Membership
If you live within our Parish Boundaries and are not registered, please call the Parish Center Office at 419.885.5791 and register over the phone.
Sacraments
Sacrament of Baptism
A preparation session for new parents is held on the second Sunday of the month at 1:15 pm in the Parish Center. Baptisms are held on the first, second, third and fourth Sundays at 1:15 pm. Baptisms my also be celebrated - at the request of the parents - during the Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Mass or during the Sunday, 12:00 noon Mass. You must be registered in the parish before making arrangements for Baptism. You are encouraged to take the class before the baby is born. Prior arrangements for both must be made at the Parish Center.
Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist
St. Joseph prepares second grade children for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist. In addition to the parish level preparation process to celebrate the sacraments, children are expected to have a catechetical foundation beforehand.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated on Saturday, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment.
Sacrament of Confirmation
St. Joseph prepares eighth grade children for the sacrament of Confirmation. In addition to the parish level preparation process to celebrate the sacraments, children are expected to have a catechetical foundation beforehand.
Sacrament of Matrimony
All arrangements are to be made with the Parish Center at least 6 months in advance of the wedding date. All couples must attend a Marriage Preparation Course.
Sacrament of the Sick
Please contact the Parish Office regarding visitation by a parish minister for communion calls for the homebound, hospital visitation, or the Sacrament of the Sick in cases of serious illness.
Priests from St. Joseph will be happy to visit parishioners in other area hospitals if family members or the person hospitalized so request. Hospitals do not have the responsibility to inform the Parish of our hospitalized parishioners. Our Eucharistic Ministers visit Catholic patients at Flower Hospital and the extended care and nursing care facilities in the area bringing Holy Communion several times weekly. They minister Communion to shut-ins by individual arrangement.
A listing of our parishioners who are ill and in need of our prayers will be printed in the bulletin. To request someone's name to be listed, please fill out the card located by the suggestion box in the back of church. The completed card may be put in the suggestion box or dropped off at the Parish Center.