St Pius X padre LaChance to retire

The Great Winter of 1949 was devastating southern Idaho when a very young Father Roger LaChance made his Gem State entrance.

“During the big storm of 1949, my family moved from Minneapolis to Pocatello, Idaho,” LaChance said.

His dad worked for Ralston Purina and had been promoted, so he was transferred from Minnesota to Pocatello in the middle of one of Idaho’s worst winters on record.

“We came to Pocatello and the snow was so deep that you could just see the antennas of the cars,” he said. “It was just like the big storm we had in 2007.”

Since that snowy introduction, LaChance has helped countless people weather storms in their own lives through his work as a priest. He began serving as the parish priest of St. Pius X Catholic Church in Coeur d’Alene on July 14, 1995/ Devin Heilman , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.