Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel (New Orleans)

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 Church

Description

The 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

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Archdiocese of New Orleans

Ordinaries	Bishops Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas Francisco Porró y Reinado Louis-Guillaume Dubourg Joseph Rosati Leo-Raymond de Neckere Archbishops 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 Auxiliary bishops Gustave Augustin Rouxel John Laval Louis Abel Caillouet Harold Perry, S.V.D. Stanley Joseph Ott Robert William Muench Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. Gregory Michael Aymond Roger Paul Morin Shelton Joseph Fabre Fernand J. Cheri, O.F.M.

Churches	Cathedral St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans Orleans Parish Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Guadalupe St. Augustine Church St. Mary's Assumption St. Patrick's

Schools	Higher education Loyola Our Lady of Holy Cross Xavier Notre Dame Seminary Saint Joseph Seminary College High schools Academy of Our Lady Academy of the Sacred Heart (K-12) Archbishop Chapelle High School Archbishop Hannan High School Archbishop Rummel High School Archbishop Shaw High School Brother Martin High School Cabrini High School De La Salle High School Holy Cross High School Holy Rosary High School Jesuit High School Mount Carmel Academy Pope John Paul II St. Charles Catholic High School St. Augustine High School Saint Mary's Academy St. Mary's Dominican High School St. Paul's School St. Scholastica Academy Ursuline Academy Xavier University Preparatory School

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Coordinates: 29°57′31″N 90°04′15″W / 29.9585°N 90.0707°W / 29.9585; -90.0707

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