A History of St. Rita Parish

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A Century of Faith

The first Mass was offered for what would eventually be known as St. Rita Church in the humblest of places, a cobblers shop on East Custis Avenue in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria. The ladies of the yet-to-be-established parish provided its nameSt. Rita of Cascia is the patron of impossible causes. The first small church was built on Hickory Street in Mt. Ida and a parish was founded on September 21, 1924.Through depression, war and post-war growth, political and social change and into a new millennium St. Rita Church has grown under its namesakes patronage.A beautiful new church was built in 1949 and a school was founded in 1952.The St Rita Centennial Committee tells the stories of a century of community.