Saint Rita
Since 1921 – serving our community in faith, love and hope.
Our mission as those called by baptism is to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, to carry out God’s will through worship, to welcome those who seek to belong, and to respond to those in need through lifelong formation, education, and service.
How It Began…
On September 29, 1916, a card party was held at Okolona Hall which netted $75.00. This was to be the beginning of a fund to provide for the construction of a Catholic Church in South Central Jefferson County. Catholic residents in the area felt the time had come to have a parish of their own. In February 1917, a down payment was made on a plot of ground for the new church.