Sacred Heart Chapel. Image Courtesy of National Hansen's Disease Museum, Carville, LA.

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Sacred Heart Chapel.<br /> <br /> Image Courtesy of National Hansen's Disease Museum, Carville, LA.

Catholic religious services were available on site as soon as the Daughters of Charity arrived in 1896.

In the earliest days of the hospital, the majority of patients, from South Louisiana, were Catholic.

Patients formed active lay Catholic organizations on site: The Legion of Mary for women and the Holy Name Society for men.

This file appears in: Carville Jail and Cottage Grove