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Archdiocesan Dispensation Information
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News
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January 12
We are moving forward with our St. Joseph Strategic Plan for 2022-2024 in order to guide our parish into the future. Kelly Pingleton, a long-time parishioner and certified coach and facilitator, is gifting her time to lead our team. We expect to have a completed plan in place by May 1, the feast day of St. Joseph. Our steering committee has met and focus groups have begun. In the next three weeks we will have a series of 12 one-hour focus group sessions. We have created a variety of focus groups with the intent of receiving feedback from as many parishioners as possible from our ECLC families all the way to our Young at Heart group. You may have received an invitation to attend one of these focus groups. I ask that if you received an invitation, you prayerfully consider attending with an open heart, and if you did not receive an invitation that you pray for the team as we navigate the strategic planning process. Please know that just because you did not receive an invitation to attend a focus group, it does not mean you aren’t a valued part of the solution. It simply means we could not feasibly extend an invitation to everyone. I ask everyone to pray for the success of our endeavor so we can create a future where all of our parishioners can become good news for others.Read More -
October 27
All Things New is a new strategic pastoral planning effort focused on evangelization efforts in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Click the logo to see the full article.Read More -
October 26
Our Brazilian community was highlighted recently in the St. Louis Review for their celebration of Our Lady of Aparecida. Click the picture to see the full article and video.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.
Portuguese 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)
6:30 PM Mass (Monday thru Thursday)
Eucharistic Adoration
Wednesday after the 8:30 AM Mass to 8:30 PM
Reconciliation
Wednesday 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Saturday: 7:30-8:20 AM
or by appointment
Holy Days of Obligation Masses
6:30 AM Mass 8:30 AM Mass 12:15 PM Mass 5:30 PM Mass 7:30 PM Mass (Spanish) -
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Current Bulletin
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January 9, 2022To access this week's bulletin, click the bulletin cover to the left.
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ECLC Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment for New Families Begins April 6th. Visit the ECLC Link for more Information.