St. Landry Catholic Church

ID: 84 ~ Source: Riley, Shanna. “St. Landry Catholic Church Opelousas 2008.” Wikimedia Commons, MediaWiki, 28 Nov. 2008, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Landry_Catholic_Church_Opelousas_2008.jpg.

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The front of the church features a statue dedicated to Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur. Hundreds of people attend the annual memorial Mass for the military chaplain who sacrificed his life to save others.

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A Grandiose Building with a War-Torn Past – St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, LA

By Briley Higginbotham

This cathedral-sized church in Opelousas is called the “Mother Church of Acadiana,” for it was the second to be founded in the Diocese of Lafayette, and many smaller church parishes have been formed within the wide boundaries of the original parish…