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Holy Ghost High School (1874–1971) was a private, Black Catholic secondary school founded in Opelousas, Louisiana, in 1874. It was the first Catholic parochial school for Black students in the parish. It also was named St. Joseph’s Academy for Colored, [1] St. Joseph Convent, [2] St. Joseph School, [2] Holy Ghost School, [1] and Holy Ghost ...
Holy Ghost High School, a segregated African American Catholic school was closed in 1971, and merged along with Academy of the Immaculate Conception (AIC), a segregated White Catholic school, into Opelousas Catholic School in September 1971. [2] [3] [4]
Church of the Holy Ghost or Holy Ghost Catholic Church may refer to: ... Opelousas, Louisiana, United States; Holy Ghost Preparatory School (1897–present), ...
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Catholic families in Louisiana took in more than 2,000 mostly Catholic orphans to live in their rural farming communities. [14] In the year 1920, segregation at St Landry Catholic Church led local Black Catholics to establish their own parish, Holy Ghost. It has since grown to become the largest Black parish in the United States.
St. Landry Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Opelousas, Louisiana. It is dedicated to Saint Landry of Paris (Bishop c. AD 650). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The current church building, in Gothic and Romanesque Revival style, was completed in 1909. [ 4 ]
Schools of the Sacred Heart is a complex of two Catholic single-sex private schools for grades Pre-Kindergarten-3 through grade 12 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana.. The Academy of the Sacred Heart, is a PK3–12 girls' school founded in 1821 with residential accommodations for students in grades 9 through 12.