Restoration of Historic Site for the SCN and the Federation

A 200 year old Log House named after Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget is being restored. It was in this house where Bishop Flaget once lived, where the early administration of the diocese of Bardstown, KY formed in 1808 took place, where the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth had their roots and where the first seminarians of the new diocese studied.

Sr. Theresa Capria, SC writes… “Bishop Flaget brought from France a copy of the rule given to the first Daughters of Charity by St. Vincent de Paul in 1647. When Elizabeth Seton read the rule, she immediately identified with it. And so in 1812, with minor adaptations, the rule of St. Vincent was adopted by the new community. In time the Emmitsburg foundation spread to New York, Cincinnati, Halifax, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.”

Now there is an article in the Catholic News Service…
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (CNS) — A capital campaign has begun to preserve the historic structure where the roots of Catholicism in Kentucky — and in an expansive area west of the Allegheny Mountains — were planted about two centuries ago. That structure is a more-than-200-year-old log house located next to St. Thomas Church just south of Bardstown.

The two-story building, constructed in 1795, is called the Benedict Joseph Flaget Log House — named after the first bishop of the Bardstown Diocese, the forerunner to the Archdiocese of Louisville. It was in this house where Bishop Flaget once lived, where the early administration of the diocese formed in 1808 took place, where the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth had their roots and where the first seminarians of the new diocese studied.

The house is a “symbol of the early period” of the Catholic Church in Kentucky, said Father Steve Pohl, pastor of St. Thomas Parish. Father Pohl also is one of 12 members of the Log House Restoration Committee, which is directing the restoration project and conducting the $1.2 million fund-raising campaign.
Souce: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20031230.htm

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