St. Pius X Breaks Ground for New Church
New beginning for youngest parish
in Diocese of Lake Charles
By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles
RAGLEY — The little Catholic church on Highway 171 will soon be the big Catholic church on the hill.
The much-anticipated groundbreaking for St. Pius X Catholic Church took place at 6:00 p.m. Friday, August 21, 2026, as several hundred people gathered for a new beginning, despite the triple-digit temperatures. It was the largest single crowd on record at St. Pius and the largest crowd the architect and contractor had ever seen at a groundbreaking.











