St. Ann’s Catholic Congregation – 

The first Catholic services were conducted in a private home by Father Etschmann of Madison.  Later, services were held in a hall until 1868.  During that year, land on the SW corner of Jefferson and Seventh Streets to be used for church property was purchased from Luke Stoughton, and a frame church building was erected. 

In 1919, the first resident pastor came to Stoughton. 

In 1931, the old frame edifice was abandoned and a church building on the corner of Jackson and Harrison Streets was erected.  The cornerstone was laid October 11, 1931 by the Most Rev. Samuel E. Stritch, Archbishop of Milwaukee.