HLS 23RS-1272 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 46
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER AND SENATOR SMITH
COMMENDATIONS: Commends St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church on the occasion
of its three hundredth anniversary
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church on the occasion of its three hundredth
3 anniversary.
4 WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish, which was formerly referred to as the German Coast,
5is the third-oldest settlement in Louisiana after Natchitoches and New Orleans, and it is older
6than the United States; and
7 WHEREAS, Karlstein was among the first settlements on the German Coast, and in
81723, missionary priests from the Franciscan Order of Friars Capuchin established the
9ecclesiastical parish and chapel, La Paroisse de St. Jean des Allemands, or The Parish of
10St. John, of the Germans, along the west bank of the Mississippi River near present-day Taft,
11Louisiana; and
12 WHEREAS, in 1740, the ecclesiastical parish and chapel were relocated to their
13present-day site along the east bank of the Mississippi River and renamed St. Charles in
14honor of St. Charles Borromeo; after the chapel burned down in 1806, it was replaced by a
15wood-framed church that was painted red; and
16 WHEREAS, St. Charles Borromeo Church became known as the "Little Red
17Church", and it has served as the mother church for many mission chapels in St. Charles
18Parish; the church cemetery is also the oldest German cemetery in the American South; and
19 WHEREAS, the "Little Red Church" tragically burned down in 1921 and was
20replaced with the current St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church; the church was dedicated
21on January 25, 1922, and in 1929, the rectory was rebuilt with the addition of a convent; and
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1 WHEREAS, this year, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church celebrates its three-
2hundredth anniversary; the church is most deserving of the highest recognition on this
3momentous occasion.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
5commend St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church on the occasion of its three hundredth
6anniversary; does hereby further recognize the rich history of the church and its deep roots
7in St. Charles civil parish; and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that the both the church
8and civil parishes continue to prosper for centuries to come.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 46 Original 2023 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Commends St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church on the occasion of its 300th anniversary.
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