CHURCH HISTORIES    Terrebonne Parish, LA 

CATHOLIC - HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH
 
Submitted by: Cynthia Daigle
 
Source:  The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press, Houma, LA. 

Last modified: 10 MARCH 2008
 
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CATHOLIC - HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH

Location in 2007 - 6641 Grand Caillou Road, Dulac, LA

The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press
Houma, LA, Oct. 8, 1972, Sunday, Section E

HOLY FAMILY HAS START AS MISSION; FOUNDED 1952

As a parish, Holy Family Church dates back to the year 1952 when it became 
autonomous, previously having its spiritual needs cared for by the parish 
of St. Eloi in Theriot, Louisiana.

The Reverend Father Felix Miller was appointed pastor of St. Eloi in July 
1927 at which time he closed the former Mission at Dulac and opened a 
Mission at Grand Caillou, Holy Family, and another at Ashland under the 
title of St. Margaret. The new church at Grand Caillou was completed in 
1928 and dedicated on July 4th of the same year by the Most Reverend John 
W. Shaw.

To serve the needs of the people of such a vast area Father Miller was 
given permission, rare in those days, to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the 
Mass three times each Sunday which he zealously did for many years often 
with great disregard for his own personal health.

At the present the Parish of Holy Family numbers about 600 Catholic 
families and has attached to it one Mission, under the patronage of the 
Cure D'Ars, St. John Marie Vianney.

Lay participation in Church affairs has always been evident due to the 
deep faith of the people of this area. The Parish boasts of a very lively 
and active Ladies Altar Society, a newly revitalized Holy Name Society, 
the assistance of two Sisters of the Missionary Order of St. Dominic who 
help direct religious education and visitation and care of the sick.

The Parish is growing annually and will doubtless continue to do so. It is 
well aware of its heritage and is currently striving to answer the needs 
of the community it serves