Show tiny louisiana church houses one worshiper new orleans there Is a little church in louisiana called madonna chapel which accod accommodates only one person at a time the church battered unpainted and weather beaten stands tn in a field between point pleasant and bayou bouls ten miles from the town of plaque mine it Is still abed for worship legend says saya that more than thirty years ago an italian living in that section had a very sick wife lie ile prayed for her recovery promising a shrine if his prayers were answered the wife got well and so he built the tiny J church the church Is of octagon shape made or of lumber A wooden cross crogg graces the steeple it has one colored glass window years ago inhabitants of 0 the district placed costly gifts at t the lie shrine e to la recognition of favors granted history says that gold got and diamonds along with discarded crutches and braces graced the altar whether that be so or not the fact remains today that some of the discarded braces and crutches still clutter the charel chapel rut but the diamonds and other valuables are gone |