Summary
Organization name
St Louis Catholic Parish and School in Louisville
1905
Tax id (EIN)
84-6012535
Category
Religion-Related, Education
Address
902 GRANT AVELOUISVILLE, CO 80027
Louisville, CO, US, 80027
St. Louis is a place of worship and a cornerstone of the Louisville community, offering a range of spiritual, educational, and social services. With its rich history dating back over a century, the parish has grown into a diverse and inclusive congregation that values faith, fellowship, and service.
St. Louis Parish provides a welcoming environment for individuals and families to deepen their faith. Regular Mass services, sacraments, and religious education programs nurture the spiritual growth of parishioners.
St. Louis Catholic School, is a beacon of educational excellence, moral values, and community spirit where education goes beyond the classroom, nurturing the spiritual, intellectual, and personal growth of its students.
Mission
At St. Louis Parish we proclaim, celebrate and live the more abundant life of Jesus through comprehensive formation in the faith, through a rich sacramental and prayer life, and through fellowship in Christ. We are committed to the missionary discipleship of the New Evangelization and, with Pope Francis, “invite all to a personal encounter with Jesus Christ.”
At St. Louis School, we believe in partnering with you, as parents, to form disciples of Christ in spirit, mind, and body through faith formation, rigorous academics and service to our community.
Background Statement
St. Louis Catholic Church started in the late 1870s, with Father Anthony Abel saying Mass in local parishioner’s homes. Under the leadership of Father Raber & Bishop Machebeuf, the first St. Louis Church was built in the spring of 1884 on the corner of LaFarge Ave & Walnut St. In 1905, Father Cyril Rettger initiated construction of a four-room, one-story school house. The “St. Louis School and Business College” was run by four Benedictine sisters (from Erie, Pennsylvania) who oversaw the education of more than 200 students from Louisville and other nearby mining towns.
Sisters from various religious communities taught at the parish school until 1985, when all lay teachers took charge of the school. Father John Casey added a Kindergarten to the school during his tenure in the late 1970s. Father John McGinn founded a daycare center in the mid 1980s. Construction and expansion of the current school building followed in the mid 1990s.
St. Louis School celebrated 100 years in October 2005 and St. Louis Catholic Church celebrated its 125th anniversary in August 2009!
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Organization Data
LOUISVILLE, CO 80027