Virgin Island

Today the island is kept up like a small parish ground. Church members built a bulkhead against erosion, enlarged the gazebo and laid out a walking rosary, and some gather there most afternoons to pray. Mass is said on the island twice a year, in May and October, with worshippers arriving on foot and by boat and filling both banks of the bayou. The pastor has described Mary as the rock of the community. The island sits across the water from St. Joseph the Worker church.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Chitimacha Museum — 20 mi
  The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana's own museum at Charenton: the tribe's account of its territory, the French wars and enslavement, the land held in trust, and river cane baskets.
• Grevemberg House Museum — 20 mi
  Franklin's 1851 Greek Revival townhouse, the official St. Mary Parish museum, saved from demolition by one vote and set in the Franklin Historic District on Bayou Teche.
• Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum — 20 mi
  A Louisiana State Museum in Patterson on the world's largest cypress sawmill town and the Wedell-Williams racing planes, with a theater and changing exhibits.
• E. D. White Historic Site — 21 mi
  A National Historic Landmark house of about 1790 on Bayou Lafourche, built by enslaved people and home to two Whites, a governor and a Chief Justice, with an exhibit on the bayou's history.

More markers nearby

• Pierre Part Bay — steps away
• Virgin Island — steps away
• Grand Bayou — 6.0 mi
• Christ Episcopal Church — 11 mi