Unearthing Florida- Mission San Luis

Buried just beneath the red clay soil of the Tallahassee hills lies the remains of almost a dozen thriving Spanish Catholic missions.

Shortly after the founding of St. Augustine in 1565, missions were established along the Atlantic coastal plain and ...

Unearthing Florida- Emanuel Point Ship Wreck #1

In shallow water near downtown Pensacola lies the second oldest shipwreck ever found in US waters.

It was part of the 1559 Luna Expedition. Tristan de Luna was a conquistador ad governor charged with establishing the first Spanish settlement north ...

Saint Joseph Catholic Parish and School

Originally part of St. Michael's Parish, St. Joseph's School for Creoles and St. Joseph's School for the Colored opened in 1877.

In the late 1880s, Mrs. Mercedes Sunday Ruby, petitioned Bishop Jeremiah O'Sullivan of the Mobile Diocese to establish a ...

Sacred Heart Cathedral Church

Sacred Heart Parish was established in the East Hill section of Pensacola in 1905 to meet the growing demand for a Catholic Church in the area. The first church was near completion when it was destroyed by the Hurricane of ...

Saint Stephen's School and Parish

Saint Stephen Catholic Church and Parish was founded in 1922. As a part of its commitment to Catholic Education, the parish opened a school in 1934, serving about 150 students. Benedictine Sisters from Cullman, Alabama, ran and taught at the ...

Little Flower Parish and School

Little Flower Parish and School located in the Myrtle Grove area of West Pensacola, was founded in 1945 and 1946 respectively-- the latter by four Dominican Sisters from New York. Converted Old World War II barracks served as the original ...

FDR Memorial

Dedicated on May 3, 1997, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial celebrates the profound legacy of courage, optimism and social conscience credited to the 32nd president of the United States. The memorial depicts Roosevelt's influence over twelve years of American history, ...

St. Thomas More Catholic Church

St. Thomas More Catholic Church began as a small, four-room building in 1954.

Construction of a new church began in 1955 and by Christmas of the following year, the parish celebrated its first Mass in the unfinished building. The construction ...

Old Sacred Heart Hospital

Founded in 1915, Sacred Heart Hospital was the joint effort of a group of local citizens and the Daughters of Charity.

The Daughters of Charity is a religious community of women founded by Elizabeth Bailey Seton in 1633 dedicated to caring ...

Old City Cemetery

Opened in 1852 on land donated by steamboat captain Charles Willey, the Old City Cemetery was the primary burial ground for Jacksonville's pre-1880 residents. Sections were dedicated for Freedmen, confederate soldiers, Jews, masons and Catholics. Members of Jacksonville's pioneer black ...