Saint Timothy’s was established in 1943 to serve the people the Rancho Park/Cheviot Hills area of Los Angeles. Its boundaries include Olympic Blvd. to the north, Westwood Blvd. to the west, Beverwil Drive to the east, and National Blvd. to the south. The first pastor was Fr. William Thomas O’Shea (1902-1963). The first masses were celebrated in an ice cream parlor on Pico Blvd. Fr. O’Shea and the parishioners set about the task of putting together enough money to build a temporary church. This temporary church, which is the present parish hall, was completed in 1946. In the process of building this facility, an antique Spanish altar piece was obtained at auction and installed in the building.
