During its early years, the services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Hunter, a missionary direct from Scotland. The present church was erected in 1917 at a cost of $15,000.

Humboldt was first mentioned as a "Mission Field" with three preaching points in 1905, and was granted the humble sume of $5 per week by the Mission Board to further the work in this district.

Later, it was reported that Humboldt was an energetic, growing town, and the Rev. Joseph Hunter was appointed to the new church, opened in 1905, and was included in the Yorkton Presbytery.

The annual ministerial stipend paid at that time was $574, but hay for the minister's horse was less costly than gas is today for the more complicated mode of modern travel and social life.

The first Anglican service held in town was constructed by the Rev. G. Exton Lloyd in the Presbyterian Church in 1905. Shortly after, an Anglican Women's Auxiliary was formed and arrangements made to build a small church and vestry which was completed in November 1905 and christened St. Andrew's. It was located where the museum now stands. It was opened on Dec. 31, 1905, with the service conducted by Rev. C.H. Coles, MA, of St. John's, Saskatoon.

When the Benedictines arrived in Canada in 1903, there was no town or village in the whole territory. There were only two families residing in the district--those of John Ecker and Charles Schmitt--living on homesteads a short distance east of the present town of Humboldt.

The early settlers did not believe that the location, covered as it was with bush and dotted with slough and pot holes, was suitable for a townsite. That's why Prior Alfred established the Mission of

Prior Alfred celebrated the first mass in Humboldt in 1905. Presumably it was in the store of the Great Northern Lumber Co., which later served as a place of worship.

Father Palm was given charge of the Humboldt Mission. Mr. Clement Kohle had donated a block of land, adjoining the north limit of the town-site, to be used for church and school purposes. On Oct. 5, 1905, Father Rudolph was appointed resident pastor at Humboldt.

St. Augustine Church was opened and dedicated in May 1913, and the first service in the new church was a requium on June 9, 1913, for Mrs. August Kruse.

Bishop Pascal blessed the church on Aug. 10, 1913. Father Dominic, appointed Pastor of St. Augustine Church on July 25, 1920, soon recognized the need for a new rectory, one large enough to eventually accommodate an assistant priest.

On Dec. 8, 1930, the parish celebrated its silver jubilee.

Because of the steady increase in the population of Humboldt, the church built in 1912 under the administration of Father Rudolph, soon became too small. In the summer of 1949, the parish decided to renovate and enlarge the building. The work was completed in 1951 giving the church a seating capacity for 700 people.