St Juan Diego Catholic Church

Saint Juan Diego Parish was founded by Abp Rozanski on August 1, 2023 to "attend to the pastoral needs of the faithful of Hispanic language and heritage, particularly those residing ni St. Charles County, Lincoln County, and Warren County.”

We have grown from the seed of 40 people at our first Spanish Mass to a thriving community of 450 on any given Sunday, and we continue to grow every Sunday.  

Our parish proudly offers sacramental preparation for children, youth, and adults in Spanish.  We hold celebrations rooted in the traditions of the different Latin American countries represented in our parish, like Día de los Muertos, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Los Reyes Magos. We hold food sales of pozole, tamales, pupusas, champurrado and other delicious foods and drinks that represent the diversity within our Hispanic population.  

In this parish, all are welcome to come and experience the saving message of Jesus Christ, who spoke through his mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe, almost 500 years ago, to her faithful messenger, Saint Juan Diego:

«Know, know for sure my dearest and youngest son, that I am truly the ever perfect Holy Virgin Mary, who has the honor to be the Mother of the one true God for whom we all live, the Creator of people, the Lord of all around us and of what is close to us, the Lord of Heaven, the Lord of Earth»”

“'I want very much that they build my sacred little house here, in which I will show Him, I will exalt Him on making Him manifest, I will give Him to all people in all my personal love, Him that is my compassionate gaze, Him that is my help, Him that is my salvation’.

“'Because truly I am honored to be your compassionate mother, yours and that of all the people that live together in this land, and also of all the other various lineages of men; those who love me, those who cry to me, those who seek me, those who trust in me. Because there truly will I hear their cry, their sadness, to remedy, to cure all their various troubles, their miseries, their pains’.”(Spoken by Our Lady of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego, as recorded in Nican Mopuaha #25-32, Antonio Valeriano, 1560)