St. Joseph Church

Dear St. Joseph's Parishioners:

We know that this is a difficult time. With an increased number of COVID cases in our community and surrounding area, we understand if you do not feel safe coming to Sunday Mass. And we are still under dispensation from our Bishop.

However, St. Joseph's will continue to provide our ministries during this time. We are still working, still paying our staff, and still have our regular expenses and bills to pay. In order to maintain our budget we need to take in about $15,000 a week in contributions. Our average lately has been only $11,500 a week.

We ask you to consider maintaining your contributions to our parish even if you are unable to come to Mass. Contributions can be mailed to P.O. Box 898, Devils Lake, ND 58301; they can be dropped off in our Parish Center during business hours in the specially marked box; or given electronically through your bank.

We are exploring additional options for donations, including a credit card kiosk in the Mother Theresa Hall and an online giving form her on our website.

Please keep your eye out for these options coming in the near future.

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.

For all the men of our parish who missed out on out Into the Breach video series or wish to view it again, here the videos to the series.

This series is directed at Adult Men, urging them to embrace wholeheartedly masculine virtutes in a world in crisis.

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.