Tag: Father Louis Gergaud

Natchez Catholic Sisters Come to Help in Monroe

Another book I have found on the Internet Archives site is a book called, "Angels of the Battlefield: A history of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War" by George Barton done in 1897. On pages 120 - 123, there is a brief mention of the Monroe Confederate Hospital during the … Continue reading Natchez Catholic Sisters Come to Help in Monroe →

The Founders of the Young Catholics’ Friends’ Society of Monroe, Louisiana – 1870

Here is another little gem I found, in the collection of Villanova University in PA. It is the "Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws of the Young Catholics' Friends' Society of Monroe, Louisiana". A librarian there was kind enough to scan the little pamphlet and send it to me. One thing I loved was that … Continue reading The Founders of the Young Catholics’ Friends’ Society of Monroe, Louisiana – 1870 →

G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium Postcard

This is a lovely postcard showing the TB hospital that once stood in West Monroe. As a postscript to the post about Father Louis Gergaud I did a few weeks ago, yesterday at a Shreveport press conference, it was announced the five yellow fever priests were declared "Servants of God" by the Vatican. This is … Continue reading G.B. Cooley Tuberculosis Sanitarium Postcard →

He Died a Hero: The Life and Death of Father Louis Gergaud

This was written for Louisiana Road Trips Magazine in 2008: A call went out in France.  Priests were needed in Louisiana.  Louisiana was still mostly a frontier in the 1850's, and the Catholic Church needed willing clergy to go into the backwoods to minister to the congregation.  Louis Gergaud was one of six priests who … Continue reading He Died a Hero: The Life and Death of Father Louis Gergaud →