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Robert Bruillette's aunt Evelyn with Father Joe Benson Sr. outside of St. Peter and Paul…

A priest in cassock stands outside a brick church building with two women nearby, one holding his hand, in this cracked 1947 photograph from St. Peter and Paul church, New Orleans.

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Do You Know What it Means

Robert Bruillette's aunt Evelyn with Father Joe Benson Sr. outside of St. Peter and Paul church, New Orleans, 1947.

This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman, Professor of History at Nunez Community College. Nunez Community College is located in Chalmette, in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. In 2005 it was heavily damaged by flooding due to Hurricane Katrina.

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Item 26749

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“Robert Bruillette's aunt Evelyn with Father Joe Benson Sr. outside of St. Peter and Paul…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26749.

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