Photos: Inside the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans' community solar project
The Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East.
Sister Judith Therese Barial walks through the site where the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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Sister Judith Therese Barial walks past a crate of solar panels at the site where the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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Sister Judith Therese Barial gestures toward solar panels at the site where the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE
Sister Judith Therese Barial stands beside solar panels at the site where the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE
Sister Judith Therese Barial speaks with a reporter before a tour of the site where the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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Sister Judith Therese Barial, left, and Sister Alicia Christina Costa look over the construction site where the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE
Sister Judith Therese Barial walks through the site where the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE
Construction equipment is seen at the site where the Sisters of the Holy Family and Together New Orleans are developing a 22-acre community solar farm on the congregation's motherhouse property in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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Sister Alicia Christina Costa walks through the Sisters of the Holy Family motherhouse while discussing the history of the congregation in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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A display about Henriette Delille's prayer book is seen at the Sisters of the Holy Family motherhouse in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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Sister Alicia Christina Costa, left, and Sister Judith Therese Barial stand inside the chapel at the Sisters of the Holy Family motherhouse in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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Sister Alicia Christina Costa, left, and Sister Judith Therese Barial walk through the Community Lighthouse at the Sisters of the Holy Family motherhouse in New Orleans East on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE
