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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church is located in Atlanta
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Location in Atlanta
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church is located in Georgia (U.S. state)
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Location in Georgia (U.S. state)
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church is located in the United States
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Location in the United States
33°45′17″N 84°22′19″W / 33.75472°N 84.37194°W / 33.75472; -84.37194
Location Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Denomination Catholic Church
History
Founded November 1912
Founder(s) Ignatius Lissner
Dedication Our Lady of Lourdes
Administration
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
Province Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church is a Catholic Church in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Located in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, the church was established as a mission in 1912 and is a contributing property of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park.

History

The church was established in November 1912 by Ignatius Lissner with funding from Katharine Drexel, who had founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (SBS). The church was located in Sweet Auburn, an African American neighborhood in Atlanta, and shared a high degree of ecumenism with several Protestant churches in the neighborhood. The church, originally known as Our Lady of Lourdes Colored Mission, was built as a three-story combination church and school, and Lissner served as its first pastor. At the time, it was the second Catholic mission intended to serve African Americans in Georgia and the first in Atlanta. The church is located on the same block as the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr., who as a kid would often play on the parish grounds. During the civil rights movement, many church members protested for increased civil rights. The school would remain active until 2001, when it closed due to a lack of funding from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta.

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