April 19, 2019

From the Archives

Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter poses for a photograph in French Lick

In this photo are then-Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter, right, and Jesuit Brother John Kleinhenz, a seminarian for the Society of Jesus at the former West Baden College in West Baden Springs. The photo was taken on Feb. 5, 1945, at Our Lady of the Springs Church in nearby French Lick. Brother Kleinhenz was ordained a priest for the Jesuits at West Baden College on June 18, 1952. West Baden College was a Jesuit seminary that opened in 1934 on the grounds of the former West Baden Springs Hotel, which had closed during the Great Depression. The college closed in 1964, and the property had several other uses before reopening as the West Baden Springs Hotel in 2007.

In this photo are then-Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter, right, and Jesuit Brother John Kleinhenz, a seminarian for the Society of Jesus at the former West Baden College in West Baden Springs. The photo was taken on Feb. 5, 1945, at Our Lady of the Springs Church in nearby French Lick. Brother Kleinhenz was ordained a priest for the Jesuits at West Baden College on June 18, 1952. West Baden College was a Jesuit seminary that opened in 1934 on the grounds of the former West Baden Springs Hotel, which had closed during the Great Depression. The college closed in 1964, and the property had several other uses before reopening as the West Baden Springs Hotel in 2007.
 

(Would you like to comment on or share information about this photo? Contact archdiocesan archivist Julie Motyka at 800-382-9836, ext. 1538; 317-236-1538; or by e-mail at jmotyka@archindy.org.)

 

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