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ASCENSION OF OUR LORD &
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Catholic Churches

REV. PAUL YI, pastor

Mailing address for
both churches:
716 Mississippi Street,
PO Box 508
Donaldsonville,
Louisiana 70346

Office for both churches
Located at Ascension Church:
Office 225-473-3176
Fax 225-473-3256
Mrs. Dana Schexnayder
       (Secretary)
Mr. Ulysses Carbo (DRE)
Mrs. Vicki Hoormann (Bookkeeper)
Mr. Anthony Marcello
     (Facilities/Cemetery)

Office Hours:
Mon-Thurs 8am-12pm, 1pm-3:30pm
      (Closed for Lunch 12-1pm)
Friday 8am-1PM

Physical Locations:

Ascension of Our Lord Church
716 Mississippi St.
Donaldsonville LA 70346

St. Francis of Assisi Church
818 W. 10th St.
Donaldsonville LA 70346
 
EMAIL:
ascensionofourlord@gmail.com

Website:
www.ascensioncatholic.com
www.donaldsonvillecatholics.com
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
he will guide you to all truth. (Jn 16:12-13)

The light of Easter and Pentecost renew every year in us the joy and wonder of faith that recognizes that God is not something vague, or abstract, but has a name: "God is love." The Holy Trinity is not the product of human reasoning, but the face with which God has revealed himself, walking with humanity.
- Pope Francis
Angelus, May 26, 2013
A Eucharistic Community since 1772
Welcome to the website of Ascension of Our Lord and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Churches in historic Donaldsonville, Louisiana.  The establishment of our Catholic faith community pre-dates the establishment of Donaldsonville by 50 years at a time when the United States territory was still served by missionary clergy of the Catholic Church in Europe. We have the distinction of being a community of faith to which St. Elizabeth Ann Seton deployed her missionary Sisters of Charity in the 1800’s and one that was visited personally by St. Katherine Drexel in the early 1900’s. We are also the location of the first ordination of a Catholic bishop in the Louisiana territory in the early 1800’s.  We figure prominently in the earliest ministry of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of France and the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. We are home to the oldest Catholic school in the Diocese of Baton Rouge and one of the largest and most historic Catholic cemeteries in the Diocese of Baton Rouge.