Ménard, Father Charles M., Thibodauxville, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1845 September 17

Ménard sends a copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting held August 7 by the trustees of a Catholic Corporation 4 leagues below Thibodaux on Bayou Lafourche. It speaks of a certain quota for each member of their congregation; Ménard foresees difficulty for some to pay this. He also foresees some repugnance to a conctact with him. As for the note of Joseph Nicolas, president, he never talked of that seriously. The council is composed of Nicolas, Benjamin Fols, Jacques Fols, Evariste Lépine ?, Jean Gervais and Estival Baudoin . Prosper Aubert is secretary-treasurer. These men are influential and for the most part, rich and all well disposed. Their land is a front of six arpents, 40 feet deep on the right bank of the Bayou. Ménard says Mass in the neighborhood the first Thursday of every month. Ménard asks permission to continue, as in the time of Father Henry Boutelou de St. Aubin to give Benediction on the first Sunday of the month and on feast days. If Blanc could visit St. Joseph parish in December he would have a number to confirm. A.L.S. French Enclosure: