The Roman Catholic congregation of St. Mary Pamela was organized in 1840 to administer a cemetery established here about 1820. Father Charles Menard dedicated the first church under the title of The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary on August 3, 1850, and Father Amédée Beccard was the first resident pastor. The second church, constructed of bricks made and timber cut on church property during the pastorate of Father E. Vigroux from 1870 to 1895, was dedicated in 1888. Its facade was remodeled during the pastorate of Father Peter Nies from 1922 to 1958. The present church was dedicated in 1966 under the title of St. Mary's Nativity.