St. Joseph

Weekday Masses and Reconciliation are paused while Fr. Jim is on medical leave. Adoration will continue as scheduled.

Office Hours, Tuesday & Thursday: 9:30 AM – 3 PM

Saturday: 4:30 pm

Tuesday: No Mass – Priest on medical leave
Thursday: No Mass – Priest on medical leave

Reconciliation: 3:00 pm on Saturday
Adoration with Exposition: 7:15 to 8:00 pm Tuesday

St. Joseph Catholic Church was established in 1891 in the village of Belding as a mission of   St. Mary. The original church was built in 1894 on the corner of Bridge Street and M-44.

In 1913, St. Joseph was given full parish status and Father John Zindler, who was serving as pastor of St. Mary, was appointed pastor.

The current church building, at the corner of Liberty and Bridge Street was dedicated under Father Joseph Maier in 1922.

The summer of 1946 brought change to St. Joseph and St Mary.  Father Charles Steves, who would remain the priest of St. Joseph and St. Mary for 25 years, was appointed pastor of both parishes.

Father Steves successfully opened St. Joseph Catholic School in August of 1957.  The school was successful for 49 years before closing in 2006.

With the implementation of the diocese’s Our Faith, Our Future Plan, St. Joseph merged with St. Mary and the new parish of St. Joseph-St Mary was formed and clustered with St. Charles Borromeo in Greenville in 2012.