📜 Historic seminary, first in America to train Black Catholic priests.🔍 Founded in 1920, moved to Bay St. Louis in 1923. # Why Go ⭐ Explore a site of historic progress in the Catholic Church and significant civil rights history📚 Learn about the challenges faced by Black Catholic priests⛪ Visit the Divine Word Chapel, part of a Historic District🌳 See the Marian Lourdes Grotto and Sacred Heart Shrine, open to the public # Why Avoid 🚫 Permanently closed as a seminary. # Tips 📍 Located in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, it now serves as a retreat center and headquarters for African-American Catholic news.📞 Lourdes Grotto open by appointment.