St. Anthony of Padua Church (Luling)

St. Anthony's roots stretch back to 1877, when Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary was built to serve residents on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Mission chapels were then erected in Luling, Ama and Des Allemands. In 1902, Luling residents began to attend mass in a frame building off of what is now Easy Street. In 1926, the frame building on Easy Street was replaced by a sturdier structure on Ellington Street. The church was still a mission of Holy Rosary until July 1, 1961, when Fr. Gerald Barrett was appointed the first pastor of the newly created parish of St. Anthony of Padua.