Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales
Established 1847

500 Goode Street
P.O. Box 4014
Houma, LA 70361

School
300 Verret St.
Houma, LA 70360
Phone: 876-6646

Numbers:
Phone: (985) 876-6904
FAX: (985) 851-4204
School: (985) 868-6646
Cemetery: (985) 876-4286

Masses: All Shared Intentions. (During School Year) Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.

Weekday Masses: Monday to Thursday at 5:30 p.m.; Friday at 12:05 Noon. Saturday morning Mass at 8:30 a.m.; Sunday Vigil Mass at 4 p.m.; Sunday masses are at 7,9,11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Confessions: Half hour before the regular weekday Masses except School Masses and Friday;  Saturday from 3 to 3:50 p.m. or by appointment

Families: 2061

History: The parish of St. Francis de Sales was founded in 1847 with the Rev. Z. Leveque as its first pastor. The first Mass and other sacraments were celebrated in the courthouse before the first church was built. The first church made of brick in Romanesque style was built in 1848. In 1870 the Sisters of the Marianites of Holy Cross arrived and opened the first Catholic school in Terrebonne Parish.  In 1926 a hurricane destroyed the old church.  in 1938 Archbishop Rummel dedicated and consecrated the new "simple village church" that Father August Vandebilt built.  The current church follows the French-Gothic style of Europe.  In 1977, St. Francis de Sales was elevated to the dignity of a cathedral, making her the mother church of the diocese.  In 2002, the cathedral underwent extensive renovations and repairs under the leadership of Msgr. Joseph N. Latino, now bishop of Jackson, MS.  The cathedral campus is composed of the church, school, the youth center and parish hall, the priests' rectory and the cathedral convent.  Behind the campus is St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 1.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor - Established 1892

529 Highway 20
Chackbay, LA 70301

Website:  http://olopschackbay/parishesonline.com

Masses: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 7 a.m.; Monday; No Mass; Thursday, 8:30 a.m. exposition of Blessed Sacrament,  silent adoration, benediction, with mass at 9:30 a.m  First Saturday: 8 a.m.

Sunday vigil: 4 p.m.; Sunday Masses: 7 a.m., 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Confessions: 45 minutes before all Masses except on Thursday.

Families: 1200

History: In 1873 the first chapel in Chackbay was established by Pere Charles Menard.  Prior to building a chapel, services were conducted in private homes.  The parish of Our Lady of Prompt Succor was established in Chackbay in April 1892.  The first parish hall known as the Gym was built in 1938 and was used for social activities.  The present church was dedicated on June 10, 1951.  A new rectory was constructed in 1955 and in 1958 air conditioning was added to the chuch, making it the first air conditioned Catholic church in Lafourche Parish.  The Chackbay Catholic Center was built in 1979.  Construction of a new canopy in the front of the church was completed in February 2002.  Through a fund sponsored by the Chackbay Knights of Columbus Council #8743, a monument of the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes was installed in the front entrance of the church in December 2005.  A rose garden with a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes was added through the generous donations of parishioners in June 2009....All for the greater glory of God.