St. Columba Parish was founded in 1904 as a mission of nearby St. Denis Church, also in Hopewell Junction. The pastor at the time was Father John Columba McEvoy, thus the selection of the parish name. The parish was thereafter referred to as St. Denis-St. Columba.
In the 1950s IBM came to East Fishkill and the Hopewell Junction population surged. The present property was purchased in 1959 by the Pastor of St. Denis, Monsignor Brody. The School and Convent were built in 1964. Sister Grace Imelda was the founding Principal of our School which opened in 1965. Religious services were held in the gymnasium of the school. The Church built under the leadership of Monsignor Joseph Meehan, was dedicated on April 14, 1989. St. Columba was finally established as its own parish in 1992 with Bishop Dominick Lagonegro as its first Pastor.
Blessed Kateri Mission was established in 1998 to accommodate the ever-increasing number of new parishioners to the area. St. Kateri Church became its own parish in 2002.
We have been blessed with three wonderful leaders in our 25 year history: Bishop Dominick J. Lagonegro, Bishop Gerardo Colacicco, and our current pastor, Fr. Michael McLoughlin. We are so grateful for their leadership as well as for all of the incredible priests we have had here at St. Columba!