St. Michael the Archangel, Georgetown

Over the next decades, Priests from Saint John would offer the Mass in Georgetown homes, including the home of the Conway's. In 1941, Georgetown became a military training site, and Army chaplains offered Mass at the Armory. After the war, Father Andrew White, Pastor of Saint John the Apostle noticed that the number of Catholics in Georgetown was quickly increasing. By 1949, Mass was said at the American Legion Hall, which parishioners outfitted as a chapel. Father White's successor, Father Francis Desmond, purchased a six-acre tract of land on Edward Street in 1952 from U.S. Senator John J. Williams for a church to be built in Georgetown. Construction began in October of 1955. The first Mass at the church was said Father David Conway, a son of the parish in whose house the priests of Saint John the Apostle would say Mass. Saint Michael the Archangel Church was consecrated on December 2, 1956 by the Most Reverend Edmond J. FitzMaurice, fourth Bishop of Wilmington.

In the 1980s, with a growing population in Sussex County, the Diocese began to build a church in Millsboro: Mary Mother of Peace. Construction was complete in 1986, and in 1988 Mary Mother of Peace became of a mission of Saint Michael the Archangel parish.

By 1990, the parish counted about 500 Spanish-speaking parishioners. In an effort to serve the rapidly growing Hispanic community, a Spanish Mass was established. The first mass in Spanish in San Miguel Arcangel was said on January 14, 1990. The community was served by the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, of Bedrunas, Spain, and La Fraternidad de Maria.

Recently, efforts have been made to improve the facilities, unify the parishioners of the two churches, and create a proper environment to ensure the growth and development of its ministries and religious education programs.

At the time of its founding, there were just 80 Catholic families in Georgetown. Today, the parish, with its mission of Mary Mother of Peace has over 2,100 registered families, including 700 families in the Hispanic community.