LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville’s historic black Catholic Church is celebrating its 150th birthday.
St. Augustine Church in the California neighborhood marked the day with a motorcade and walk from the Cathedral of the Assumption to the church, followed by a mass.
According to the Archdiocese of Louisville, the St. Augustine was started in 1870 as parish for black Catholics, 7 years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The church will hold celebrations all year long including a noon mass on Aug. 23 to celebrate St. Augustine’s feast day followed by a picnic in Shawnee Park.
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