The Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of Elaine Niesse on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 11:00 am. Fr. Thomas Pastorius is the celebrant. Visitation is at the funeral home from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Interment is at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. The family is being served by Schrader Funeral Home.
The Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of Janolyn Hardin on Friday, May 13, 2022 at 1:00 pm. Fr. Thomas Pastorius is the celebrant. Visitation is at the funeral home from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm on Friday, May 13, 2022. Interment is at Holy Cross Cemetery. The family is being served by Schrader Funeral Home.
The Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for the repose of the soul of Dorothy Nagle on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 10:00 am. Fr. Thomas Pastorius is the celebrant. Visitation is in the Parish Center from 9:00 am until the time of the Mass. Interment is private at Jefferson Barracks on Monday. A luncheon will be served after the Mass in the Parish Center. Bopp Chapel is handling the arrangements.
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March 24
Our Strategic Planning Board of Directors has defined 6 areas of concentration for our parish based on the data collected in our focus groups and surveys. Click here to read more.Read More -
March 23
St. Joseph Parish is committed to supporting our families in their pursuit of Catholic education for their children. We have established annual Needs Based and Merit Scholarships (based on parish involvement) to support families with children in any Catholic school from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Scholarship amounts will be determined and announced each year based on available funding and will be paid to your school each semester, in September and February.Read More -
March 22
Archbishop Rozanski has written a letter about the war in Ukraine. There are resources and links to reputable Catholic organizations helping to aide the people of Ukraine as well as a prayer for peace. Click here to see the full letter and prayer.Read More -
March 15
Thank you to our Strategic Planning Board of Directors who spent an entire Saturday on March 5 reviewing and processing the data collected in our focus groups and surveys. They defined several areas of concentration for our parish. The next step in the process is to define measurable goals for Father’s approval. Remember, this is the strategic planning for our parish, separate from the strategic planning underway for the Archdiocese.Read More -
March 5
Let your voice be heard. Take the Disciple Maker Index Survey. Parishioners across the Archdiocese of St. Louis are invited to share their thoughts, reflect on their spiritual growth as well as provide parish leadership with invaluable insight regarding their parish’s strengths and opportunities through a survey, the Disciple Maker Index (DMI). Here at St. Joseph, we’re trying to get the highest response rate possible, and we strongly encourage everyone in your household to take the DMI. Please help by participating and encouraging your family, friends and your fellow parishioners to share their invaluable feedback in a 10-15 minute online survey. The more parishioners we have take the survey, the more information the Archdiocese will have to make well-informed decisions during their All Things New Strategic Planning Process. Even those who are not Catholic or are not active members of a parish are encouraged to take the survey. Click here for information and the link to the survey.Read More -
February 28The results from the Focus Groups and surveys are being compiled at this time. They will be presented on March 5th to our parish’s Strategic Planning Board of Directors. Again, thank you to all parishioners who participated in a Focus Group or took the focus group survey. We are very thankful to each of you for your valued input as a strategic plan is developed for St. Joseph Manchester for 2022-2024.Read More
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February 24
March 4-April 8, 2022 Fridays from 4:30pm - 7:15pm. Order Online or from the Drive Thru. We also still need lots of VOLUNTEERS to make these events a success! Click here for more details on ordering and volunteering.Read More
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Welcome
Dear F
riends,
Our parish was founded in 1855 as a cornerstone of faith in the community, serving German-speaking immigrants. The parish helped people continue their personal relationship with Jesus in a new country and bring new traditions to our area – like the Sausage Supper we celebrate this weekend!
Today, our mission to serve our community continues. We’ve spent the last several months celebrating our community and highlighting the many ministries and organizations that call St. Joseph Parish their home, and now we shift our focus to those members of our parish who bring new traditions. We are an active, vibrant destination for those who celebrate Mass in English, Spanish and Portuguese, with dynamic ongoing faith formation programs and multilingual ministries.
Our intercultural community here at St. Joseph in Manchester enriches the local Catholic landscape. The many perspectives of people in this community, as part of our parish, help us grow in faith and appreciate many cultural traditions different from the ones in which we were raised. We also recognize in a special way that many people make St. Joseph Parish their home faith community, and some travel a great distance to worship here.
This fall, we celebrate the fact that we worship together as one, holy, Catholic, apostolic church. We will celebrate the feasts of Señor de Los Milagros, Dia de Los Muertos, St. Nicholas and Our Lady of Guadalupe, as well as share in a multilingual penance service in December. I invite you to join us to celebrate one or more of these unique holy celebrations, embrace the ways we worship together, and help us grow in faith and appreciation of the breadth and depth of God’s presence in our world.
United in faith, we as members of the St. Joseph community reach out with love, embrace the future, and become Good News for others!
In Christ,
Fr. Tom Pastorius
Pastor
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Parish Office Information
Saint Joseph Parish Office
567 Saint Joseph Lane
Manchester, MO 63021
Phone: (636) 227-5247
Email: info@stjoemanchester.org
Parish Office Hours 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday thru Thursday
7:30 am - 4:00 pm Sunday at the office inside the Church
Parish Faith and Family PSR Office:
(636) 391-1404
Parish Early Childhood Learning Center:
(636) 391-1253 ext. 1032
Saint Vincent DePaul Helpline:
(636) 779-5616
Archdiocese of St. Louis Website:
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Mass & Confession Schedule
Sunday Mass Schedule
4:00 PM Mass (Saturday Vigil)
7:00 AM Mass
9:00 AM Mass*
11:00 AM Mass*
1:00 PM Mass (Spanish)
5:00 PM Mass
9:00 AM Little Church
(for children 18 mos. to 5 years old)
* Children's Liturgy of the Word and the 11:00 am Little Church are on hiatus until further notice.
Brazilian Mass
3rd Saturday of the Month at 6:00 PM
Weekday Masses
6:30 AM Mass (Monday thru Friday)
8:30 AM Mass (Monday thru Saturday)
Eucharistic Adoration
Wednesday after the 8:30 AM Mass to 8:00 PM (Benediction begins at 7:45pm)
Reconciliation
Wednesday 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday: 7:30-8:20 AM
or by appointment
Holy Days of Obligation Masses
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Current Bulletin
Sunday,
May 8, 2022To access this week's bulletin, click the bulletin cover to the left.
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