"[The] constituent Church of St. Monica was founded following a petition by African-American Catholics to open a parish for their community following a stiff welcome in local White parishes. [5] Black women... met with Bishop John Noll... [and] the church opened the same year."
Ss. Monica and Luke Catholic Church in Gary, Indiana, has closed after roughly a century, the result of a mutual discernment process with the diocese to assess long-term sustainability.
The historic parish, home to many African Americans, held its final Mass on Pentecost Sunday.