Archbishop Rozanski recently wrote a letter to all St. Louis area Catholics to help address some of the rumors surrounding the All Things New Planning Process. His conclusion was: "Many things are genuinely unknown at this point of the process. What often happens, however, is that those unknowns get filtered through our fear, sadness and anger. That filtering process turns uncertainty into rumor — and rumors are not the Lord’s work! So here’s my plea: Let’s resist the rumor mill! And here’s my proposal: Every time we experience fear, sadness and anger — which we all do! — let’s pivot on them in a different direction. Let’s make them occasions for turning to the Lord, and asking for His guidance." To see the full letter click here.

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.

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.

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.

The 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.

Thank you to all parishioners who have participated in the 12 Focus Groups conducted in January and to those who took the focus group survey online.  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. Remember, this is the strategic planning for our parish, separate from the strategic planning underway for the Archdiocese.

6:30PM Mass at St. Joseph on Mon-Thursday has been cancelled pernanently due to priest reassignments. We are sorry.

Thank you to all parishioners who have participated in the 12 Focus Groups conducted in January and to those who took the focus group survey online.  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. Remember, this is the strategic planning for our parish, separate from the strategic planning underway for the Archdiocese.

To see Archbishop Rozanki's letter that was read at Mass as well as additional information about the Archdiocesan Strategic Planning process, All Things New, please click here. Please note, the Archdiocesan strategic planning process is separate from the St. Joseph strategic planning process that is underway here at our parish.

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.

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.

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.

Come support, meet the staff and hang out with the families of the St. Joseph Early Childhood Learning Center at Ballwin Sno-Cone! Monday, Aug. 2, 2021 from 5 to 9 pm. 151 Ries Rd., Ballwin MO 63021. A portion of proceeds will support our ECLC. Bring the FLYER or show a picture of it on your phone, and tell the cashier that you are a guest of the St. Joseph ECLC! www.BallwinSnoCone.com

Thank you to everyone who ordered tamales from the Multicultural Ministry. Tamales will be available for pick up after all Masses (from 8:00am-6:00pm) on Sunday, May 23, in the courtyard.

During this time when our regular routines have vastly changed, we may be asking ourselves why we do what we do? Maybe the question of “Why?” has even crept into your faith life. Seriously seeking an answer to the question of “Why am I Catholic?” can be a profound experience.  In this talk, Jason Evert examines this very question and explains to his audience, and to us, why he is and remains Catholic. In fact, he goes a step beyond this and beautifully witnesses to the joy of our faith through engaging storytelling. 

And now for something completely different. So far we’ve listened to talks, watched stand-alone videos, multi-episode learning series, but now I’ve reviewed something completely different.  Masterpieces is a short documentary on Art and Faith. While watching, you’ll hear about the process of creating art and how five artists found a calling in being artists. The documentary is beautiful and almost a meditation on the arts and faith.