{"id":57656,"date":"2019-02-22T23:54:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T23:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=57656"},"modified":"2019-02-25T18:20:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:20:48","slug":"henriette-delille-is-two-steps-away-from-becoming-a-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=57656","title":{"rendered":"Henriette Delille is two steps away from becoming a Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henriette Delille is two steps away from becoming a Saint<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Louisiana Weekly<\/a>
\n2019-01-02<\/p>\n

\"HENRIETTE<\/a>
\nHenriette Delille<\/small><\/p>\n

As the Who Dat Nation<\/a> roots for the New Orleans Saints<\/a> as they strive to win the NFL Super Bowl<\/a> in Atlanta<\/a>, another group of dedicated and faithful folks is eagerly awaiting the day that their Beloved Founder becomes a bonafide Saint in her own right.<\/p>\n

Henriette Delille<\/a>, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family<\/a>, is but two steps from being recognized by the Vatican<\/a> as a Roman Catholic Saint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Henriette Delille was born in New Orleans, La.<\/a>, on Thursday, March 11, 1813. Her mother, Marie-Jos\u00e8phe \u201cPouponne\u201d D\u00edaz, was a free woman of color<\/a> of New Orleans. Her father Jean-Baptiste Lille Sarpy (var. de Lille) was born about 1758 in Fumel, Lotet-Garonne, France<\/a>. Their union was a common-law marriage typical of the contemporary pla\u00e7age<\/a> system. She had a brother Jean Delille and other siblings. Their maternal grandparents were Juan Jos\u00e9 (var. Jean-Joseph) D\u00edaz, a Spanish merchant, and Henriette (Dubreuil) Laveau, a Cr\u00e9ole of color<\/a>. Their paternal grandparents were Charles Sarpy and Susanne Trenty, both natives of Fumel, France. Her maternal great-grandmother is said to be C\u00e9cile Marthe Basile Dubreuil, a woman of color considered to be a daughter of Villars Dubreuil, born in 1716, who immigrated to Louisiana<\/a> from France<\/a>. Henriette and her family lived in the French Quarter<\/a>, not far from St. Louis Cathedral<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Henriette Delille was born in New Orleans, La., on Thursday, March 11, 1813. Her mother, Marie-Jos\u00e8phe \u201cPouponne\u201d D\u00edaz, was a free woman of color of New Orleans. Her father Jean-Baptiste Lille Sarpy (var. de Lille) was born about 1758 in Fumel, Lotet-Garonne, France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1245,459,369,8,820,20,25],"tags":[26908,29535,9160,1438,11784],"class_list":["post-57656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-biography","category-history","category-louisiana","category-media-archive","category-religion","category-usa","category-women","tag-henriette-delille","tag-henriette-diaz-delille","tag-louisiana-weekly","tag-new-orleans","tag-the-louisiana-weekly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57656"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57658,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57656\/revisions\/57658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}