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Priests and Nuns
Woods Family Tomb, containing the remains of Msgr. Earl Woods, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
The Archdiocese of New Orleans owns the St. Louis cemeteries (along with a number of other cemeteries, of course). The influx of immigrants to New Orleans in the mid-19th century meant an increase in the number of religious here as well. The archdiocese granted a number of religious orders plots for tombs. The archdiocese itself also constructed a tomb for diocesan priests here as well.
The Priests’ Tomb
(Photo at top of page) Prominent near the front entrance of the cemetery, this tomb is for diocesan (parish) priests who aren’t buried in their own families’tombs. The inscription at the top of the tomb is “Sacerdos En Aeturnum,” “A Priest Forever.”
Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic
Founded in 1927 in Amite, Louisiana, this is an order of 40 religious women and about 40 lay associates who are both male and female. Their work takes them to Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Texas and Arizona, as well as a number of Central American countries.
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