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St. Joseph Downtown ChurchOngoing Renovations at 201 Church Street, St. Joseph, MIBackForwardPauseCaption
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A Prayer for Our Holy Father
O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful,look favorably on your servant Francis,whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd;Grant, we pray, that by word and examplehe may be of service to those over whom he presidesso that, together with the flock entrusted to his care,he may come to everlasting life.Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,who lives and reigns with you in theunity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.Amen. -
Downtown Mass Locations Have Changed Due to Revitalization!Ongoing Renovations:
A Sneak Peak:
Progress from the studio on one of the murals for the sanctuary. We look forward to the day they’ll be put in place! 
Interesting view:
The murals have arrived!
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Our Downtown Church is still undergoing revitalization. This location will be closed until the project is completed.
The Adoration Chapel will remain open during this time.
Our Sunday Masses at 8:00 am, 10:00 am, and Noon will be held at St. John Catholic Church in Benton Harbor.
Our daily Masses and the 6:00 pm Vigil Mass will be celebrated at our South Location in Stevensville.
Confessions will take place at our South location. The days of the week and times will remain the same.
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Photo Album Of The Church's Progress
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Mass Times
- Saturday: 4:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN South 6:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN South
- Sunday: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN St. John-Benton Harbor 9:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN South 10:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN St. John-Benton Harbor 12:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN St. John-Benton Harbor
- MonSat 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN South
- Friday: 12:15 PM EnglishEnglishEN South
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St. Joseph Parish
Mailing Address
220 Church Street
St. Joseph, MI 49085
Phone: (269) 983-1575
Fax: (269) 983-7798
Sacramental Emergency Only:
(269) 985-7331
Email: [email protected]
Website: stjoestjoe.church
Parish Office Hours: The Morlock Center
Monday - Thursday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Friday
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
* Office is closed on holidays and Holy Days of Obligation. If our Parish School is closed due to weather the Parish Office will be closed. Daily Masses will take place.
Parish offices are in the Morlock Center across the street from the Downtown Church.
Parish App: http://myparishapp.com/Our Church Locations:
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Confession Times
- Friday: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM South
- Saturday: 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM South 3:00 PM to 3:40 PM South
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Sacared Heart Adoration Times
- Perpetual: We are working to return to perpetual status again. Please help us!
- Tuesday: 8:30 AM to 11:00 PM
- Wednesday: 12:00 AM to 3:00 PM
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Sacared Heart Adoration Chapel
"Come to me all you who labor and find life
burdensome and I will give you rest" ~Matthew 11:28
UPDATE on our return to Perpetual Adoration. We currently have Eucharistic Adoration from Tuesday, after the 8:00 am Mass, through Wednesday at 3:00 pm.We are working to fill and open the hours from Wednesday 4:00 pm through Friday 8:00 am. We have an easy sign-up option with this program and are hopeful this will assist us in our return to Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration at the Chapel.
We are asking all who sign up on days when the Blessed Sacrament is in repose to start coming to their hour NOW! If we are in the chapel praying when the Blessed Sacrament is reposed in the Tabernacle we can pray for more people to sign up for an hour so that He will not remain hidden away in the Tabernacle. Please share and encourage others to sign up for a Holy Hour with Jesus.
Please use the link to sign up and spend an hour with Jesus each week. Eucharistic Adoration Sign-up or scan the QR code.
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Today's Readings
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LEnten Offerings
Lenten Penance Service
St. Bernard Parish
April 2, 2025 at 5:30 pm until the last confession is heard.
Knights of Columbus Lenten Dinners
Fridays during Lent—Our Elementary School—
5:00-7:00 pm
The suggested donation is $10 per person and $5 for children aged 5 and younger. Families can pay a maximum of $35.The dinner menu includes Pasta with Sauce, Baked Fish, Mac & Cheese, Cole Slaw Vegetable Medley, Garlic Bread, Coffee, Punch, and Desserts.
Stations of the Cross
Fridays, South, at 7:00pm
Good Friday, South, at Noon
Lenten Resources click on each item below:
Pope Francis' Lenten Message
Lenten Regulations
What is Lent? (USCCB)
FORMED Lenten Resources
The BEST LENT ever by Dynamic Catholic
The Pray More Lenten Retreat
Lenten News by Catholic News
Lent For Children
Stations of the Cross at Home
Join Us For Divine Mercy Sunday
April 27th, 1:00-3:30 pm—St. Joseph Parish—Watervliet
In a series of revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, our Lord called for a special feast day to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. Today, we know that feast as Divine Mercy Sunday, named by Pope St. John Paul II at the canonization of St. Faustina on April 30, 2000.
1:00 pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
1:15 pm Confessions (Available till 3 PM)
2:00 pm Glorious Scriptural Mysteries of the Rosary
3:00 pm Hour of Great Mercy Divine Mercy Chaplet – Sung
3:30 pm Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Dismissal
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2025 First Communion & Confirmation Announced
First Penance • May 7th, 6:00 pm
First Communion Mass • May 18th, 2:00 pm
Confirmation Mass • May 14th, 6:00 pm • St. Augustine • Kalamazoo
Parents, if you have any questions, please see Chad Roden or Jason Devoir through the Parish Office.
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Schedule a Tour Today!
Our Lady of the Lake School is now scheduling student tours and shadow days grades PS-12.Inquire TODAY by clicking here!
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Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School has a long tradition of academic excellence and rigorous college preparatory programs. Our faculty is committed to providing a Christ-centered, quality educational experience designed to meet the unique needs of students in an atmosphere of respect for individual differences in learning style, interest, and personal development.
What makes an education at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School special, is the dedication of our staff to facilitate student learning, the respect that exists between students and staff, our capacity to provide challenging academic experiences for students in a small school environment, the close-knit family atmosphere in our buildings, and our devotion to our Catholic faith which permeates all aspects of our programs.
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Andrew Glotzbach Class of 21 Served for the Pope
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The Background Information.
Diocese of Kalamazoo Offerings
The Vatican
The USCCB
The Official HymnJubilee PrayerFather in heaven,may the faith you have given us in your son,
Jesus Christ, our brother ,and the flame
of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the
coming of your Kingdom.May your grace transform us into tireless
cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.May those seeds transform from within
both humanity and the whole cosmosin the sure expectation of a new heaven
and a new earth, when, with the powers of Evil
vanquished, your glory will shine eternally.May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us,
Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the
treasures of heaven. May that same
grace spread the joy and peace of our Redeemerthroughout the earth. To you our God,
eternally blessed, be glory and praise for ever.AmenPope Francis -
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Processing Changes for The BIshop's Annual Appeal
This year, all the processing of the Annual Bishop’s Appeal is moving from the parishes to the Diocese. All pledge cards will be directed to the Diocese, all checks for the appeal will be made out to the Diocese, and any donation that is submitted to the parish either by mail or through the collection will not be processed here but sent directly to the Diocese.
We will no longer have an online giving option available for the Bishop's Annual Appeal at the local level. All pledges and payments should be going through the Diocese. Please use the their online giving site by clicking here.
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Letters From Bishop Lohse & Diocese of kalamazoo
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