Welcome to St. Joseph's home on the Internet. Located six miles south of Ypsilanti, hidden between pine trees and corn fields, Saint Joseph Catholic Church serves the growing community of greater Ypsilanti. Here you will find generous hospitality and living faith. We are a small parish with a unique pastoral situation (daily Mass isn't offered because our pastor splits time with Sacred Heart Major Seminary), but we are "full-service parish" where you can grow in faith and take part in Christ's mission in the Church. We boast an active youth group, weekly Children's religious education (and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for the youngest ones), periods of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, an active Council of Catholic Women, Knights of Columbus, Bible Study, FORMED groups, and more. Above all, here you will find God's Word proclaimed in Holy Scripture and His Body and Blood offered and adored in the Most Holy Eucharist. Come and share in God's good work at Saint Joseph parish.
Letter from Father Pieter
May the peace of Christ be with you.
As you know, we face material and spiritual challenges in the coming weeks as our community confronts the COVID-19 (corona) virus. In addition to other neighborhood closures, public Masses are now canceled at St. Joseph, and throughout the diocese, for the foreseeable future. But even though we cannot come together for Mass, I pray we may still hold one another up in prayer, and support one another materially as much as possible. As we have heard in the Scriptures over the last weeks and months, we follow Christ as members of the Christian community in the Church as a parish. But how can we follow Christ as a parish family when the corona virus separates us?
You can join our parish contact list so that we can keep in touch with one another and offer spiritual and material support as needed. The parish will reach out to you in the coming days to find out what is the best way to stay in touch (if you would like to be included). You are also welcome to take the initiative and call the office to do this! You may also stop in and pray at St. Joseph parish. The church will be open for private prayer during regular business hours during the week (9 am to Noon, Monday – Friday), and on afternoons through the weekend (12 pm – 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday). On Saturdays and Sundays confessions will be offered from 3 – 5 pm.
These will be difficult weeks for our country and our parish, but I pray that Christ will strengthen our unity as a parish through our faith in Him and the mutual support we will offer one another. May God the Father draw us together in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Pieter van Rooyen
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Staff
- Fr Pieter vanRooyen, Pastor
- Stan Kukla, Deacon
- Richard Giesige Jr., Deacon
- Don Kreiner, Director of Liturgical Music
- Anna Nowaczewski, Youth Group Leader & Religious Education Co-Director
- Betty Linzy, Director of Religious Education
- Kate Ramsay, Secretary
- Pamela Armstrong, Bookeeper
- Nathan Everts, Business Manager
Services
Service Information:
The Parish Office is open Monday-Friday 9 am - 12 pm
Office Phone: 734-461-6555
Events
- Apr 4 2020 3:00 pm - 3 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Apr 4 2020 5:00 pm - 5 PM Mass
- Apr 5 2020 8:30 am - 8:30 am Rosary
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