A HISTORY

Saint Joseph's Industrial School and Orphanage, and later Home for the Aged, Bethany, Oklahoma.

It opened in 1912 and by the time it closed in the 1965 several thousand children, and aged, had been cared for by the facility.


Friday, December 21, 2012

ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHANAGE AND HOME FOR THE AGED

In 1921, the original articles of incorporation for the institution were amended to include the addition of a new arm of care offered at St. Joseph's. (Southwest Courier, Diocesan Golden Jubilee, undated, pg. 97).

The social needs were great for both children and the elderly. It was an innovative concept for the two groups to be united and provide what was lacking for each.


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