Our Lady of La Salette (Diocese of Beaumont)
| Mission of Our Lady of La Salette | |
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| Dedication: | Mission of Our Lady of La Salette |
| Type/Classification: | Territorial Parish |
| Non-Parochial: | No |
| Operated By: | Diocesan clergy |
| Venerated Saints: | None specified |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Beaumont |
| Deanery: | |
| Address: | US 96 S, Kirbyville, Texas 75956 |
| City: | Kirbyville, TX |
| Subdivision: | Texas |
| Country: | United States |
| County: | Jasper County |
| Website: | No website specified |
| Founded: | 1948 |
| School: | No |
| Email: | None specified |
| AI Confidence: | 5/10 |
| Review Level: | 0/5 |
The Mission of Our Lady of La Salette is a Catholic mission of the Diocese of Beaumont, located along US Highway 96 South near Kirbyville, Texas, in Jasper County. The mission is dedicated under the title of Our Lady of La Salette, commemorating the 1846 Marian apparition reported near the village of La Salette in southeastern France.
Serving a rural stretch of southeast Texas, the mission has historically functioned as a smaller worship site connected to the broader territorial structure of the diocese, providing sacramental access to Catholic families in and around Kirbyville. No confirmed record of an associated parochial school or resident clergy assignment is documented in publicly available sources.
According to available diocesan information, the mission traces its establishment to 1948, reflecting the mid-twentieth-century growth of Catholic communities in the Piney Woods region of East Texas.[1]
History
Limited documentation is publicly available regarding the specific founding circumstances of the Mission of Our Lady of La Salette. Diocesan records indicate a founding date of 1948, a period during which several small missions were established across rural Jasper County to serve Catholic families who otherwise had limited access to a parish church.[2]
The mission's dedication recalls the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary reported by two children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, on a mountainside near La Salette-Fallavaux, France, on September 19, 1846. Devotion to Our Lady of La Salette subsequently spread internationally, including to Catholic communities in the United States, and the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette were founded to promote this devotion.[3]
No confirmed details regarding specific pastors, construction dates for the current building, or major renovations are documented in available sources.
Special features
- Serves as a mission church providing sacramental access to Catholic families in the rural Kirbyville area of Jasper County
- Bears a dedication tied to the Marian apparition tradition of La Salette, France
Relics
No confirmed information regarding relics housed at the mission is documented in available sources. As is customary in many Catholic churches, the altar may contain relics in accordance with canonical tradition, though specific details are not publicly available.
Architecture and Art
Exterior features
Specific architectural details regarding the mission's exterior are not publicly documented in available sources.
Interior features
No confirmed details regarding the interior layout or furnishings of the mission are documented in available sources.
Stained Glass Windows
Specific details on stained glass windows, if present, are not publicly documented in available sources.
Statues and Sculptures
No confirmed details regarding statuary or sculptural artwork are documented in available sources.
Other Artwork
No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.
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Related parishes
- Mother of Mercy (Diocese of Beaumont, Ames)
- Our Lady of Light (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Blessed Sacrament (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Cristo Rey (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Our Lady of the Assumption (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Mother of Mercy (Diocese of Beaumont, Beaumont)
- St. Anne (Diocese of Beaumont)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Beaumont, Beaumont)
- St. Jude Thaddeus (Diocese of Beaumont)
- St. Pius X (Diocese of Beaumont)
- St. Henry (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Mission of St. Francis of Assisi (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Mission of St. Martin de Porres (Diocese of Beaumont, Cheek)
- Our Lady of Sorrows (Diocese of Beaumont)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Beaumont, Cleveland)
- Mission of St. Martin de Porres (Diocese of Beaumont, Corrigan)
- St. Joseph the Worker (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Mission of St. Anne (Diocese of Beaumont)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Beaumont, Fannett)
- Immaculate Conception (Diocese of Beaumont, Groves)
- St. Peter the Apostle (Diocese of Beaumont)
- St. Michael (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Mission of the Holy Spirit (Diocese of Beaumont)
- Immaculate Conception (Diocese of Beaumont, Liberty)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Beaumont, Livingston)
External links
- No official parish website is publicly documented in available sources.
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References
- ↑ "Diocese of Beaumont". Diocese of Beaumont. https://www.dioceseofbmt.org/.
- ↑ "Diocese of Beaumont". Diocese of Beaumont. https://www.dioceseofbmt.org/.
- ↑ "Our Lady of La Salette". Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Our-Lady-of-La-Salette.