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About St. Philip Neri Parish

The history of our religious family began in Miami in the early 1940's with the establishment of Saint Mary's Mission in Overtown. Miami's first all Black Catholic Church was placed under the title and patronage of Saint Francis Xavier. In 1951, an outreach mission of Saint Francis began in the new residential development known as Bunche Park. For the first few years, Mass was celebrated in a vacant store in the Bunche Park Shopping Center and in various homes. The home of Mrs. Margaret Roberts was the site of the first Holy Communion Mass. Click for a deeper history of our church.