[4] The very first Catholic Mass celebrated in Greensboro dates back to the 1870s.

[5] The first Catholic church, named St. Anne's and later St. Benedict's in honor of the Benedictine priests who served the Greensboro community, began construction in 1877 with the cornerstone being laid by Bishop James Gibbons of Richmond.

A new plot of land, between North Elm and Smith Streets, was purchased and is the current location of the church.

[7] St. Katherine Drexel, who was canonized in 2000 by Pope John Paul II, gave St. Benedict's Church $1,500 to help build the current church building, with the condition that a certain amount of pews would be reserved for African-American parishioners, encouraging the church to have an integrated congregation during the time of racial segregation in the southern United States.

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