Temple of the Innocent Blood

Curated by The New Orleans Historical Team

Temple of the Innocent Blood was the focus of archaeological excavations in 2011, 2012, and 2014. This tour details the results of two assemblages from those excavations.

Temple of the Innocent Blood

Today, nothing identifies the location in the Lower Ninth Ward where Mother Catherine Seals' “Temple of the Innocent Blood” once stood. This was true even before Hurricane Katrina devastated the area in 2005 when the nondescript block where it was…

The Lower Ninth Ward: Community and Placemaking

A hundred years ago, the area around the 2400 block of Lamanche Street was occupied by the Temple of the Innocent Blood, a spiritism church that was created and run by Mother Catherine Seals. From 1922 until her death in 1930, Mother Catherine…