St. John the Evangelist Church
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Mermentau, LA was founded in 1882. It goes back to the days of the Jesuits’ missionary activity in South Louisiana about the time of the Civil War. Father Abbadie, S.J. from Grand Couteau, celebrated the first Mass in Mermentau around 1863. In the late 1860’s, Fr. Anthonioz, S.J. […]