HOLY CROSS MEMBER SYLVIA WILSON, RIGHT, IN THIS 2018 PHOTO FROM THE CHURCH’S FRIENDS AND FAMILY DAY.
The 150th Celebration of the Church of the Holy Cross will be held on Friday, May 9, at the Edgewood Country Club, 100 Churchill Road, at 6 p.m.
Sylvia Wilson tells the New Pittsburgh Courier that Right Reverend Michael Bruce Curry, who served as the 27th presiding Bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church, will be the keynote speaker. Bishop Curry is the first and only African American to serve in the position. Harold Hayes, retired KDKA-TV reporter, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies. For more information, call 412-242-3209.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS.
A brief history
Holy Cross had its start on the North Side of Pittsburgh as a place of worship for the Black workers who weren’t accepted in the White churches. The church had a few homes before settling in the Hill District. It was located next to the old Centre Avenue YMCA. In the 1950s, the church moved to its current location at 7507 Kelly Street in Homewood.
Holy Cross played a large role in Pittsburgh’s Civil Rights Movement, when, under the leadership of Canon Junius Carter, Alma Speed Fox was a Holy Cross member and her role at that time with both the church and the NAACP was unparalleled.
Mrs. Mary Lou Stone began the HBCU college tours from Holy Cross. She connected her students at Westinghouse High School and also the youth at Holy Cross with this visitation. The college tour has grown and still exists in Pittsburgh as others took on the task of managing the HBCU tours.
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