St. Augustine's

ID: 2387 ~ Source: Jeffersonville Township Public Library ~ Creator: Diane Stepro ~ Date: 2020
This file appears in: Unwelcome Children
St. Augustine's

One of the oldest Catholic churches in predominantly Protestant Jeffersonville, St. Augustine's was the church home to many of the Catholic children placed elsewhere by Jeffersonville court authorities. Construction on the building shown here began around the time of the Civil War.

This file appears in: Unwelcome Children

By Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Rather than run a local orphanage, Catholic churches in much of Southern Indiana sent children to large orphanages elsewhere. In America, Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish organizations vied to prevent people from leaving their flocks and to recruit…