St. Patricks Catholic Church Cemetery
Fort Adams, Mississippi
On the huge summit S. E. of this church, the lower Mississippi Valley first received the gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ through a celebrated Mass by F. Membre, a chaplain of LaSalle , on Easter, March 29, 1682. Mississippi first church erected there c 1698 – 1700 by Fr, du Ru among Houma Indians Mississippi’s first baptism occurred there in 1700 by Fr, Gravuer.
Cemetery photographed by: Linda Gene and Howard Lee Carter -- December 2, 2006 -- -- March 9, 2007 --
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