Beschrijving
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. St. Aloysius’ Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Carthagena, an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio, United States. Built in the late nineteenth century, it remains the home of an active parish, and it has been designated a historic site because of its well-preserved architecture. The community of Carthagena was founded in 1835 by Quakers as a settlement for freed slaves. Due to hostility from their white neighbors, the settlement was disorganized and its residents forced to leave the area by 1857. Local Catholics began to purchase large amounts of land in Cathagena from the departing blacks in 1856; they grew strong enough to establish a school and a cemetery in 1860, and St. Aloysius’ Church was canonically erected in 1865. In their earliest years, the people worshipped in the chapel of the adjacent St. Charles Seminary. Throughout its history, the church has been significantly influenced by the seminary, which trained the priests of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood and provided pastors for the church.