St. Michael's Cemetery Preservation Group

11/03/2025

10/24/2025

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, just an idea.

03/23/2021

These Guidelines for Preservation & Restoration of St. Louis Cemetery #1 are also very applicable for St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.

03/21/2021

Tim Wescott and Martin Capuder (me), the administrators of this page are working on a proposal to have St. Michael's Cemetery to be designated by the Department of Interior as being a National Historic Landmark; which, of course, we know it is. Tim and I welcome your contributions as members of the project's steering committee, as well as your ideas and questions. Just post them on this page or message Tim or I at the FB MESSENGER icon at the top right of the page.

11/01/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ydvm_GQClE In October we clean graves.  We gather in the early morning or late afternoon (because it’s still hot in south

11/25/2019

This was St. Michael's Cemetery during the Flood of 1927.

From the Teche News.

11/01/2019

The tombs should be all clean and pretty by today.

All Saints Day or All Hallows Day is a Catholic tradition honoring the saints and also deceased family members each November 1.

10/14/2019

This upcoming All Saints Day, or la Toussaint in French Louisiana, before going to the graveyard to spruce up your ancestor’s tombs, watch this video to learn how to properly limewash the tombs. Latex paints are not recommended as they will destroy the masonry tombs.

In this video NCPTT's Sarah Jackson discusses the application and preparation of lime wash. Limewash has long been used world-wide as a surface finish on the...

04/24/2019

Gravestone Cleaning 101

Learn how to clean your ancestor's gravestones to preserve the stone and the data with BillionGraves gravestone cleaning kit and mobile photo app!