St. Philomene Catholic Church and Rectory - Labadieville, LA.
N 29° 50.367 W 090° 57.300
15R E 697573 N 3302750
Mis-spelled on the National Historic website. Should be St. Philomena.
Located at 108 Brulé Road (rectory address). Church faces Historic Louisiana Hwy. 1.
Waymark Code: WM4R6T
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2008
Views: 15
When I went, the building was closed. Opened for regular masses. It MAY be opened all the time, but was closed due to surrounding parish-wide hurricane damage. Awesome church with a huge cemetery directly behind church, and a school. Very tall steeple.
History
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.
The present church building dates from 1888. The side transcepts of the church were added in 1908 by Father A. F. Ravoire
Street address:
Louisiana Hwy. 1
Labadieville , LA USA
70372
County / Borough / Parish: Assumption
Year listed: 1983
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Religion. Sub - Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current function: Religion. Sub - Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Privately owned?: yes
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2008 To: 12/31/2008
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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