GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Louisiana: LA-10
Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church
723 North Bayou Drive
Golden Meadow, LA 70357
Phone: 985-475-5428
Email: olps@mobiletel.com
History: Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church, Golden Meadow, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, has been a predominantly Native American (e.g. Chitamacha, Choctaw, Houma) parish in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux (Archives: Thibodaux, Louisiana).
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Before 1915 |
Chitamacha, Choctaw, and Houma Indians intermarried and settled Dulac/ Grand Caillou and nearby Bayou Little Caillou and Bayou Terrebonne |
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1915-1940 |
New Orleans archdiocesan priests celebrated the first local mass, founded, and administered Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church |
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1935-1930s |
A lay teacher staffed a parish grade school |
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1940-1980s |
La Salette Missionaries (now Mary, Mother of the Americas Province) (Archives: Attleboro, Maine) administered Our Lady of Prompt Succor |
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1990-1990s |
Houma-Thibodaux diocesan priests administered the parish |
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1990s |
A priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate served as a pastoral associate |
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Ca. 2000-2000s |
A Jesuit served as a pastoral associate |
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Ca. 2005 |
A sister of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart served as a pastoral associate |
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Ca. 2010s-present |
The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate have administered the parish |
La Salette Missionaries from Our Lady of Prompt Succor attended the following missions among Native Americans:
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1950-1960s |
St. Amelia Chapel, Golden Meadow |
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1970-1990s |
Our Lady of La Salette Mission, Golden Meadow |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1915-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church and its attended missions.
Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.
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