Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2010 The expansion of the St. Joseph Altar in south Louisiana Nara Maria Ersilia Crowley Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. THE EXPANSION OF THE ST. JOSEPH ALTAR IN SOUTH LOUISIANA A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Arts in The Interdepartmental Program in Liberal Arts by Nara Maria Ersilia Crowley B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2001 May, 2010 DEDICATION There are not enough words to express how grateful I am to my husband, Bill, who encouraged me to complete my undergraduate degree, and to move forward with my endeavors to pursue my master‟s. I don‟t think he bargained for the timeless hours spent to research and complete my thesis; however, Bill repeated many times, “Do not to give up.” He also added much perspective from his family‟s Italian heritage.