Our History
1699 – D‘Iberville lands in Bay St. Louis
1847 – 1859 – St. Stanislaus Buteux, our first pastor
1854 to present – Saint Stanislaus College
1855 to 1967 – St. Joseph’s Academy
1858 – Our Lady of the Woods’ Shrine
1868 to 1976 – St. Rose de Lima School
1869 to 1966 – “Rip’s University” the “Back School” at SSC
1960 to 1976 – Our Lady of the Gulf School
1971 to present – Our Lady Academy
1982 – Sisters of Mercy come to OLA
1976 to 2006 – OLG and St. Rose become Bay Catholic Elementary
August 29, 2005 – Hurricane Katrina
2006 to present– Our Lady of the Gulf, St. Rose de Lima, and St. Clare merge to become Holy Trinity