Interior

ID: 1203 ~ Source: Hannah O'Daniel ~ Creator: Hannah O'Daniel ~ Date: 2015

This file appears in: St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church

Interior of the current church building. On the right is a statue of Joseph and a large crucifix. Both date to 1837.
Image courtesy of Hannah O'Daniel.

This file appears in: St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church

St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church

By Carl Creason, Hannah O'Daniel, Katherine Gann, Daniel Michael, and Leanna Smith

St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church exemplifies the enduring strength of Roman Catholicism in southern Indiana. In the 1820s, Catholic priests began visiting several families in Lafayette Township, six miles north of New Albany, to celebrate…