The chapel originated in the 1960’s when Catholics in Charlotte were deprived of the True Mass. There were 3 families, who either gathered together to read the Mass in each other’s homes or who would travel to Chapel Hill, Raleigh or even Vienna, VA in order to attend the traditional Mass.

Over the years, many priests in the Charlotte area, including Bishop Begley, the local Ordinary, were requested to help the fledgling group of "traditionalists", but to no avail. However, in the late 1970’s, 80 year-old Msgr. Gable obtained permission from Bishop Begley to say the Latin Mass for the group at his church, Our Lady of Consolation, the only black church in the city. Upon Msgr. Gable’s retirement to his home on Statesville Avenue in Charlotte, the group had Mass there.

When Msgr. Gable became to frail to live at home, he moved into the nearby Benedictine Belmont Abbey, and once again, the group followed. Abbott McCafferty graciously accommodated the group by allowing them to attend Msgr. Gable’s Masses in the chapel at the monks’ residence. When Msgr. Gable died, the group was again left without a priest until Msgr. Gilbert retired to Charlotte from Goldsboro. Being a friend of Bishop Begley, he was given permission to say the Mass for them until his death.

The group returned to attending Mass at Chapel Hill and Raleigh, and in 1984, they were successful in setting up the St. Pius X Chapel in Charlotte, though they did not have a permanent residence yet. Masses were said in various banks until 1989, when the growing numbers necessitated a move to Junior Women’s League building on East Boulevard in Charlotte. Until the purchase of the current property in 2000, Masses were said in the same League building.