Sister Janet Bucher had a mission before retiring in July as Covington’s Church of Our Savior Pastoral Administrator and Parish Life Collaborator.
“This was a vibrant Black community back in the 40s and I feel like it was necessary that the people in the church celebrate their culture and that we keep the roots of that culture in the church,” Bucher said two days after approximately 100 people gathered in July at the East Side church to celebrate the unveiling of a new historical marker she had sought since 2023.
The historical marker commemorates the history of Our Savior church and school. The school, founded in 1943, was Northern Kentucky’s first Black Catholic school. It served Covington’s African American community, which under Jim Crow segregation only had one school in the city: the Lincoln Grant School. The marker’s dedication and Bucher’s retirement are a turning point in the East Side neighborhood’s history.
An important chapter in Covington history…