The Church of St. Anselm was founded in 1891 to serve the German Catholic community, with Abbot Alexius Edelbrock as its first pastor. The original church was dedicated in 1893, and a brick school opened in 1909 with Dominican Sisters staffing it. A playground was added in 1912, and the parish also sponsored a Fife and Drum Corps in the early 1900s. Eventually, the Augustinian Recollects took over, and the parish now serves a predominantly Spanish and Latin American community.
The Church of St. Roch was founded in 1899 to serve Italian Catholics, with Rev. John Milo as the first pastor. It originally stood on 150th St. near Robbins Ave. but moved to a new building on Wales Ave. and dedicated in 1932. The parish hosted a Passion Play and later attracted immigrants from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Mexico. In 1974, the Augustinian Recollects began overseeing the parish. Due to decreasing attendance, it became a mission of St. Anselm's from 1985 to 1992. St. Roch's was merged with St. Anselm's in 2015, and its church building was desacralized in November 2017.