St. Joseph Parish

SOUTH: 5353 S. Roosevelt Rd., Stevensville, MI 49127

PARISH OFFICE: (269) 983-1575
Office Hours: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday

For church locations and maps, please click HERE.

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.

2nd Mondays of the Month:     9:30 AM Daily Mass at the Whitcomb
1st Tuesdays of the Month:      2:30 PM Daily Mass at the Willows
Every Wednesday:                       10:00 AM Daily Mass at Caretel
2nd Thursdays of the Month:  9:30 AM Daily Mass at Royalton Manor

The Diocese of Kalamazoo encourages individuals to report clergy sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults – no matter when the abuse occurred. If abuse by anyone connected to the Church is suspected, please contact the police. You are also encouraged to contact the Diocesan Sexual Abuse Report line at (877) 802-0115. Every effort will be made to return the call within an hour. If the suspected abuse is by a bishop, please contact the police, as well as Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Christophe Pierre at (202) 333-7121 and Archbishop Allen Vigneron, the Archbishop of Detroit at (313) 237-5800.
In addition, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office can be contacted at its toll-free reporting hotline at (844) 324-3374 (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or by email at aginvestigations@michigan.gov.
 
For any other questions pertaining to protecting our children, please contact the Diocesan Safe Environment Coordinator Marina Hentz Shoup at (269) 903-0171, mhentz@diokzoo.org. More information and resources regarding the Diocese of Kalamazoo’s efforts to address child sexual abuse and create safe environments for all, may be found at https://protect.diokzoo.org
 

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

Monday, December 24th Vigil of Christmas
(Fulfills Christmas Obligation)
4:00 pm Mass—South
4:00 pm Mass—Downtown
6:00 pm Mass—Downtown

Tuesday, December 25th Masses for Christmas
(Fulfills Christmas Obligation)
11:15 pm—Musical Prelude Begins
12 Midnight—Downtown
9:00 am Mass—Downtown
9:00 am Mass—South
11:00 am Mass—Downtown

Monday, December 31, 2018: Vigil Masses for Mary, Mother of God
(New Year’s Eve)
4:00 pm Mass—South
6:00 pm Mass—Downtown

Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Mass for Mary, Mother of God
(New Year’s Day)
9:00 am Mass—Downtown

Confession Schedule for Advent
Downtown:
Fridays 11:00 am—Noon
Saturdays 11:30 am—1:00 pm
South:
Saturdays 3:00 pm—3:50 pm

Downtown Penance Service
Sunday, December 23rd—2:00 pm

The Parish Office Will Be Closed On The Following Days:
Monday, December 24th
Tuesday, December 25th
Wednesday, December 26th
Monday, December 31st
Tuesday, January 1st
Wednesday, January 2nd

If you have a Sacramental Emergency only, please call and leave a message. The phone will be monitored and someone will get back to you.

  A letter dated October 18, 2018, was sent to me and all pastors of Catholic parishes in the State of Michigan and copied to the respective Bishops.  It states that investigators from the Department of the Attorney General and the Michigan State Police executed a search warrant of the seven Diocese obtaining relevant documents for the investigation into sexual abuse and assault by Catholic priest of children and others as well as the concealment of these crimes.  The investigation goes back to January of 1950.*
 
  In light of this, the Department would like to give every victim of abuse by a priest, or those with information relating to the investigation of abuse and coverup, the ability to share more information on the Attorney General toll-free hotline at 844-324-3374 (Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm) or sent information by email, through the following link:
 
https://www.michigan.gov/ag and select “Learn More” in the Open Investigations section.
 
  The identity and information provided by any victim shall remain confidential during the course of our investigation.
 
  The Attorney General hopes to disseminate this contact phone number and email link as broadly as possible.  This contact information is included in our parish bulletin on the last weekend of October.  The purpose of this investigation is to prosecute any crimes that occurred and to identify any and all perpetrators, whether or not they can be prosecuted, so that those who have survived these crimes may heal and to guarantee that not one will be victimized again.
 
  I offer my complete cooperation and comply with this request.
 
Sincerely, Fr. Robert Creagan
 
*Since the Dioceses of Gaylord and Kalamazoo were founded in 1971, anything that occurred in a particular parish would go back to the original diocese.  For example, anything in Berrien County before July of 1971 would refer back to the Diocese of Lansing.