All current and former parishioners of St. Therese of Lisieux Church, 1010 Schiller Avenue, are invited to attend the parish’s closing Mass at 4 p.m. July 26.
Father Philip L. Erickson, the pastor, will celebrate the final liturgy at the parish. Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre celebrated Mass with the congregation on July 12.
Parishioners were officially informed of the closing in June, according to a letter to parishioners shared by the parish office.
The parish was established in 1906 as a spiritual home for German-Americans, according to historical information from the Archdiocese of Louisville.
St. Therese is part of a cluster of churches — including St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Our Mother of Sorrows churches — known as the Pax Christi Collaborative.
According to the Archdiocese of Louisville, the parish has 82 registrations.
Lot of good memories all 10 brothers and sisters went there I sister Donna was a teacher there for one year great card party picnics and great people i hope they don’t tear the church down a lot beautiful weddings there Patti Geraghty
My husband loved their church picnic. Best meal anywhere. Those vegetables on the salad bar are fondly remembered. Take care.
I made my first communion there on April 27, 1946. I hope that date right. Enjoyed many summer picnics, card parties, bingos with my grandmother who walked every Sunday to church for the earliest mass. The nuns taught me piano at the sisters home across the street from the church. The Pastor at the time was Fr. Nieters. It’s beautiful and I hope it becomes some kind of wedding chapel but not be destroyed.
My father and his brothers and sister (and many of their friends) attended the relatively new St. Teresa school in the 1920s-30s. Also, grandparents and some relatives had their funerals and weddings at the church — many of these I attended. Sad to hear about the closing.