Sisters of the Holy Family

Sisters of the Holy Family An African American Congregation of nuns founded in New Orleans, LA in 1842 by Henriette Delille, Co-foundresses include Juliette Gaudin & Josephine Charle

• Our community is the ONLY existing religious order FOUNDED in NEW ORLEANS in existence today

• Began our mission by teaching slave women and children the Catechism of the Holy Catholic Church for their reception of the Sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion

• Expanded our ministries to care for the elderly and sick. Lafon Nursing Facility is recorded in the National Register as oldest cont

inuously existing Catholic nursing home for the elderly

• In 1853 opened orphanages for children left homeless from the yellow fever epidemic.

• In 1867 established St. Mary’s Academy, the first secondary school for free girls of color in New Orleans

• Current ministries include:
• Lafon Nursing Facility
• St. John Berchmans Manor (Apartments for low-income seniors)
• Delille Inn (Apartments for low-income seniors)
• St. Mary’s Academy High School
• St. Mary’s Academy Elementary School
• St. John Berchmans Early Childhood Education Center
• School teachers & administrators in archdiocesan schools
• Prison Ministry in state institutions

• Eighty-nine Sisters in the community, 4 young women in formation

• Canonization process for Henriette Delille opened in 1988. In 2010 she was named Venerable.

• The community has ministered nationally and internationally

07/04/2019

Over 600 of you have liked our page. Thank you so much for following and supporting the Sisters of the Holy family.

Great day for snowballs at the Motherhouse! Thank you to Ms. Alicia for putting this together. It was a great treat afte...
05/17/2018

Great day for snowballs at the Motherhouse! Thank you to Ms. Alicia for putting this together. It was a great treat after dinner.

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03/26/2018

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07/24/2017

Blessed Sunday! Here is another picture of President & C.E.O. Chad McEachern at the NBCC | The National Black Catholic Congress, this time with Sister Greta Jupiter, S.S.F., Congressional Leader for the Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans. The two had just taken part in Mass at Mary Queen Of The Universe Shrine Catholic Church.

We are proud to have the Sisters of the Holy Family as one of the Congregations of Sisters who have joined the Edmundite Missions in our work for the past 80 years.

07/18/2017

The Sisters of the Holy Family were founded in New Orleans, LA in 1842 by Henriette Delille, a free woman of color. She along with her co-foundresses Juliettte Gaudin…

Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Pictured Sr. ...
07/14/2017

Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Pictured Sr. Laura Mercier

Isaiah 58:10"and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,then your lig...
07/07/2017

Isaiah 58:10

"and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday"

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6901 Chef Menteur Highway
New Orleans, LA
70126

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+15042413088

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