CHURCH HISTORIES    Terrebonne Parish, LA 

CATHOLIC - MARIA IMMACOLATA 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 - MARIA IMMACOLATA CATHOLIC CHURCH

Location in 2007 - 324 Estate Drive, Houma, LA

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


IMMACOLATA CHURCH SITE SEEN 'ON HIGH'

Author: Maria Immacolata, Mrs. Ambrose (Margaret) Theriot
	
'Tis often said that the site of Maria Immacolata Church was chosen from 
"on high" ...Archbishop Cody was surveying the area by helicopter when he 
spotted the spot - twixt St. Gregory Barbarigo and St. Bernadette Soubrous 
churches.

September 29, 1963 was the actual founding date, with Rev. William Fleming 
designated as first pastor; after a decade he is still pastor.

The church was dedicated by Archbishop Cody June 20, 1965, at two p.m., 
shortly before he left to be installed as Bishop of Chicago.

Prior to the completion of the church, Masses were held in the Houma 
Junior High Gym.

The first Mass was celebrated in the new church on April 25, 1965.

There are approximately 650 families in the parish.

It is interesting to note that Vandebilt Catholic High School is located 
in Maria Immacolata parish. So is the Sako Nursing Home, where Father 
Fleming offers Mass once a week.

The following "first" for the parish are well remembered by the 
parishioners - 

First Baptism: (in Parish) Mark Patrick Matherne, son of Ronald Joseph 
Matherne and Carol Ann Avet on 11-24-63
First Baptism: (in new church) Amy Patricia Eschete, daughter of Donald J. 
Eschete and Genevieve Cecile Chauvin on 7-25-65
First Funeral: (in Parish) Freddie Gass - 12-21-63
First Funeral from new church: Mrs. Camille Benoit - 10-6-65
First Marriage in Parish: Thomas Leonce Guillot and Claudia Marie Bernard 
on 11-23-63
First Marriage in new Church; Albert Roy McCann and Vicki Ann Chauvin on 
April 24, 1965
First Communion: Held in Jr. High Gym - 124 Children - April 26, 1964
First Confirmation: in New Church - May 5, 1965 - total of 180 boys and 90 
girls, 3 adults, administered by Most Rev. Gerard Frey.
First Confirmation in Parish: May 2, 1964 - by Most Rev. John P. Cody - 
Total of 119 (66 boys and 53 girls).