St. Joseph Church

St. Joseph's Catholic Church in North Dakota is reopening for private prayer and for public Mass, including our regular Sunday Mass schedule. However, we are taking several precautions, following the guidelines of both our Governor and our Bishop, to reduce the risk of spreading the still dangerous Coronavirus.

Some of these guidelines have been relaxed, but we are still encourage maintaining 6-foot social distancing and using various sanitizing practices. We will continue to offer Facebook Live-Streamed Masses for our 9 A.M. Mass on Sundays.

Also, please note that Bishop Folda has extended the dispensation for the Sunday obligation. You are not at this time obligated to come to Sunday Mass. If you are sick or around someone who is sick, we ask you not to come for your sake and for the sake of the others attending Mass. If you are elderly, particularly vulnerable to illness, or live/work with someone elderly or vulnerable, consider remaining home.

For the complete set of our guidelines in a pdf printable document please click the buttons on the right.

Now that we are reopening our Church for public Mass, we will also be resuming our weekly collections. However, as the Sunday obligation is still dispensed by our Bishop, we still expect lighter collections.

If you are not able to attend Sunday Mass, and you still wish to contribute we have a contributions box at our Parish Center.

Alternatively you can mail your donations to
P.O. Box 898, Devils Lake, ND 58301.

Thank you to everyone who keeps us in mind and expresses their love of God and Church even in the midst of this difficult time.