During the 1930s, rural Rose Township was primed to bloom into a bustling suburb. On July 24, 1939, Archbishop Murray established St. Rose of Lima with Fr. John C. Abbott as founding pastor. In 1940, a combination church and school building opened. Eight Servite Sisters taught 170 students. In 1957, school enrollment peaked at 1,240 students. The original building was no longer sufficient to house the school and church. In 1967, the current church building was completed. One of the first churches within the Archdiocese built following the Second Vatican Council, the round shape of the church expresses the active participation of the assembly, gathered around the table of the Lord. The convent chapel was converted into a chapel of perpetual Eucharistic adoration in 1989. Countless people from inside and outside St. Rose still come to adore the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel to this day. Today St. Rose of Lima provides a parish home for over 1,000 households in the Roseville area and beyond. Nourished by the Word of God and the Bread of Life, parishioners seek to fulfill the mission statement: “Glorify God. Follow Jesus. Love one another. Invite everyone.”