Louisville (Dixie Highway Location)
Established 2009
Registrations: 1052
PARISH OFFICE
4005 Dixie Hwy., Louisville, Ky. 40216-3807
Phone: (502) 448-4008
FAX: (502) 448-8546 (Call first)
E-mail: mqop@insightbb.com
Web site: www.mqopshivelyky.org
PLACES OF WORSHIP
For more information about Mary Queen of Peace’s other location click on the link below.
Cane Run Road Location (formerly St. Denis): 4205 Cane Run Road, Louisville, Ky. 40216
CLERGY
Pastor: Rev. Thomas E. Gentile
Permanent Deacons: Robert M. Kampschaefer, William H. Niemeier
MASS SCHEDULE
Sundays — Sat vigil, 4 p.m. (Cane Run Road location); Sun: 9 a.m., 11 a.m. (Dixie Highway location)
Holy Days — Holy Day: 8 a.m., 6 p.m. (See bulletin for site)
Daily — Mon–Tue: 8 a.m. (Cane Run Road location); Wed–Fri: 8 a.m. (Dixie Highway location)
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY
1927 Lewiston Dr., Louisville, Ky. 40216-2523
Phone: (502) 447-3155
FAX: (502) 447-5515
Principal: Bernice Scherr
E-mail: b.scherr@ndasaints.org
Web site: www.ndasaints.org
HISTORY
Dixie Highway Location/Formerly Saint Helen Parish
St. Helen was established in 1897. The first pastor, appointed on October 2, 1897, was Father John Baptist Peifer, a German immigrant. Along with his appointment to St. Helen, he was given charge of St. Andrew near Pleasure Ridge Park. In 1897, the first rectory and school were built. Part of the school served as the church. Five years later, the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville began teaching, traveling daily by railroad and streetcar until 1912, when a convent was provided. Thus began the history of St. Helen Parish on Dixie Highway.
In 1923, the old frame schoolhouse was moved back and converted to a convent. The original convent was then sold, and the present brick school was built on its site. In 1935 seating in the church was increased to 600, and in 1938, Father Peifer retired after forty-one years of service. Father Joseph A. Newman then served for nineteen years. He exercised civic influence in the Shively area as well as penning a Catechism used by many in the Archdiocese. The present church was built by Father Bernard Spoelker in 1962, and it was updated by his successor, Father Gerald Timmel in 1986. In 2004, St. Helen School joined with St. Lawrence School and St. Denis School to form Notre Dame Academy.
Now merged with Saint Denis and Saint Matthias to form Mary Queen of Peace, the parish continues to fulfill the role of service to the church and community. This is shown by the parishioners’ service to such efforts as Shively Area Ministries, Catholic Charities’ English Language School, support for Notre Dame Academy and a firm commitment to stewardship. Mary Queen of Peace cares for the needs of its parishioners as well as the archdiocesan community by the example of reaching the Catholic Services Appeal goal for the past twelve years. Mary Queen of Peace continues caring and serving into the future.