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A directory of Roman Catholic institutions from the 1960s listed 108 Catholic grade schools in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. [2] By 2005 suburban flight contributed to the decline of Catholic schools in the Detroit area. There were no Catholic schools left in Hamtramck by that year, and in the Detroit city limits there were 12. [3]
The Detroit Eight Mile Wall, also referred to as Detroit's Wailing Wall, Berlin Wall or The Birwood Wall, is a one-foot-thick (0.30 m), six-foot-high (1.8 m) separation wall that stretches about 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) in length. 1 foot (0.30 m) is buried in the ground and the remaining 5 feet (1.5 m) is visible to the community. It was ...
St. Josaphat Church, 715 E. Canfield St, Detroit, Parish founded in 1889 [13] 1901 Sweetest Heart of Mary Church, 4440 Russell St., Detroit Parish founded in 1889. Our Lady Queen of Apostles 3851 Prescott St, Hamtramck, Parish founded in 1917 [14] St. Florian Parish 1909 2626 Poland St. Hamtramck, Parish founded in 1907 [15] St. Hyacinth
St. Anthony High School (Detroit) Saint Martin de Porres High School (Detroit) St. Mary of Redford High School; St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church (Jackson, Michigan) Salesian High School (Detroit) Servite High School (Detroit) St. Agatha High School (Michigan) St. Ambrose High School (Grosse Pointe, Michigan) St. Andrew High School (Detroit)
The School was dedicated on September 12, 1926 by the Right Reverend Joseph C. Plagens, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit. On September 14, 1926, De La Salle Collegiate was officially opened to students. A total of eighty-five boys, including the freshman class temporarily using the St. David’s School, presented themselves for admission.
In the 1964-1965 school year, there were 360 schools operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, with about 110 grade schools in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park and 55 high schools in those three cities. There were a total of 203,000 students in the Catholic schools.
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These included 110 primary schools and 55 secondary schools. The Catholic school population decreased over the decades due to the increase of charter schools, the rise in tuition at Catholic schools, the small number of African-American Catholics, the exodus of White Catholics to the suburbs, and the decreased number of teaching nuns. [93]