St. Luke's Church in Loma was built in 1912.  For its first three years, St. Luke's was a mission parish to Brainard, Touhy, and Dwight.  From 1915-1970 the parish had a full time resident pastor.  Two men from this parish were ordained to the priesthood: Fr. Edmund Navratil in 1952 and Fr. Myron Pleskac in 1960.  In 1992 the church building was closed and the parish ceased to exist.  However, that same year, the church reopened as a shrine dedicated to the Czech Catholic immigrants who settled in Butler and Saunders Counties.  Msgr. Myron Pleskac, a native son, was named administrator of the shrine.  The church was renovated, thanks in large part to support from Universal Studios, who had used the church building as a communications center during the filming of a movie in Loma in 1994.