St. Joseph Church

This week we at St. Joseph's Catholic Church are continuing our anti-Coronavirus measures. Our entire Mass schedule both during the week and on weekends is still suspended until further notice. We have also suspensed Adoration and all parish activities until further notice.

New:
Live Streamed Masses:
St. Joseph's Church is now live streaming Holy Mass. We have arleady live-streamed Mass and Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 27. To see these recordings of this event click here. The next will be Sunday, March 29, at 9 A.M. These Masses will be available live on our Facebook page. Their recordings will continue to be available on Facebook, as well as on this website. If these go well then we might continue this service for as long as needed.

Weekly Donations:
Several of our parishioners have inquired how they can continue their contribution to St. Joseph's when the weekly Mass collection is not being held. Your contributions to our parish are vital to operation (paying bills, paying staff, continuing God's work in our community). Therefore, there will be a collection basket in the entryway of our Parish Center. The inside doors of the Parish Center will still be locked, but the outer doors are open during business hours (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.) for deliveries. To offer your weekly contribution please place your envelope in the basket and ring the doorbell. Then our staff can pick up your contribution.

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.

Holy Water:
We have had several requests for Holy Water for home use. And we wish for our people to continue their use of the sacramentals of the Church. Therefore, starting on Tuesday, March 23, we will put our Holy Water dispenser in the entryway of the Parish Center. The inside doors of the Parish Center will still be locked, but the outer doors are open during business hours (9 A.M. to 5 P.M.) for deliveries and now for Holy Water.

We ask that everyone who comes to get Holy Water respect the principle of social distancing. For example, if there is someone filling their Holy Water bottles ahead of you, please wait outside the building until they are done before you enter the entry way. The entry is a very small, confinded space, and we do not want people to gather in it. Also please follow all directions posted near the Holy Water concerning hand sanitization and sanitizing the Holy Water dispenser. We all need to do our part in preventing the spread of the Coronavirus.

Bulletin:
As long as we are not having public Masses, we will not be printing our weekly bulletin. However, the bulletin will be published on this website. It can be found on the top of this page, or you can click HERE to find our recent bulletins.

We know that some of our people really appreciate the bulletin but do not have access to the internet. However, if they are particularily vulnerable to the virus (homebound, other medical issues, elder age), please do not visit them just to deliver a print out of the bulletin. Instead consider calling them and reading the bulletin to them. That way they can still feel connected in this difficult time. It is very important to protect them from all risk of virus exposure.

Church and Parish Center are closed:
The Church and the Parish Center will be closed, and the offices locked, but staff will still receive phone calls. All parish activities whether they are at the Church or the Parish Center have been canceled.

We are also trying to keep our Church and office spaces free from viral agents. For the sake of our staff responsible for keeping these spaces clean and disinfected please refrain from visiting these spaces during these days.

Bishop Folda's letter:
If you wish to read the statement by our Bishop John T. Folda please go the our Diocese website at www.fargodiocese.org or clicking the button at the bottom of this page.

Please check back for future announcements.

Updated: Friday, March 27.