The 1740 chapel, named “St. Charles,” was built in the area now known as Destrehan. (Sketch by Janis Blair) Tags: #little red church #little red church 2 #st...
Red Church Presbytery rear elevation. Father J. M. Paret lived in this presbytery from December of 1848 until October 1869, which spanned the golden age of the...
Front Elevation. Father Paret enjoyed gardening and breeding of animals. He wrote to his brother, “I would like for you to see this big garden and how pleasant...
Detail of a map by Marie Adrien Persac. Tags: #little red church #little red church 2
Little Red Church - Destrehan, 1806. Courtesy William E. Riecke Jr. Tags: #little red church #little red church 2
Tags: #little red church #little red church 2
St. Charles Borromeo Church. Year unknown. Courtesy of the Clarion Herald. Tags: #little red church #little red church 2 #catholic church #catholic church ...
A Mississippi River baptism in the 1950s or 1960s. Tags: #little red church 2
Saint Charles Borromeo School's Humilitas Badge. Tags: #little red church 2 #other religious influences
Sheep. Tags: #spanish influence #little red church 2 #spanish influence - preview