St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church

On June 26, 1950, Bishop Wendelin J. Nold signed a decree establishing St. Francis of Assisi Parish.  The original parishioners were of Czech and other European origins.  Due to a major demographic change the parish is now predominantly African-American, a small number of Hispanics and a good number of Filipinos who belong to El-Shaddai Charismatic Prayer Group.  The charismatic group comes to St. Francis of Assisi Church every Saturday for prayer meeting and sing at the 5:00 P.M. Saturday's Eucharistic celebration.  Currently, the Church has 354 registered families.

The present church structure was built in 1965.  The church was designed with its patron St. Francis of Assisi in mind.  Instead of a traditional style steeple, the top of the church was designed to resemble a cowl (capuche), the pointed hood worn by monks.