Roman Catholics in Convent, LA
St. Michael's church, grotto, parish house, school, and cemetery. Click on the photos to see more details.
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Roman Catholics in Convent, LASt. Michael's church, grotto, parish house, school, and cemetery. Click on the photos to see more details. |
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| The historic marker of the settlement of Convent, St. Michael's church and parish house, and the Loudres Grotto in back of the alter. | |
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| Back of the parish house and the Catholic elementary school. | |
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| Southern Louisiana cemeteries are distinctively above-ground burials, because the water level is close to the surface here , and historically, the rivers flooded in the Spring, washing the dead away. The center crucifix identifies this as a Catholic cemetery. | |
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| The extremely elongated cemetery, shown on the map above, reflects the long lot survey system characteristic of all French settlements in North America, whether along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec or in Greenbay, WI. | |
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Based on field work by Ingolf Vogeler in March 2003; created on 21 March 2003.