HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH

St. Louis Park's first Catholic Church, Holy Family was started in 1926. Before that time, Catholics in the Park walked the railroad tracks to worship in Hopkins. In 1924, Fathers Hovorka and Nolan organized the new church in St. Louis Park.

The Holy Family Parish extended to the entire City until Most Holy Trinity was formed in 1942. The first building was a frame structure that cost $9,000. The cost and much of the labor was borne by 25 families, who used horses and hand scoops to dig the basement. The City bought that building in 1950 for use as a community center. In 1951 it was moved from Lake and Zarthan to Lake and Brunswick.

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The church school was built in 1951, and a new $400,000 English Gothic building made of Kasota limestone was dedicated and blessed on October 15, 1961 (first mass was on June 25, 1961).

See the church’s website at www.hfcmn.org.

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