1805 • Parish is founded by French emigrants, several of whom fought with Gen. George Washington against the       British during the American Revolution.

          • Mass celebrated for the first time in the Basmont home on Park Ave., by Fr. Peter Vianney,    an assistant from St. Peter's Church in NY.

1805-1818 • Mass celebrated at the Madison Academy on the corner of Park Ave. and Ridgedale Ave. when the French and Irish Catholics proved too many for private homes.

1825 • French settlers and Irish Catholics provide a permanent home for the congregation on Ridgedale Ave. The first church is a modest clapboard structure with a single cross on the f ront. The lower floor served as the church while the upper floor was the priest's residence.

1834 • The village of Bottle Hill changes its name to Madison.

1838 • Plans are made to build a new church at the cost of $4,050.

1839 • The second church is dedicated to the patron saint of Vincent Boisaubin, a parish benefactor - St. Vincent the Martyr.

          • The frame church featured a porch supported by four massive columns surrounded by a belfry.

1846-1849 • St. Vincent's reaches its widest expansion including 58 different placenames in its registers.

1848 • St. Vincent Martyr School is founded, located in the basement of the Ridgedale Ave. parish.

1866 • Parish school is moved to a new structure on Park Ave - the Knights of Columbus building.

1905 • New Norman Church is built inspired by Christ Church, Oxford. It was known as the Beaupland Memorial Church and the construction was financed by the two surviving members ofthe Boisaubin family.

1913 • School is relocated to Green Village Road, adjacent to the church.

1926-27 • School is expanded.

1939 • Celebration to mark the Centennial of the current church.

1952 • Church belfry tower catches fire, caused by pigeons gnawing on the electrical wiring. The tower and roof are replaced.

1959-60 • New school is built on Green Village Road next to the older structure.
1976 • The church building is renovated by the firm of Genovese and Maddalene, Architects. The changes reflect a desire to return to the original graceful lines and beauty of the 1905 church.

1980 • New organ is dedicated by Monsignor Vincent Puma.

2000 • Parish ministry center is built, providing offices for priests and staff, as well as conference rooms and a community room.

2005 • Celebration to mark the 100-year anniversary of the current church and 200 years as a Roman Catholic parish in Madison.
2009    Parish begins the Envision Process, an evangelization tool for the parish family

2016  Renovation began on our historic Church building with an anticipated completion date of April 2017

2017  Dedication of our Altar and Church on April 5.