Located atop “Catholic Hill” in Florence, Alabama, St. Joseph Church and School have been educating the youth of the Shoals for over 100 years. The name “Catholic Hill” was given to the site by its surrounding residents when it was donated by a non-Catholic, Mrs. Lena Peters, to build a Catholic Church and School in 1898. In the late 1960’s, St. Joseph became a regional school serving the three surrounding parishes of St. Joseph, St. Michael’s and Our Lady of the Shoals.
St. Joseph Regional Catholic School currently serves grades 3K through eighth grade. Even though St. Joseph Regional Catholic School and the surrounding area have encountered many transformations over the past century, the school’s reputation for academic excellence and spiritual growth has continued to flourish and transcend as generations of its graduates have worked to serve the church and its surrounding communities.
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