Venerable Henriette Delille/Footprints

Footprints for Venerable Henriette Delille 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: 6 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. Louis Cathedral (French Quarter) – sacramental city landmark (Childhood & sacramental life) [Public] Church – 615 Père Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1813
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Cathedral of the city of Delille’s birth and Catholic formation as a free woman of color. Public French Quarter landmark anchoring a walking day with St. Augustine and the historic free-people-of-color neighborhood landscape.
  • Sources: https://www.stlouiscathedral.org/; https://www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com/

• St. Augustine Church (Treme) – free people of color parish world (Ministry among free people of color) [Public] Parish – 1210 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA 70116, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1842
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Historic Treme parish central to Black Catholic life in New Orleans. Key public stop for understanding Delille’s world of catechesis and care among free people of color — not reducible to one birth-home notable.
  • Sources: https://staugustinecatholicchurch-neworleans.org/; https://www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com/

• Sisters of the Holy Family motherhouse (Chef Menteur) (Founding the Sisters of the Holy Family) [Limited] Convent – 6901 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, LA 70126, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1842
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Motherhouse of the congregation Delille founded for education and care of the enslaved, free people of color, elderly, and poor. Portrait and community memory of the foundress; chapel/parlor access Limited — arrange with the Sisters / cause office.
  • Sources: https://www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com/; https://sistersoftheholyfamily.com/historical-time-line

• Lafon Nursing Facility association (oldest continuous nursing home) (Care of elderly & poor) [Limited] Other – New Orleans, LA (Lafon Nursing Facility / Holy Family care legacy), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1841
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Care institution in the Holy Family tradition (often cited as among the oldest continuous nursing homes in the US, with roots in mid-19th-century free-people-of-color ministry). Limited active care facility — interpret as works legacy, not a tourist stop.
  • Sources: https://www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com/; https://tripodnola.hnoc.org/episodes/henriette-delille-and-the-sisters-of-the-holy-family/

• St. Mary's Academy (New Orleans) – Holy Family school legacy (Educational apostolate) [Limited] School – 6905 Chef Menteur Highway / 7887 Walmsley Avenue campus area, New Orleans, LA 70126, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1867
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Historic Black Catholic girls’ academy in the Sisters of the Holy Family tradition (roots to Chartres Street era; modern campus beside the motherhouse). Limited active school — exterior/history context celebrating Delille’s educational mission.
  • Sources: https://smaneworleans.com/our-foundress; https://www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com/

• French Quarter / free people of color neighborhood landscape (Childhood & early vocation) [Public] Outdoor – French Quarter vicinity, New Orleans, LA, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
  • Year: 1813
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of New Orleans
  • Urban landscape of Delille’s early life as a free woman of color. Walking context between St. Louis Cathedral and St. Augustine; not a single private house museum unless a documented birth house opens to the public.
  • Sources: https://www.sistersoftheholyfamily.com/