Anne Catholic Church (Napoleonville, Louisiana) St. Joseph ...
Pointe à la Hache: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. A word meaning persimmons created from the Louisiana Creole and the Atakapa language 22,386: 2,429 sq mi (6,291 km 2) Pointe Coupee Parish: 077: New Roads: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. French phrase la pointe coupée or in English, the cut-off point, which refers to a bend in ...
St. Philomene Catholic Church and Rectory is a historic Roman Catholic church along Louisiana Highway 1 in Labadieville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. It was built in c.1888 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] The church is a five-bay Basilica plan church with a central front tower with an octagonal spire. [2] [3]
Church closed, building went to Our Lady of Prompt Succor. [3] Bridge City [3] 2008 [3] Holy Trinity Catholic Church. now operates as an opera house. 725 Saint Ferdinand Street New Orleans Faubourg Marigny: 1997 Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Maria Goretti Church took the congregation. [4] New Orleans East [4] 2008 [3] Incarnate Word
The old parish church traces its origin to the year 1902, when a group of Jesuit priests arrived in Shreveport to establish and staff a new parish and high school for boys. [4] The parish's first rector was Fr. John F. O'Connor, S.J. By 1924, building a larger church was deemed necessary for the growing congregation. [5]
The first Catholic missionary arrived in northwestern Louisiana from East Texas in 1717. The Franciscan priest Antonio Margil encountered Adaes Native Americans near present-day Robeline. At the tribe's request, he constructed the Mission of San Miguel de Linares, the first Catholic church in the region.
Schools of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport: St. Frederick Catholic High School; Jesus the Good Shepherd School - Began operations in 1960 [60] Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School [61] Other private schools in the area include: River Oaks School has a Monroe postal address though it is outside of the city limits [62]
St. Michael's Church Rectory. St. Michael's Church (c. 1875), a cruciform basilica with a tower in Gothic Revival and Romanesque styles. It has a "five bay, aisled nave, and a massive altar set in a great niche whose back wall is cut through with a colonnade screen. The church is entered through a vestibule set in the base in a single central ...