About Us:

St. Anthony Catholic Parish has a unique place in the history of Missoula dating back to 1921. That year, St. Francis Xavier was the only Catholic Church in Missoula. As the University of Montana and the population of Missoula grew, Bishop John P. Carroll realized a new Catholic parish was needed and so he sent Fr. John O’Kennedy to Missoula to pick a suitable site for an additional church.

The church also has an inviting Eucharistic Chapel, in a private setting, surrounded by ornamental metal work gates that are open weekdays for quiet prayer and contemplation.

As St. Anthony Parish approaches its 85th anniversary in 2006, it now serves approximately 500 families. The church is proud to be a vital and living part of the Missoula and Catholic communities’ history. St. Anthony Catholic parish has built solidly upon it’s historical base, so that the mission of the parish continues to be “a welcoming place where people with different personal experiences bring together their gifts and talents to support and care for one another and to pass on the teachings of Jesus.”