St. Joseph Catholic Parish
Catholic Parish

SOUTH: 5353 S. Roosevelt Rd.,
            Stevensville, MI 49127
PARISH OFFICE: (269) 983-1575 
Office Hours: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday - Friday
For church locations and maps, please click HERE.
 

SACRAMENTAL EMERGENCY

Call (269) 983-1575 Ext. 8.  If no one answers, please leave a message including your name and a phone number.

Hearing Assistance Devices are available at the St. Joseph Church - Downtown Masses.  Please ask the usher to assist you in obtaining a device for use during the Mass.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support our parish even though we cannot join together on Sunday. Your help is greatly appreciated during this unprecedented time

Weekly Contributions: Although we will not have Mass, we know that many of you are asking about your weekly donations to the parish.  We appreciate you continuing your help to the parish in this time of need. You may mail your contributions to the Parish Office at 220 Church St., St. Joseph, MI  49085. You might also wish to consider On-Line Giving. Just click the button on the top right side of this page and follow the instructions. This is a safe and easy way to contribute to the parish.

Our downtown church doors will be open from 8am to 8pm daily

Masss will continue to be live-streamed from St. John  Church: on Sunday at 9am 
Facebook
Masses will be posted to youtube at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SSJohnAndBernard
WSJM, AM 1400 Radio Broadcast – Sunday 10 a.m.

Adoration is still suspended for the duration of ‘shelter in place’ order.

Confessions will be heard in the downtown church (up front) and at south outside if the weather is good, inside if not.

See all the latest information about COVID-19 and our Faith on one page by using the Button at the top of our website "COVID-19 News - Stay Home, Stay Safe and Keep the Faith Growing"

2nd Mondays of the Month:     9:30 AM Daily Mass at the Whitcomb

Every Thursday:                       10:00 AM Daily Mass at Caretel
 

Bishop Bradley has written a pastoral letter for all the Faithful in the Diocese. to encourage us during these days of Easter, praying that “we will allow that same Holy Spirit, who filled the hearts of the first Apostles and turned them from fearful followers into fearless witnesses...”.  You may find the pastoral letter here.  

My Dear Brother Priests,
During these extraordinary days as we continue to deal with the uncertainties caused by this worldwide pandemic, I wanted to assure you of our financial support and assistance. We are committed to doing everything we can to ensure the financial stability of our Parishes so you will be ready to resume all your sacramental and pastoral activities at such a time as we are all able to do so.
In light of these circumstances, as I officially announced in my letter to you on April 3, 2020, the diocese is delaying the launch of this year’s Bishop’s Annual Appeal and turning our focus to securing financial support for our Parishes. To that end we are pleased to announce the launch of an online giving initiative, “Forward in Faith: The Parish Support Fund.”  This special fund has been created to invite people to use online giving to help offset the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the expected decrease in normal offertory participation as we observe the suspension of the public celebration of the Holy Mass through April 30, 2020.
This fund, which has been created in collaboration with Our Sunday Visitor, our current online giving partner, will become active today, April 9, 2020. Parishioners, as well as any interested donor, will be able to visit our diocesan website (www.diokzoo.org/parish-fund) and make a contribution to a specific Parish.  Donations to the fund will be deposited to a Diocesan account and then directly distributed to the donor’s specified Parish.
The “Forward in Faith: Parish Support Fund” has been established to give an immediate, easy and accessible way for Parishioners to donate and will include all of our 59 Parishes. This additional giving option is not meant to replace any online giving capabilities you currently employ; and parishioners should continue to use those as they do now to meet their normal offertory obligations.
We will be promoting the “Forward in Faith: the Parish Support Fund” to a broader audience of donors through social media marketing. Our Communications department will be sending separately various resources for your own promotional use.
Please see the attached “Frequently Asked Questions” document for additional information. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Mr. Edward Carey, Chief Finance Officer or Mr. Tom Dowdall, Director of Stewardship and Development.
Fraternally Yours in Christ,
 
Most Rev. Paul J. Bradley
Bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo
https://youtu.be/GpzHPQw1JLI

You can recieve information directly from the parish at our Parish App - just go to myparishapp.com
or through Evangelus—to sign up just visit eva.us/SWMICATH

FORMED.org Offers Many Items For Your Family
FORMED is back and better than ever. It has a new look and friendlier to use too. There is no need for a code either. All you have to do is follow the steps below.
Here are the new instructions on accessing the website:
1. Open the website and on the blue page: choose "sign up"
2. Choose "I belong to a parish or organization"
3. Then from the drop-down menu type select St. Joseph WATERVLIET MI.
4. Find and Click on Watervliet's Parish
5. Enter your name and email address to gain access to FORMED.
From there you are able to choose from many options. If you have any questions, please call the Watervliet Parish Office.