Reaching for the Heavens #3 is a photograph by Scott Pellegrin which was uploaded on September 17th, 2010.
Reaching for the Heavens #3
This is an image of St. Philomena a Catholic Church located in Labadieville, Louisiana. This is a color image with a texture layer. It is also... more
Title
Reaching for the Heavens #3
Artist
Scott Pellegrin
Medium
Photograph
Description
This is an image of St. Philomena a Catholic Church located in Labadieville, Louisiana. This is a color image with a texture layer. It is also available in black & white. Feel free to contact me via email with any questions.
In April of 1842, the first mission was held at Brule Labadie, (currently Labadieville) by Father Charles Menard, who kept a journal written in French, of his missionary journeys down Bayou Lafourche from Labadieville to the Gulf of Mexico. Father Menard became known as "The Apostle of Bayou Lafourche". Father Menard began to solicit pledges to build a chapel in Labadie in 1847. Work on the chapel began on September 18, 1847. The chapel, blessed on March 28, 1848, was then served three times a month... first Thursday, first and third Sunday of the month. By 1853 a parish rectory had been completed. Father Cyprian Vennisat became the first Pastor of St. Philomena. St. Philomena parish was established in 1855. Father Vennisat then built the first brick church in 1860.
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September 17th, 2010