"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” Matthew 28: 18-19

The small band of Irish immigrants who settled in Washington Court House in the middle of the nineteenth century had as their greatest desire the erection of an edifice, pleasing to Almighty God, that would serve as an anchor of faith in a sea of adversity and a beacon of truth guiding wayward souls to the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Giving thanks to the Lord, these tenacious and faithful women and men joyfully sacrificed much so that the longing of their souls could be realized.

For over 120 years this anchor and beacon of faith and truth, which is Saint Colman of Cloyne Church, has stood at the corner of East East and South North Streets as the temple sacred to the Lord, where He who was crucified, died and risen from the dead has comforted and been present to His people in the celebration of the sacraments and in the day to day prayers and sacrifices offered before Him in the tabernacle.