Photo History
A collection of photos and documents of our history and leadership.
St. Joseph Catholic Community Heritage
Archbishop Shelton J Fabre visited the historical St. Joseph Church, Cemetery and Community Center.
Reverend Scott J. Wimsett has been appointed pastor of St Francis Xavier Church in Raywick, KY, St. Charles Church in St. Mary, KY and St. Joseph Church in Little St. Joe, KY. This assignment will coincide with the termination of his responsibilities at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
Father Wimsett, who was born in Bardstown, KY, and grew up in New Haven, KY, was ordained on May 28, 1988. He attended major seminary at Saint Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore MD.
Fr. Scott Wimsett celebrant of the 115 year anniversary Mass, Saturday August 05, 2023
Knight of Columbus Donation $6,024.00 to St. Joseph Catholic Community Heritage, for restoration project of the 1908 St. Joseph Church.
Pictured September 14, 2023; front row, Nicole Hughes Smith, Will Knight; back row Barry Brady, Sandy Thompson Peterson, John Coyle, and Steve Coyle
St. Joseph Catholic Community Heritage was inspired by the Holy Father, (Pope Francis, Message to Conference on Integrated Management of Ecclesiastical Cultural Heritage, November 29-30, 2018). Letter was written to His Excellency, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America regarding the new catholic nonprofit and the desire to make the Holy Father aware his words inspired these efforts.
We were so excited about getting a response in such a short order from His Excellency Archbishop Cristophe Pierre.
His Eminence
Christophe Cardinal Pierre
Cardinal-Deacon
Cardinal Christophe Pierre was born on January 30, 1946 in Rennes, France. He completed his primary education in Antisirabé, Madagascar, and his secondary schooling in Saint-Malo, France, and in Marrakech, Morocco. He attended the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Rennes (1963-1969) and the Catholic Institute of Paris (1969-1971).
He did Military Service from July 1965, to October 1966. He was ordained a priest on April 5, 1970, in Saint-Malo, France and incardinated in the Archdiocese of Rennes. He was Parochial Vicar of the St. Peter and St. Paul Parish in Colombes, Diocese of Nanterre, France (1970-1973).
He has a Masters in Sacred Theology (Paris, 1971) and a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome (1973-1977). He completed his studies at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, in Rome (1973-1977), and joined the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See on March 5, 1977.
He was appointed first to the Pontifical Representation in New Zealand and the Islands of the Pacific Ocean (1977-1981). Subsequently he served in Mozambique (1981); in Zimbabwe (1982-1986); in Cuba (1986-1989); in Brazil (1989-1991); at the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland (1991-1995).
He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio and elected Titular Archbishop of Gunela on July 12, 1995, receiving Episcopal Consecration on September 24, 1995, in Saint-Malo, France.
Cardinal Pierre served as Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti from 1995 until 1999. He was then appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda (1999-2007) and subsequently to Mexico (2007-2016). On April 12th, 2016, Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America.
On July 9th, 2023, Pope Francis announced his intention to elevate him to the College of Cardinals. At the Public Consistory of September 30th, 2023, he was created Cardinal Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo.
Cardinal Pierre speaks French, English, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
The encapsulation system, closed off the foundation vents using woven encapsulation material to cover the crawlspace floor and foundation walls. Dehumidifier system, air exchange system and sump pump system were installed to keep the humidity low while controlling moisture and ventilation of stale air for the crawlspace area.
Final phase of floor stabilization which included galvanized steel supplemental beam with smart jack supports.
Jordan Brady and crew began renovation efforts in the historical Church building, removing old carpets from the choir loft, stairway and front foyer. Assessing the needed repairs, some plaster was removed and replaced with drywall. The banisters around the choir loft and staircasing needed tightening and secured supports. The timbers under the foyer area needed new supports to tightening up the floor in this area. New base trim was installed on the front wall of the church in the choir loft.
Jordan Brady is the Great Grandson of Hilman Brady, son of Frank Brady, who cut the original wooden shingle roof for the 1908 St. Joseph Church.
Ronnie Gribbins repaired and painted the ceiling under the choir loft.
Phillip Gootee was contracted to oversee the plaster wall repairs and paint the church. The drywallers were Timmy and Adam Hallmark of Marion County. The project was started the last week of June 2024 and completed the last week of July 2024. Phillip Gootee done an amazing JOB. The Historical Church has never looked better. Project Cost $12,208.22
New Deanery 7 Very Reverend Scott J. Wimsett, V.F.
The Archdiocese of Louisville has adopted a new administrative model that organizes the parishes into eight groupings known as deaneries.
The new model replaces the previous arrangement, which divided the archdiocese’s parishes into 11 regions.