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By 1900, this group had grown and was granted the status of a mission church under the name St. Andrew’s. (A church has the status of mission church if it is dependent on the diocese for some part of its funding.) St Andrew’s built a church in 1902 on Erie Street in downtown Valparaiso.
In 1939, a group of monks from the Order of St. Benedict in the Anglican Communion arrived in America from England. These monks came to St. Andrew’s and were in charge of the church until they built their own monastery in Three Rivers, Michigan, in 1946. Our church’s history is enriched by having been the first home of the American Anglican Benedictines.
1950 was the 50th anniversary of St. Andrew’s. A large celebration was held on St. Andrew’s Day (November 30) to celebrate. The church was able to advance from mission to parish status in 1960.