Welcome to St. Joseph Church

Welcome to St. Joseph Church in Strongsville, Ohio! Hopefully, if you live in or near the “Crossroads of the Nation,” you will come visit us in person and join us. The Ohio Turnpike and I-71 crisscross the United States uniting our states into this one nation, just as the Eucharist unites all Catholics as one Family in Christ. Even if you are far away, we pray you will gain some good inspiration and information from our website, with its links to reliable Catholic sites.

In this family, we are “fed” by God’s Word and the Eucharistic Presence of Christ.  Each week, we are happy to offer a video of the homily from our Sunday 8am Mass on our site for you to view. We try to be especially welcoming and inclusive, and reach out to those who are most vulnerable and wounded. We have many ministries within the parish, but we also remember the Church’s “preferential option for the poor.” Through the work of our Ministry of Assistance, we reach out those those in need both within Strongsville and beyond!  Our Mission of Hope team has gone to New Orleans after Katrina, and Appalachia to rebuild homes. Our San Jose Villanueva mission outreach is to El Salvador, our Sister-Parish. In this partnership, we are inspired by their active parish, as we visit there periodically. We also try to help where we can, such as educational scholarships for their students, who are mostly very poor. Some pictures from both mission teams are available to you.

We hope you will find the “crossroads” of St. Joseph Parish to be a place where you might experience the gathering and meeting of God’s People who speak God’s Word, a place where people really listen to the important stories of each other, and a place of welcoming. This holy gathering, whether in church or over coffee and donuts, attempts to recognize and value each person who comes. We honor the dignity and worth of every person—born and unborn. While we oppose abortion with every fiber of the Body of Christ, we affirm the skein of a “consistent ethic of life,” from womb to tomb. Our Social Concerns Ministry reflects this “seamless garment” approach that cherishes and tries to safeguard the most struggling and marginalized in our society, from the poor, the abused, the addicted, the incarcerated, the immigrant, minorities, and all the “lepers” among us.

At the center of our Church “crossroads” is the Cross of Christ, which we embrace, and promise to be His risen presence in our world. The dramatic new crucifix in our church, carved of linden wood in Italy, is a symbol of how the sufferings in our own life and in our community can lead us into “redemptive” suffering, so we can make up in our Body of St. Joseph Church what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

Please know that you are welcome here at St. Joseph.  If I, or any other member of the Parish Staff may be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to call (440.238.5555) or email any member of the staff.  We'd be happy to assist you!

 

May the Lord bless you and your family,

Father Joe Mamich

Pastor

Our Mission

We, the Parishioners of the Catholic community of St. Joseph Church, are a people of God, blessed by a diversity of gifts to carry on the work of Jesus Christ. We commit ourselves to be a Eucharistic people gathering to worship and praise God. We commit ourselves to be an apostolic people enabling each person to grow spiritually, so that each can invite others to know the Good News of Jesus Christ. We commit ourselves further to use our time, talent, and treasure in serving each other with a caring spirit, reaching out to the needs of our families, our Parish and our community.

Our Family

It's just an incredible, unique, environment here that I had not found at other parishes. I feel like anytime I need my parish it's there for me.” — A new parishioner