St. Michael’s Church was established in 1876. A white framed church was built by the people of the parish with the help of the townsmen. This structure is the same church we have today, but it has undergone several renovations over the years. The structure was heated with a coal stove and lighted with kerosene lamps. There were about twenty families attending the early church. St. Michael’s was a mission of St. Charles in Charleston before Fr. Thomas Moore was sent as resident pastor of Hume in 1899.
The church bell was brought in from Germany and was donated by Michael Smith, grandfather of the Barrett families. Later Mr. James Barrett had it programmed so as to ring the Angelus. The old church had an old-time pedal pump organ.
Sometime between 1913 and 1917, under the pastorate of Fr. James Ahern, the church was brick veneered. A steam heating system and electric lights were installed. A brick rectory was built some time after the frame church. A new Parish Life Center Building, which consists of a parish hall and a small apartment, was built in 1973. The center includes classrooms for the religion classes taught in the parish.
Priests who served at St. Michael:
- 1899-1905 Rev. Thomas M. Moore
- 1905-1909 Rev. George Hensey
- 1909-1912 Rev. James Walsh
- 1912-1925 Rev. James Ahern
- 1925-1929 Rev. John Flaherty
- 1929-1931 Rev. William Wozniak