History

Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Mead, Colorado, was founded in 1911, five years after the town of Mead was established. In 1910, Mead claimed 114 residents, including 25 Catholic families living in and around the town, who bought the old Mt. Zion United Brethren Church located at Highway 66 and Weld County Road 7. They hauled the building one mile up County Road 7 to its present crossroads location, refitted it and rechristened it as Guardian Angels Catholic Church. The first Mass was celebrated there on January 1, 1911. At that time, Guardian Angels was a mission of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Longmont. The first pastor was Father Bernard Hamburger, who traveled from Longmont to Mead on alternate Sundays.

Vigorous growth characterized Mead and the church during the first two decades of the 20th century. Standing-room-only Masses led the parish to construct an addition to the rear of Guardian Angels in 1929, doubling its size. The architecture is an example of carpenter Gothic, common in the late 1800’s.

Guardian Angels was tended to by the Longmont Benedictines until 1945, when it became a mission of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Frederick. In 1964, the congregation built a parish hall next to the church. The church hall is used for religious education classes and parish functions.