Servant of God Charlene Richard/Footprints

Footprints for Servant of God Charlene Richard are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 5 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• St. Edward Catholic Church (Richard) – home parish (Childhood & sacramental life) [Public] Parish – St. Edward Church, Richard, LA (Acadia Parish), Richard, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1947
  • Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette
  • Home parish of Charlene Marie Richard, the “Little Cajun Saint.” Public rural Acadia Parish stop with memorial prayer garden devotion.
  • Sources: https://stedwardstthomas.com/charlene-richard-memorial-prayer-garden; https://charlenerichardfoundation.org/

• St. Edward Church Cemetery – grave of Charlene Richard (Death & burial) [Public] Cemetery – St. Edward Catholic Church Cemetery, Richard, LA, Richard, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1959
  • Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette
  • Primary pilgrimage gravesite of the 12-year-old who offered leukemia suffering for others (d. 11 Aug 1959). Quiet public cemetery devotion — families seek healing and comfort.
  • Sources: https://charlenerichardfoundation.org/canonization/; https://acadiatourism.org/things-to-do/gravesite-of-charlene-richard/

• Charlene Richard Memorial Prayer Garden (Legacy) [Public] Outdoor – St. Edward Church grounds, Richard, LA, Richard, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 2000
  • Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette
  • Parish prayer garden for pilgrims visiting the Little Cajun Saint. Public outdoor campus stop with the church and cemetery.
  • Sources: https://stedwardstthomas.com/charlene-richard-memorial-prayer-garden

• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital association (Lafayette) – final illness (Illness & offering) [Limited] Other – Lafayette, LA (hospital association of final illness), Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1959
  • Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette
  • Hospital landscape where Charlene spent her final weeks offering suffering for others. Active medical campus — Limited exterior history only.
  • Sources: https://lacatholics.org/2025/11/19/servant-of-god-charlene-richard/

• Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Lafayette) – diocesan cause context (Legacy) [Public] Church – 914 St. John Street, Lafayette, LA 70501, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 2020
  • Diocese: Diocese of Lafayette
  • Mother church of the diocese that opened Charlene’s cause (Servant of God 2020). Public urban stop pairing with Richard pilgrimage.
  • Sources: https://diolaf.org/; https://charlenerichardfoundation.org/