About St. Edward the Confessor · Fishville, Louisiana
St. Edward the Confessor is a small Catholic mission church located in the unincorporated community of Fishville, Louisiana, in rural Grant Parish. It is not an independent parish but rather a mission served by St. Mary Church in neighboring Jena, where the parish office, mailing address, and sacramental records are maintained. The community belongs to the Diocese of Alexandria and is pastored by Father Daniel Hart, with Deacon Lee Moreau assisting. Worshippers gather for Mass four times a week in this quiet Highway 8 church, a fixture in the small Catholic presence of central Louisiana's piney woods.
- Patron
- St. Edward the Confessor (King of England, builder of Westminster Abbey)
- Rector
- Rev. Daniel Hart
- Diocese
- Diocese of Alexandria (Louisiana)
Why belong here
St. Edward the Confessor offers a small, close-knit Catholic community in the Fishville/Hwy 8 corridor of central Louisiana, ideal for families and individuals seeking a quiet rural Mass. Although modest in size, the mission provides four Masses each week (Saturday Vigil, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday) with confession before each Mass, and is shepherded by Father Daniel Hart of St. Mary Church in Jena alongside Deacon Lee Moreau. Visiting or joining means being welcomed into a faith family that is small enough to know each other but rooted in the larger diocesan life of the Diocese of Alexandria.
Mass times at St. Edward the Confessor
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Before all Masses
About St. Edward the Confessor, Fishville
St. Edward the Confessor is a Catholic mission church located at 2711 Highway 8 in the small unincorporated community of Fishville, in Grant Parish, central Louisiana. The mission is part of the Diocese of Alexandria and serves as a satellite worship site of St. Mary Church in nearby Jena. It is pastored by Rev. Daniel Hart with the assistance of Deacon Lee Moreau. Because it is a mission rather than a full parish, administration, sacramental records, and the parish office are maintained through St. Mary's in Jena.
Clergy and Staff
The mission is staffed by a priest and deacon serving the broader cluster of St. Mary, Jena. The pastor oversees both St. Mary's and its mission of St. Edward the Confessor.
- Rev. Daniel Hart — Pastor
- Deacon Lee Moreau — Deacon
Diocese and Deanery
St. Edward the Confessor belongs to the Diocese of Alexandria in central Louisiana. In 2017, under then-Bishop David Talley, St. Mary's of Jena and its mission of St. Edward in Fishville were moved from the Central Deanery to the Eastern Deanery as part of a realignment of canonical deanery boundaries.
- Diocese: Diocese of Alexandria
- Deanery: Eastern Deanery
- Listed in the Diocese of Alexandria parish directory as a Mission
Parish Office and Mailing Address
Because St. Edward is a mission of St. Mary, Jena, all administrative mail should be directed to the parish office at St. Mary's in Jena. The parish office at St. Mary's is open on Tuesdays from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, and the office phone number listed for the cluster is (318) 709-9092.
- Mailing Address: 1571 North 2nd Street, Jena, LA 71342
- Parish Office Phone: (318) 709-9092
- Parish Office Hours (St. Mary, Jena): Tuesday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Community Life and Devotions
Though small, the mission maintains a visible devotional life. In October 2023, parishioners gathered at the church to recite the rosary together in honor of the Month of the Rosary — a sign of the warm, prayerful community present at this rural mission.
- October 2023 community rosary gathering for the Month of the Rosary
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Rev. Daniel Hart2022–present
Appointed Pastoral Administrator of St. Mary Church, Jena and St. Edward Church, Fishville effective July 1, 2022 by Bishop Robert W. Marshall Jr.; formally installed as Pastor on September 30, 2023.