- Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel (New Orleans)
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel is a Roman Catholic church located on Rampart Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The back of the church is bordered by Basin Street.
Exterior of Our Lady of Guadalupe church on Rampart Street
Interior of Our Lady of Guadalupe ChurchThe church was built in 1826 as the "Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua" (a.k.a. the Mortuary Chapel) to serve as a burial church for victims of yellow fever. It was erected close to St. Louis Cemeteries #1 and #2, the primary Catholic cemeteries at the time (St. Louis Cemetery #1 is located directly behind the church, right across Basin Street).
The church building is the oldest surviving church building in New Orleans (all the older churches have since been rebuilt).
Since 1918, the church has been named Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel and has been staffed by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
In the 1930s, parishioners praying to Saint Jude had their prayers answered, which resulted in a tradition of regular novenas to Saint Jude (that continues today) and the erection of a shrine to Saint Jude (which is still maintained today).
The St. Jude Shrine is located in the area to the left of the altar, and it includes a relic of St. Jude.
The church has hosted a series of "jazz" Masses.
The statue of Saint Expedite is also visited by Catholics, as well as some local followers of Voodoo.
The church grounds also feature a Marian grotto, located between the church and the adjacent rectory.
References
- The history section of Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel's website
- http://www.neworleanschurches.com/olguadalupe/olguaralupe.htm
Archdiocese of New Orleans Cathedral: St. Louis Cathedral Patron Saint: Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Bishops and
archbishopsLuis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas | Francisco Porró y Reinado | Louis-Guillaume Dubourg | Joseph Rosati | Leo-Raymond de Neckere | Antoine Blanc Antoine Blanc | Jean-Marie Odin | Napoléon-Joseph Perché | Francis Xavier Leray | Francis Janssens | Placide-Louis Chapelle | James Hubert Blenk | John William Shaw | Joseph Francis Rummel | John Patrick Cody | Philip Matthew Hannan | Francis Bible Schulte | Alfred Clifton Hughes | Gregory Michael Aymond
Churches within
Orleans ParishAll Saints | Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos | Blessed Sacrament | Center of Jesus the Lord | Corpus Christi | Holy Ghost | Holy Name of Jesus Church | Holy Name of Mary | Holy Spirit | Immaculate Conception | Mary, Queen of Vietman | Mater Dolorosa | National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor | Our Lady of Guadalupe | Our Lady of Good Counsel | Our Lady of La Vang | Our Lady of the Rosary | Our Lady Star of the Sea | Resurrection of Our Lord | St. Andrew the Apostle | St. Anthony of Padua | St. Augustine Church | St. Dominic | St. Francis de Sales | St. Francis of Assisi | St. Gabriel the Archangel | St. Henry | St. James Major | St. Joan of Arc | St. Joseph Church (New Orleans) | St. Joseph Church (Algiers) | St. Julien Eymard | St. Leo the Great | St. Maria Goretti | St. Mary of the Angels | St. Mary's Assumption | St. Mary's Chapel | St. Matthias | St. Maurice | St. Patrick's | St. Paul the Apostle | St. Peter Claver | St. Pius X | St. Rita | St. Stephen | St. Theresa of Avila | St. Thomas the Apostle | St. Thomas More | Vietnamese Martyrs Chapel
Schools Newspaper: Clarion Herald Sports league: New Orleans Catholic League
Categories:- Roman Catholic churches in New Orleans
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