Sacred Heart Parish was founded in 1858, and a brick church was built in 1876. The parish was closed in 1975 and merged with St. Mary's to form the new St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish, with the last mass offered in Sacred Heart Church on Sept. 7, 1975. The church was razed in 1982. Its pastors were Rev. Ferdinand Kolb, Rev. Andrew Frey, Rev. F. N. Sester, Rev. Joseph Thies, Rev. Henry Laudenbach, Rev. Jos. Linsmeier, Rev. Julius O. Noe, Rev. Howard Adolf, Rev. Jos. Scharmach, and Rev. Joseph Schulz.