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.


Showing posts with label Oklahoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oklahoma. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Can You Help Identify these Locations or People? UPDATED (6/30/20)

This query came to the page and maybe some can help identify the place in these photos?  "My brothers and I were in a children's home in Oklahoma between 1949-1952.  Can you confirm if we were at St. Joseph's.  Wesley John Stevens; Sharon Lynn Stevens, Edward Price Stevens.  The two older children would have been there in 1949; the youngest would have joined us in Jan 1952.  Attached is a picture of the two older children on the steps of what I've always believed to be the home.  I have checked with the Baptist's Childrens home and they have no record of us.  Your assistance is very much appreciated.
Imprint says "Libbey Hall" at top of the building, "Children's Home" over porch. ca. 1949 Location unknown.  THIS APPEARS TO BE THE CHILDREN'S HOME OR ORPHANAGE AT TIPTON, OKLAHOMA. <https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc485347/?q=Tipton>  that was a Church of Christ facility.


Location unknown ca. 1950 - Maybe in Kansas or Oklahoma
If you can help - post a comment. Thanks!

UPDATE: Location for above photos has been positively linked to a Kansas Methodist facility.

Monday, April 22, 2013

REUNION PLANNED FOR JUNE 1, 2013


Here is an invitation for all Former Residents and Staff of St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Bethany, Oklahoma
"Did you hear about the reunion...?"
and St. Joseph’s Children’s Home in Oklahoma City. 

REUNION - SAVE THE DATE - SPEAD THE WORD
A reunion of former residents and staff members of St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Bethany, Oklahoma, and St. Joseph’s Children’s Home in Oklahoma City is being planned for Saturday, June 1, 2013.  Arrangements are pending. 

If you ever lived or worked at the orphanage or children’s home and would like to receive information about this reunion, please mail, e-mail or phone your contact information to Jane Moon, Catholic Charities, 1501 N. Classen Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73106, jmoon@catholiccharitiesok.org, 405-526-2308.

The home was opened in 1912 in Bethany, Oklahoma and later moved to Oklahoma City.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Sisters

Over the decades many orders of religious were in residence at  St. Joseph.   These included :The Sisters of Mercy, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the Sisters of the Most Blessed Trinity, the Carmelites, Benedictines, and Missionary Sisters of the Most Blessed Trinity.  These will be individually profiled in upcoming entries, as well as their role in Oklahoma history.

On August 1, 1912 a group of sisters arrived to prepare the facility to receive children.  These included Sister Mary Scholastica  (Superior), Sister Mary Anthony, Sister Mary Raphael, Sister Mary Ambrose (Of the Sisters of Mercy in Oklahoma City).