Bernard Kelly was appointed by Bishop Thomas Lillis of the Diocese of Leavenworth to organize St. Peter's parish on October 7, 1907.

[2] The parish's first Mass was held in the Bishop's residence on Sandusky for 126 people on December 8, 1907.

Fund raising began for a combination church and school and the cornerstone for the new building was laid on March 14, 1908.

A statue of St. Joseph the Worker was placed in the Centennial Courtyard and a time capsule, to be opened in 2057, was buried nearby.

As the population shifted from the city to the suburbs the enrollment in the school started to decline.