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Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Frenchtown, an area within the Fifth Ward of Houston. It was the second black Catholic church to be established in the city,〔Catholic Youth Organization, Diocese of Galveston. Houston District. ''Centennial: The Story of the Kingdom of God on Earth in that Portion of the Vineyard which for One Hundred Years Has Been the Diocese of Galveston''. Catholic Youth Organization, Centennial Book Committee, 1947. p. (76 ). "Our Mother of Mercy Church, the second Negro parish to be established in Houston, was founded in June, 1929. Bishop Christopher E. Byrne purchased two city blocks, on Sumpter Street, and ground was()" ("Negro" is an outdated term for African-American).〕 and it was the first Louisiana Creole Catholic church in Houston.〔Evans, David. ''Ramblin' on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues'' (African American Music in Global Perspective). University of Illinois Press, January 2, 2008. ISBN 0252091124, 9780252091124. p. (363 ).〕 It is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. ==History== For a period the closest black church to the Fifth Ward was St. Nicholas, located in the Third Ward. In the 1920s a group of Louisiana Creole people attended the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church because OLG was the closest church to Frenchtown.〔Steptoe, Tyina Leaneice (University of Wisconsin-Madison). ''Dixie West: Race, Migration, and the Color Lines in Jim Crow Houston'' (PhD thesis for a history degree). ProQuest, 2008. ISBN 0549635874, 9780549635871. p. (195 ).〕 Because the OLG church treated the Creole people in a discriminatory manner, by forcing them to confess and take communion after people of other races did so and after forcing them to take the back pews,〔Steptoe, Tyina Leaneice (University of Wisconsin-Madison). ''Dixie West: Race, Migration, and the Color Lines in Jim Crow Houston'' (PhD thesis for a history degree). ProQuest, 2008. ISBN 0549635874, 9780549635871. p. (195 )-(196 ).〕 the Creoles opted to build their own church.〔Steptoe, Tyina Leaneice (University of Wisconsin-Madison). ''Dixie West: Race, Migration, and the Color Lines in Jim Crow Houston'' (PhD thesis for a history degree). ProQuest, 2008. ISBN 0549635874, 9780549635871. p. (196 ).〕 In order to acquire funds, Creole families hosted dinners, dances, and parties. They served Louisiana Creole cuisine, using the food to acquire the means to build the church.〔Pruitt, p. (78 ).〕 In 1928 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston purchased two city blocks along Sumpter Street: the 4000 block and the 4100 block. On April 28, 1928, the groundbreaking occurred. The building was completed in the northern hemisphere spring of 1929. The Josephite Society financed the church.〔Pruitt, p. (115 ).〕 The Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church was officially founded in June 1929.〔 On June 9, 1929, Galveston-Houston bishop Byrne blessed the church.〔 The school opened several years later.〔 The church became a diocesan church on June 30, 1930. The school, Our Mother of Mercy School, opened as a school for grades 1 through 12 in the northern hemisphere fall of 1930.〔"(History of the Church )." Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church. Retrieved on April 18, 2014.〕 A convent and rectory were established on the property.〔 By World War II, over half of Houston's black Catholics had attended the church, and over 4,000 black children, both Catholic and non-Catholic, had attended its school.〔 Other black churches in Acres Homes, Sunnyside, Trinity Gardens, and other communities used Our Mother of Mercy as a feeder church.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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