9205 SW Fifth Street
Wilsonville, OR  97070
(503) 682-2332

The community of Wilsonville (named for the first postmaster) grew up around Boone's Ferry, established in 1847 by Daniel Boone's great, great grandson.  The ferry operated until the I-5 Boone Bridge was built in 1954.

The first masses were celebrated in the St Anthony Chapel railroad car, which traveled between Salem & Portland, stopping in Wilsonville and other Willamette Valley communities about once a month.  In 1925 the Bishop gave permission for a church to be built in Wilsonville.  Seventeen acres, stretching from 5th Street to the Willamette River were donated by parishioner, George Stangel.  St Cyril Catholic Church was completed and dedicated in 1926.  The river section was known as Parish Park, then Columbia Park, was sold during the Great Depression to pay the taxes.

The original church building had six pews on the right side and five pews on the left.  The back wall of the tabernacle recess is the original back wall of the first altar.  There was a small door on the right that led to a small sacristy where the early priests lived.  In 1927, a small house was moved to the east side of the church to be used as the Rectory. The present entrance porch is the original entrance.  In 1979 the rectory was removed and the church building expanded to it's present size.  The altar was made by parishioner Francis Roos and contains a relic of St Cyril.  The large stones by the old office building, foundly known as the Annex and removed from the property in 2015, came from the church basement excavation.  The interior of the church was remodeled in 1992 and again in 2004.  The church bell is inscribed to St Theresa, the Little Flower, who was canonized in 1926, the same year St Cyril Catholic Church was dedicated.  Father Paul Peri dedicated the plaque above the front door in 2001, the Parish's 75th anniversary.

St Cyril Parish became a mission church to St Francis Parish in Sherwood, during 1952.  Each church had about 40 families.  By the 1960's there were 100 families at St Cyril and it was necessary to have two masses on Sunday.  Priests from Mt Angel came to help and celebrate mass during this time.  In 1987 three masses were celebrated for 120 families.  By 1998 there were almost 400 families in the parish and in 2004 there were 600 families - and we still have three masses.  St Cyril Parish became a full-fledged parish again in 1992.

Wilsonville continued to grow along Boones Ferry Rd, which was the main street through Wilsonville at the time.  The old two story Feed Mill at Boones Ferry & 5th Street was used as a Social Hall in the early days.  There the whole town enjoyed dances, performances and dinners.  Many of our present parishioner's mothers and fathers met there.  Earl Bruck's parents, Victor & Helen Bruck, were the first couple married at St Cyril Parish and Earl was the second baby to be baptized here. 

Under Father Paul Peri's leadership, the Berger property, once a chicken farm located across the street from the church, was purchsed in 1998.  The Berger's home, built in 1947, became the Parish Office.  Construction on the Parish Hall began in 2001 and was dedicated by Archbishop Vlazney on February 14, 2003.  Father Dan Adams succeeded Father Peri as Pastor of St Cyril Parish in July 2001, and the parish doubled in size during his six year term.  Father Stephen Stobie was Pastor at St Cyril from July 2007 thru June 2012.  Father Mark Gikenyi was Pastor from July 2012 thru June 2015 and Father Brian Allbright arrived July 2015 and is the current Pastor at St Cyril.