St. Mary's Church - Praha
821 FM 1295
Flatonia, Texas 78941
[email protected]

The Church, The Parish Hall and The Pavilion
The Historic Praha Community established in 1842 was settled in the 1850s by Czech immigrants. It is located one mile west of Engle and three miles east of Flatonia in southern Fayette County. The community is affectionately called Matička Praha, Mother of the Painted Churches. The parish was the first Catholic parish between Houston and San Antonio with its 17 x 15 feet stone chapel built in 1865 and in 1881, the first Czech Catholic School in America. The community now features a stone church dedicated November 20, 1895.

The present day 113 x 70 feet Parish Hall, Pavilion and grounds is the venue to see and be seen on
 August 15, Pražská Pout, the Feast Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.


What Praha Offers:

1.  The Church:  A historic church, Mother of the Painted Churches for weddings and for families to             worship before Family Reunions.
2.  A Hall for wedding receptions/wedding anniversary celebrations, large social events and small               family gatherings.
3.  A Pavilion to accommodate events of any size – small to over one thousand people.
4.  The idyllic location is off the beaten path in a country setting.

The Type of Events
1.   Wedding Reception
2.   Wedding Anniversary Celebration
3.   Family Reunion/other events (for more than 100 participants)
4.   Family Reunion/other events (for less than 100 participants)
5.   Event with the use of the Pavilion only