Historic Timeline

Nursing School closes.

Queen of Peace Catholic School closed because of low enrollment.

Catholic Social Ministry opens, provides social outreach and emergency assistance to poor and health care for the elderly.

A.M. Hayden Health Center, Uniontown, founded health care for medically underserved and poor population of rural Perry County.

Grace Busse Memorial Health Center, Pine Apple, founded health care for medically underserved and impoverished population of rural Wilcox County, one of the poorest counties in the nation.

Lowndes County Catholic Center, Mosses, founded, educational programs to children in rural Lowndes County and outreach to the elderly.

Community Health Center of West Wilcox County, Alberta, founded health care for the poor in medically underserved and geographically isolated communities.

Father Roger La Charite, S.S.E., Missions Director from 1980 to 2006, and Rev. Houston Anderson, St. Paul's C.M.E. Church, visit the new Bosco Food Kitchen they started in east Selma in 1983.

Don Bosco Nutrition Center, Selma, opens, serves hot meals free daily, 365 days a year.

Selma’s own African American priest Father Anderson is consecrated a bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit.

St. Edmund's Learning Center, Selma, opens, educational program offers G.E.D. classes, teen parenting courses, after school program and summer enrichment.

Pine Apple Learning Centeropens, educational program includes preschool classes, after school program, G.E.D. program and summer enrichment.

Vredenburgh Health Center founded, health care provided for the poor in a medically underserved rural area.

Pine Apple Community Center, Wilcox County, founded, center provides daily adult day care for seniors and hot lunch program.

Edmundite priest assigned to St. Peter Claver Parish, New Orleans Father Michael Jacques, S.S.E.

St. Joseph Education Center, Vredenburgh, opens, educational program includes preschool classes, after school program, G.E.D. classes and summer enrichment.