Church of St. Joseph

Dear Parishioners and Friends of the Church of St. Joseph,

Today, Bishop Kagan has made the very difficult decision to suspend Masses in the Diocese of Bismarck until further notice. Please read the entire release from the Diocese of Bismarck to ensure you understand what is going on.

The following will be the things that will be done here at the Church of St. Joseph:

We WILL still have Mass at 9am tomorrow for the Feast of St. Joseph. We will celebrate our last public Mass for the foreseeable future on the feast of our patron saint. Please join us if you can. If you cannot join us in person, we will be live streaming from our Facebook Page tomorrow. There will be NO after celebration as originally planned.

There will be no Stations of the Cross on Fridays.

At this point, all school, daycare, and faith formation classes will be closed until further notice.

If you have a baptism scheduled, the parish office will be contact with you about how we will proceed with these sacraments.

Funerals will not be public events. They will only be open to close family of the deceased.There will also be no vigils.

Confessions will still be offered. Confessions will be held at 3pm on Saturday and by appointment. As per the direction of the Bishop, we only offer it through the screen in the confessional. Confessions will also be available by appointment.

Please remember at this time, we will not be taking up any collections. Please use our online giving or mailing in your contributions to the parish. If you have any questions on this, please contact the parish office. Our online giving link is pinned to the top of this page as well as linked directly to our homepage (www.stjosephmandan.com)

We will live stream Mass on Sundays at 10:30am. Please keep watching for further updates on Facebook and our website.

Please do not forget to pray! We need to keep our faith going during this time and remember to keep Christ and the Blessed Mother close to us. These are very uncertain times in our county and our world. We know that by faith, God can do all things for the greater good. We need to continue to trust in Him. Our Holy Father is asking us to pray a Rosary every night at 9pm for the protection of our families.

If you have any sacramental emergencies, please do not hesitate to give me a call on my cell phone, 701-471-5758. For general questions, please continue to call the parish office and the staff will be able to help you with your questions.

Pax Christi,
Fr. Josh Waltz

https://bismarckdiocese.com/…/important-message-from-bishop…