St. Edmond Church Parish was constituted on May 29, 1974 by the Most Reverend Gerald L. Frey, Bishop of Lafayette and placed in the care of the Washington Province of the Society of Mary, the Marist Fathers. The Reverend Charles Barrett, L.M., Marist Provincial, appointed Father Thomas C. Dowling, S.M. as Associate Pastor.

St. Edmond Parish was formed from the surrounding church parishes of our Lady of Fatima, St. Jules, Holy Cross and Sts. Peter and Paul in Scott. The location of St. Edmond Church Parish is on a twelve acre parcel of land that had been owned by Our Lady of Fatima Church Parish since 1960. At that time, Our Lady of Fatima Parish, through its Auxiliary Bishop Robert Tracy, purchased ten acres of land from the Edmond A. Orgeron family. The Orgeron family graciously donated two acres of land to Fatima Church with the stipulation that once a church parish was established, the name of the parish would be St. Edmond in honor of Edmond A. Orgeron. When a parish was established in May 1974, the wish of the Orgeron family was honored and St. Edmond was the name of the new parish.

The boundary of St. Edmond Church Parish was the territory bounded by Johnston Street, Marie Antoinette Street, Eraste Landry Road (partially re-named Ambassador Caffery Parkway), Arceneaux Road, and LA Hlighway 93 (partially renamed Rue de Belier and Ridge Road).

Through arrangements with the Lafayette Parish School Board, the cafeteria at Prairie Elementary School was used as a temporary church. The First Mass was said on June 22, 1974. Weekday Masses were often said in the homes of parishioners and also at Villa Maria Apartments on Guilbeau Road where the Marist Fathers lived. At the time that parish was established, the census at St. Edmond was about 750 families.

In the first few months that Father Dowling was Pastor, he organized a steering committee of parishioners who assisted him in setting policies and plans for the future spiritual and physical growth of St. Edmond Church Parish. The decision was soon made to construct a temporary church/multi-purpose building and a two-story rectory. In late September of 1976, Bishop Frey blessed the facility.

The initial steering committee became the St. Edmond Parish Council in 1976. At the time the Council was formed, the parish was divided into six areas, each with its own representative. Three other representatives were selected at large; seven were appointed by the Pastor along with the two Church Trustees. The Parish Council has been an active and effective vehicle of leadership, service and accountability for the community and for the Pastor. Aside from the Parish Council, the growth of the Parish was spurred by the liturgy, in-home religious education programs, youth activities, and adult spiritual formation.

In June of 1977. one of the parishioners of St. Edmond Parish, (Gordon Fontenot, was among the first men of the Diocese of Lafayette ordained to the Permanent Diaconate. Also, in the latter part of the summer of 1977, Father Pat Mallinson was appointed Vocation Director for the Marist Fathers and Father Ken Benedik became Associate Pastor at St. Edmond Church.

The following year, in September, 1978 Father Tom Dowling underwent cardiac surgery with severe complications. The ensuing months were difficult for Father Dowling and the entire parish and in May 1979, Father Dowling resigned the pastorate of St. Edmond because of his failing health. The Marist Provincial appointed Father Ken Benedik as the new Pastor. Also, Father Joel Konzen, S.M. was appointed as Associate in August 1979. In the summer of 1980, Jimmy LeBlanc because the second member of St. Edmond Parish to be ordained to the Permanent Diaconate.

After only a year at St. Edmond Parish, Father Konzen was appointed to be a vice-principal at Marist high School in Atlanta in July 1980. Father Ed Murray was assigned to St. Edmond as Associate to Father Benedik.

Due to lack of vocations and sufficient personnel, the Marist Fathers informed Bishop Frey in December 1980 that by June first of that year the Marist Fathers would no longer be able to staff St. Edmond Church Parish. The Society of Mary had served the people of St. Edmond Church Parish for seven years: May 1974 to June 1981.

The Marist years at St. Edmond Church Parish were good and exciting years. Many new friendships were formed, a new Church Parish grew in the spirit of the renewal of the Vatican Council II, dreams for the future of the community were inspired, and the birth of the new role of the laity in the life of the Catholic Church was nurtured. The spiritual guidance and the personal leadership of the Marist Fathers have made lasting contributions to the people of God who are St Edmond Church Parish. The Marists will long he remembered and with great appreciation.

When the Marist Fathers left St. Edmond Church Parish, Bishop Gerald L. Frey appointed Father O. Joseph Breaux as pastor in June, 1981. For the following eight years, Father Breaux led St. Edmond Parish with the help of his associate, Father David Hollier who was at St. Edmond from January, 1984 to May, 1986. During Father Breaux's pastorate, the religious education programs of the parish, the RCIA process, the parish council, and the liturgical and adult development programs helped to make St. Edmond Church Parish a very exciting, dynamic and life-giving Catholic community. In March, 1989, the Reverend Mr. Paul Matte was appointed by Bishop Harry Flynn as Administrator of St. Edmond Parish. Father Breaux's years as a pastor culminated in the appointment of a building committee for the construction of a new church with Keith Patin as chairman in May, 1989.

Father Breaux was transferred in late August, 1989 and Bishop Harry Flynn appointed Father Gary Schexnayder as Pastor of St. Edmond Church Parish on September 15, 1989. The new St. Edmond Catholic Church building was dedicated on September 27, 1992.

1997-1998:
Long Range Planning Commitee plans for Office and Educational Complex

January 16-17,1999:
Capital Campaign begins

May 23, 1999:
25th Anniversary Celebration

June 2001:
Construction on New Office and Religious Education Buildings Began