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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church historical marker

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Hooks, Byron

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Location: 25 Boulevard N..E, AtlantaText of marker: "Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Atlanta's First African-American Catholic Church. Our Lady of Lourdes was established in November 1912 by Father Ignatius Lissner as the first African-American Catholic church in Atlanta. Father Lissner received funding for the church and parish school from Mother Katharine Drexel, a Pennsylvania heiress who founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS), an order established to serve and support African and Native Americans. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Lourdes parishioners, including SBS nuns, participated in protest activities as part of the Old Fourth Ward community. The SBS staffed Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School until 1974. The school closed in 2001 when the Archdiocese of Atlanta could no longer provide funding. The building is now the Katharine Drexel Community Center. 2013.5 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church 60-10"

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Digital Library of Georgia

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Churches
  2. African Americans
  3. Atlanta
  4. Fulton County
  5. Georgia
  6. Historical Markers

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