Father A. J. Klein was the first to attempt to establish a Catholic organization.  Though they were without a church, they still met in the Touhy school building. Members of the organization wanted to build a church but were not given permission by the bishop. Eventually, they submitted a list supporters for the church which finally won over the bishop's approval. The church was built just east of the rail road tracks in Touhy and finished on August 1, 1903. The parish then existed for 10 years before establishing a resident priest. The original church still stands today.

St. Vitus, patron saint of actors, dancers, comedians and epileptics, was a Christian from Sicily. At the age of 12 St. Vitus converted to Christianity. His father (a Sicilian Senator) was furious and had St. Vitus arrested and whipped for his conversion. Later, St. Vitus was convicted of being a sorcerer when he miraculously cured the son of the Emperor of evil spirits. St. Vitus and his friends were arrested and condemned to death in an arena of wild beasts. The beasts refused to attacked St. Vitus so they boiled him to death in oil. St. Vitus is considered a martyr and one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Roman Catholic Church.