Christ the King Catholic Church at 298 Bluegrass Drive - Box 463, Scottsville, KY 42164 US - Our Parish History

Christ the King Church in Scottsville began as a Glenmary Mission Parish in 1964 with eight families.  Fr. Ray Berthiaume, a Glenmary priest, celebrated Mass in a trailer located across from White Plains School and religious education classes took place in Dr. John Hall’s home.  The Glenmary priest would drive over from Franklin, KY on Sundays and holidays to serve Christ The King. The trailer location was changed to our present site on four acres north-east of Scottsville in January 1965.  Our current building was constructed in 1967 to serve as church, social hall and religious classrooms.  

In the 1980’s over 20 families from the Lafayette, TN area formed their own local parish and left Christ The King. This move decreased our Scottsville parish population to half - 22 families. 

St. Peter the Fisherman Mass station at Barren River Dam, located on property donated by Marcus and Frances Cook, became a popular Saturday night Mass location for vacationers, summer residents, and parishioners alike.  When Fr. Jim Woods became pastor in 1988 he saw the need for a Catholic ministerial presence in Scottsville and hired Sr. Mary Lou Ruck, S.P. as Pastoral Associate for Christ the King.

    As the years passed, our parish has had several 

    administrators. Sr. Lene Rubly, O.S.F. became  Pastoral 

    Coordinator for  St. Mary’s Franklin and   Christ the

    King, Scottsville in 1993. Fr. Frank  Ruff, a  Glenmary 

    priest became our Sacramental Minister. When Sr. Mary

    Lou moved on, Jody and Adam Rewa became our Pastoral

    Associates.  In 1996 we saw the arrival of Sr. Davida

    Loosbrock to replace  Jody & Adam.  December 1998

    brought Fr. Dennis Holly as pastor to St. Mary’s and

    Christ the King. 

    The year 2003 brought big changes.  We were no longer to be

    administered together with St. Mary’s in Franklin, KY as

    Glenmary mission churches.  St. Mary’s parish was turned

    over to the Owensboro diocese as it had become self-

    supporting. Fr. Dennis was then reassigned as pastor of

    Christ the King Parish, Scottsville and Holy Family Parish, 

    Lafayette,  TN. In July 2005, Sister Davida left for Greensboro,   

    South Carolina and it was decided not to replace her at that

    time.

    Our building, too, has seen changes over the years.  A ramp

   for handicapped access was installed in the early 1990’s and

   in 1995 volunteers installed a steeple.  Our seating capacity

   increased in 1997 due to the removal  of a wall in the sanctuary

   area, and in 1998 we bought a new external storage building. 

   New windows were installed in 1999.

Today Christ the King has over fifty families and we have reached full capacity in our current church facility. In 2004 a committee was formed to look at the needs of the parish. With the blessings and encouragement of our membership and the Diocese, we are now working to fulfill the goal of expanding our current facility with a new combined chapel and fellowship hall. This is planned to be built on our current four-acre property next to our existing church building. Christ the King has established a three-year plan: Two years to raise funds, one year for construction and completion targeted for the summer of 2008.

If you are interested making a donation to our building fund we would be very grateful. Please contact us: Christ The King, 298 Bluegrass Drive, Scottsville, KY 42164. 1-270-237-4404. Or Christthekingchurch@msn.com

We began as a Glenmary Mission church and we remain a Glenmary Mission church today.  As we look to the future, we see much to be hopeful for in our parish community.  The seeds planted by Fr. Berthiaume have taken root and continue to grow.