Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church - Los Angeles

The church community dates to 1928, when the first archbishop of the Los Angeles diocese, John Cantwell, invited the Paulist Fathers to establish a new parish in the Westwood Hills area. The parish would serve the new UCLA campus, the surrounding community, and “the Moving Picture people.” The first Mass was held the same year in a storefront at 10374 Ashton Avenue, with a desk as the altar. The store owner, Phil Cohen, leased the real estate office to the Paulist Fathers. Over the next four years, Masses and religious instruction were held at numerous sites. In 1932, the property at Ohio and Selby Avenues was purchased and construction began. The original church (now the John Carroll Parish Center and Parish Offices) was dedicated and went into use in late 1932. The first section of the school was opened in 1935 and staffed from its inception by the Daughters of Mary and Joseph.