[2] The Indiana Knights of Columbus founded Father Gibault Home for Boys in 1921 and was originally administered by Priests of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
All administrators, teachers, counselors, and overseers where now employed by the Congregation of Holy Cross in partnership with the Indiana Knight.
The first Holy Cross era director was Rupert Poudrier, and under his administration, the school was expanded to allow boys from every midwestern state.
In an official report, Isaac McIntosh expressed the hope that the juvenile offenders could be returned to society as considerate and eager young man, who would be "fit in every way to fight the battle of life" after their rehabilitation.
One of the priests was cited saying that most of the boys had suffered parental neglect, a lack of home training and an unfavorable environment, before their arrival at Gibault.