History
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church was established on June 29, 1967 by Bishop Thomas Drury with Msgr. Robert E. Freeman serving as the first pastor. When Msgr. Freeman arrived in Flour Bluff in the summer of 1967, there was no church, no rectory and no property of any kind. He rented an apartment in the old Tropic Isles Club, where he first held services. During the next 10 years the people organized themselves into a parish community, built the parish plant and paid for it themselves. The second Pastor, Fr. Mark Chamberlin, and the people of the parish built the current beautiful church, parish hall, rectory, and classrooms for faith formation. In addition, under Fr. Chamberlin, the parish community gave a portion of its property to the Religious Missionaries of St. Dominic to build a convent, their Central House for the United States, and Learning Center that has now become a Catholic School (Our Lady of the Rosary). Under both pastors, the parish community grew significantly.