DUANE
The story
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church This church began as a mission of the Dallas Diocese about 1890; the Rev. F. X.
Meilinger served as mission priest. The congregation held services on the second floor of a local barn until a church building was erected in 1893-94. A Catholic student society was organized in the 1930s.
The original building was razed and replaced with a new brick structure here in 1956. The church built a parish center nearby in 1966 and established a hospital ministry and outreach program to provide for the needy in 1970. The congregation continues to provide a variety of programs for the community. (1994)