The first church was built in the 16th century, and in 1666 it was enlarged and consecrated three years later. In 1830 it was demolished, with only St. Joseph's Chapel preserved. A new church was built on its site, whose distinctive feature is an octagonal bell tower.
The ceiling of the present church was painted in 1865 by the artist Jakob Brollo with motifs of the Litany of the Mother of God. In 1882 the stonemason Janez Vurnik the Younger from Radovljica made the main altar. Among the church's treasures are a Gothic chalice from 1512 and a large organ from 1859, the work of Martin Cajhen from Trbovlje.
In 2003, Bishop Dr. Franc Kramberger consecrated three new bronze bells on the feast of the Assumption of Mary, tuned to the melody "Gloria Motiv", cast at the Grassmayer foundry in Innsbruck. A distinctive feature of the church is also the old bell "cinkletl" from 1668, which sounds at the death of a parishioner.
Holy masses at the branch church are held on all feasts of Mary at 9 a.m. and in the evening (on weekdays), and on Sundays at 8 and 10 a.m. In the month of May there is a May devotion every evening at 7 p.m., and in recent years funeral masses with burials are also held here.
Among the important events, the pilgrimage gathering on the feast of St. Joseph at 10 a.m. stands out, when pilgrims from neighbouring parishes come to the place. On this occasion the locals organise the traditional St. Joseph's fair below the church at Foršt, where local societies present their farm and culinary products.
Especially solemn is the celebration of St. Constantius' Sunday, which takes place on the last Sunday in August in honour of the martyr St. Constantius (26 August). Every even year the celebration is prepared by the young men and women from Savina and Spodnji Primož, and in odd years by the young people from Ter.