Established 1885 Principal Amy Elstone Founder Catherine McAuley | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic President Mike Johnson Phone +1 502-671-2010 Founded 1885 | |
Motto Excellence and Compassion for Life Similar Assumpti High School, Sacred Heart Academy, Trinity High School Marshall, Saint Xavier High Sch, Louisville Male High School Profiles | ||
Mercy academy getting national attention for new campaign
Mercy Academy, in full, The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, is an all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Louisville, Kentucky that opened in 1885 and is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.
Contents
- Mercy academy getting national attention for new campaign
- Class of 2013 mercy academy final hall running
- References
In 1869, the first Sisters of Mercy in Louisville arrived from their community in St. Louis to run a struggling Federal Marine Hospital. They began a teaching ministry. By 1872, they had established St. Catherine Academy, and in 1885, they conferred the first high school diplomas under the name of The Academy of Our Lady of Mercy. The high school program continued to grow until a new facility was needed. The Sisters opened a new Academy building at 1176 East Broadway in 1901, where it was to remain until 2007.
Mercy Academy is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, and is currently located on a 24-acre (97,000 m2) campus at 5801 Fegenbush Lane in Southeast Jefferson County near the Hurstbourne Lane Extension, with General Electric's Appliance Park complex on the opposite side of Fegenbush Lane, though hidden from direct view by a wooded buffer zone. Mercy was named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 2000.