St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

Office Hours, Monday – Friday: 9:30 AM – 4 PM

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

Mass Times

Sunday: 11:00 am
Saturday Vigil: Paused until further notice
Monday: No Mass (9 AM Morning Prayer)
Wednesday: No Mass
Friday: No Mass

Reconciliation

Reconciliation: Paused
Rosary: 9:00 am Saturday

Eucharistic Adoration with Exposition

Wednesday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm

During the school year our students will be on the playground and the Oak St. parking lot between 10:40 am to Noon. We ask that you please park on Oak Street or in the Lafayette St. parking lot during those hours.


The first mass in Greenville was celebrated in 1859 when Father Henry Rievers from Parnell gathered five families in the home of Patrick and Anna McDonald located at the southwest corner of Benton and Webster Streets.

In 1875, Father Charles Bolte of Ionia purchased property on Maple Street and started a church under the patronage of St. Charles Borromeo. The first mass was celebrated on September 12, 1875.

In 1912 the parish purchased the Slaght home and 2/3 of the surrounding block on Franklin Street bordered by Oak Street. By 1913, the parish tore down the church on Maple Street and used the materials to build a basement church facing Benton Street which is now the current site of the activities building. It wasn’t until January of 1914 that 33 families welcomed Father Bolte as resident pastor, a role he held until 1918.

To meet the needs of a growing parish in 1934, Father William Flannery supervised the building of a new mission style church on the corner of Franklin and Oak Streets. This building was expanded and modernized in 1976. In 1994, lightening struck the church and burned it to the ground. After two and a half years of planning and construction, the current church building was dedicated on March 16, 1997.

In 2012, the parish clustered with St. Joseph-St. Mary parish in Belding.