St. Andrew the Apostle was born out of the growth that spread into Will County following the Second World War.

As houses in the new subdivisions in Romeoville and the surrounding areas were erected through the summer of 1958, the foundation of a new parish community began to gather at Lewis University Chapel to celebrate the Eucharist.  Our parish, in the Diocese of Joliet, was founded January 2, 1959 by Bishop McNamara who named Fr. Joseph Jurkovich to serve as its first pastor.  Midnight Mass on December 24, 1959 was the first celebration of the Eucharist in our current church, and on September 9, 1959 the first day school opened in the care of the ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Joliet.

Our parish is quite diverse, celebrating heritage and ministry with Masses in English, Spanish, and Polish. All parishoners are encouraged to join any of these ministeries. We work and learn together and have done so for 58 years.

Our parish has grown considerably, and we look to the future of St. Andrew the Apostle as a faith community, nourished through the work of all parishoners reaching out to the future and serving God through love and friendship.