Organized in 1892 by several Czech families who had relocated from Fayette County, Texas, to an area about 3 miles southeast of Wallis, Texas, this congregation first held services in the Krasna School building on four acres donated by Francis V. Smid. At the suggestion of the Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston, members erected a sanctuary in 1899 at a site closer to the railroad at Wallis, held their first services there on Easter Sunday, and named their church Guardian Angel. The building was destroyed in the Storm of 1900, but the small congregation rebuilt it in 1904. The Rev. Frank Machan became the first full-time pastor in 1909, and in 1913 a new Gothic-style sanctuary was built at this site for the growing congregation. A school was established in 1914 with an enrollment of 64 students; by 1933, it had six teachers and 170 students, and the parish had grown to 300 families. The congregation serves Wallis and nearby rural communities through a variety of outreach programs and remains an important part of the area's heritage.