After Archbishop John A. Floersh created St. Albert the Great Parish
in 1959, the original 149 families attended Sunday Mass at Stivers (now
Walden) School. Father Robert Willett was the first pastor.
Groundbreaking for the church and school took place February 14, 1960.
Staffed by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Kentucky, and lay
teachers, the school opened in 1960 with 286 students.
The first Mass in the new church was celebrated November 20, 1960.
During the next ten years, the parish grew to 540 families. The school
was expanded twice and eventually had three classes of every grade. A
parish council was formed in 1971.
Hendricks Hall, a multi-purpose center, was built in 1995. By this
time, the school enrolled 553 students, and church membership was up to
more than 1,400 families.
On September 12, 1998, ground was broken for a new church building.
Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly, O.P., dedicated the new church, which seats
1,000, on October 22, 2000. The O’Bryan Center, the original worship
space, now renovated into parish offices, also was dedicated that day.
Meanwhile, the Kevin Caster Media Resource Center was dedicated on
February 20, 2000. It contained media and computer centers, art,
science, and music rooms, and two classrooms for all parish use. The
renovation of the cafeteria into a multi-purpose facility (called
Visitation Hall) was completed and dedicated in the fall of 2003.
St. Albert is outstanding for its Blue Ribbon school, its active
seniors group of 300 and its youth programs. Currently with 4,500
parishioners, St. Albert continues to enhance programs and ministries
offered within the parish as well as to the community at large.