1846: School Established on Dry Ridge Road
1860: Property aquired next to the school - used to construct a church. This new church cost a total of $5,000.
The name of "St. John the Baptist" was chosen for the church by Henry Kleine.
September 2, 1860: The Church's cornerstone was blessed.
January 1863: Rev. Jacob Rossweg was the first pastor of the new Church. He served until May 1863.
November 22, 1866: Rev. G. Egger was appointed the first resident pastor.
May 8, 1873: Father Francis C.J. Voet became the new pastor. He served for 28 years.
April 1901: Father Clement Beckmeyer became the parish's first pastorate.
1905: Father John H. Schwartz became pastor. He started construction on the 3rd school.
1906: Father Schwartz put up a two-story frame school building and Sister's house.
1912: Parish was out of debt!
June 30, 1912: Father Charles Wirtz became pastorate.
November 1914: The old Church building was demolished. A temporary chapel was set up on the first floor of the school building.
May 16, 1922: The school and sisters' house burned to the ground around 4:30pm.
August 17, 1922: Ground was broken for a new school.
1924: Established a 2-year high school. Had a total of 5 classrooms to accomodate all 8 grades and 2 years of high school.
September 16, 1924: New school and convent were dedicated.
1946: Father Francis Siefert procured the large cross facing Dry Ridge Road in the cemetery.
1947: Parish quadrupled in size - from 100 families to 400 families.
June 10, 1947: Father George F. Kuntz became pastor.
1955: High school programs were discontinued due to increasing enrollment for grade school.
1963: Father William Huesman was appointed pastor.
1964: School added 11 classrooms.
1967: The altar in the Church was turned to face the people.
1979: Father Carl Wollering was appointed pastor.
1982: Broundbreaking on the new Parish Center.
1983: Father Charles Bowes became pastor.
1985: The new Parish Center was dedicated. It was used for physical education classes, sports, school programs, and 11am Sunday Mass.
1995: The new Church was anticipated to cost $3.4 million.