Archdiocese of Louisville Archives

08/27/2026

Seeking your help! We are looking for an actual paper copy (or quality scan) of an October 26, 1978 issue of Louisville Defender Newspaper. The photo is by Anthony Vincent. We would like to use this image in a project and hope to find a better quality image than what is available via microfilm scans and the internet. In the image is Darrell Griffith visiting the former Christ the King School, 44th and Broadway, during Career Week 1978. Please DM if you can help. I have already connected with Louisville Free Public Library and UofL Archives & Special Collections. Many thanks. 🙏

Louisville Men's Basketball

08/26/2026

Saint Louis IX, King of France, patron of the first Roman Catholic church in Louisville, Kentucky. Although the Cathedral of the Assumption will celebrate in 2027 175 years since its dedication on Oct. 3, 1852, the parish is much older having been formed from the faithful community of the previous St. Louis Church that first gathered in 1805 and held its first Mass in the first church on Christmas Day 1811. Later, in 1841, St. Louis Church was elevated to a cathedral when Bishop Flaget moved the see to Louisville. ❤️😊🙏

Saint Louis IX, King of France, pray for us!

07/16/2026

Well said. Thank you, Sam Terry's Kentucky, for remembering the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral today.

05/06/2026

Happy 192nd Birthday 🎂💐🎈🎉 to our second born "daughter" diocese, established on this day in 1834 in the see city of Vincennes, now the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

04/13/2026

53 bears! Can you just imagine? A very interesting post from Sam Terry's Kentucky regarding the first written description in 1750 of Kentucky by the first non-native American, Dr. Thomas Walker. To put this in our local Catholic perspective, it would be another 25 years before the first Catholics (in 1775) would enter the commonwealth - that of the William Coomes family that included Jane Coomes (the first teacher in the commonwealth) and Dr. George Hart (likely the first physician). From 1750, it would be another 35 years before the migration of the Maryland catholics to Kentucky, 11 years for Fr. Charles Nerinckx to be born in Belgium, 13 years for Bishop Flaget to be born in France, 18 years for Fr. Stephen Badin to be born in France, and 43 years for Mother Catherine Spalding to be born in Maryland.

04/08/2026

Happy 218th Birthday to us! 🎂🎂🎂 And to the Archdiocese of Boston, Archdiocese of New York, and the Catholic Church of Philadelphia who were also established on this very same day in 1808 by the Holy Father, Pope Pius VII. It's an odd number to celebrate and it appears that 100 years ago the same sentiment was felt since there was no mention in The Record - Archdiocese of Louisville newspaper on April 8, 1926. Regardless, Happy Birthday, Archdiocese of Louisville! 💐💐💐