St. Dominic's parish origins stretch back to 1966, when a group of concerned parents expressed their desire to start a religious education program for their children. Since there was no place to house these children, many parishioners decided that the catechists could use their homes. A 10-acre tract of land on Ingram Road which had been purchased by the Archdiocese years before soon became the new home for fulfilling our founders' vision of creating a mission church from Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Many deer could be seen roaming the 10 acre land - and blocks of salt would be put out for them to eat.

Soon after, the St. Dominic's Founders began celebrating outdoor Masses in the open fields of the new property located on Ingram Road. Father Pat McNulty from Holy Rosary, now deceased, celebrated many Masses in the field. Midnight Mass was the first celebration of the liturgy on the new property, with Father John Buttermer presiding. In the fall of 1969 arrangements were made to use the basement of Episcopal Church, and over 325 people attended the first Mass. In 1969 there were a little over 500 parishioners. The leadership of St. Andrew's offered to share their new church building with St. Dominic's community until we finalized plans for our land and began building a permanent home. A beautiful Ecumenical Service took place on Easter Vigil at St. Andrew's with our parishioners and with the St. Andrew's congregation - with songs shared by all!

Although Mass was still being held at St. Andrew's, our parishioners continued the tradition of celebrating outdoor Masses during the warm months in the fields of the Ingram property. In 1970, a building was purchased from Lackland Air Force Base. The first Mass in this building was celebrated on July 19th by Father Bernard Meyer. This would serve as our Founder's church.

St. Dominic's was officially established as a parish in 1971 with Father Arnold Anders serving as our first pastor. A house on Fermi Street was purchased and used as the parish rectory.

With tremendous growth in the surrounding area, construction began for a new building on the parish site. In the 1970's, ground was broken for a multi-purpose building to serve as an intermediate church and as a future community center for the parish. The former church was converted into classrooms for the religious education program, and was fondly known as JoAnn Hall. For the next fifteen years, the parish continued to grow and prosper. New programs and ministries were developed, as many new families joined the parish. Additional buildings were erected to accommodate the growing needs of the St. Dominic's community. This included classrooms, the church's rectory, and administrative buildings.

Our church has served as our spiritual home for almost 35 years. It is here that we have celebrated the sacrifice of the Mass every week without fail, where we have baptized our babies, where we have celebrated First Communions and Confirmations for our young, where we have blessed many marriages and where we have presided over the funerals of our dear ones.

Yet, as the St. Dominic family continues to grow, so too must our church. Our current liturgical space does not accommodate our large number of parishioners for weekend Masses. We are in urgent need of greater space for our parish community to grow and to worship, not only for now, but for years to come.

Today our lively parish reflects the sacrifices and dreams of our Founders. Now is the time for each of us to continue that tradition and vision for the future. Let us heed the call as “Together We Build...”