St. Joseph/Bread of Life Community
147 W. 24th St., Erie, Pennsylvania
Roman Catholic churches in Erie, Pennsylvania
Location of Worship
147 W. 24th St.
Erie
Pennsylvania
United States
16502
Mass Times
Liturgy Schedule
Weekday Masses
7:00 am
11:30 am
(in Chapel)
Saturday Masses
11:30 am
(in Chapel)
4:15 PM Vigil
(In Church)
Sunday Masses
8:30 am (Traditional)
11:00 am (Contemporary)
8:00 PM (Youth)
(All in Church)
Holy Day Masses
Schedule varies. Please see our calendar.
Reconciliation
Saturday, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday, Before 11:00 am Mass
& after 8:00 PM Mass (or by appointment)
Special Masses
Purgatorial Society
Every Monday Night at
7:00 PM and last Friday of the Month at 7:00 PM
Novena
Every Wednesday at 7:00 PM
with evening prayer and anointing with St. Joseph Oil
Contact Info
Call Pastor: (814) 452-2982
Call Office: 814-452-2982
Send Fax: 814-452-4400
Email Pastor
Email Admin
Visit Website
About St. Joseph/Bread of Life Community
St. Joseph Church - Bread of Life Community is a product of two Church communities that came were joined together on July 1, 2002. St. Joseph Church was founded on June 2, 1867 by German immigrants, and the Bread of Life Community was founded on January 10, 1991 by a group of Catholic Charismatics who wanted to be able to worship and exercise the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Catholic Church. These 15 years we have continued to grow into a very welcoming community with vibrant liturgies and Biblical preaching.We have a beautiful 150 year old Parish community that continues to grow and reaches out to the Erie community. We are constantly striving towards the future.
We have a full-time youth minister and Life Teen Program for middle school and high school age youth and weekly 8:00 PM Life Teen/Mercy Mass followed by confessions. Our youth are so important to us and we have a great religious education program for all our youth.
Our Community reaches out to the poor through food pantry, clothing store, winter emergency shelter. We seek to be fulltime disciples of Jesus Christ and strive to follow Him not just on Sunday's but in our daily lives.
We are the only church in the Diocese of Erie that has Perpetual Adoration. That means we pray in front of Jesus in His Blessed Sacrament - 24 hour a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year! You can come and pray with us anytime!
Our Pastor, Fr. Larry Richards, is an internationally known speaker and best-selling author. He is the founder of "The Reason for Our Hope Foundation", The DME Retreat program, the "22:32 Men's Conference " and the "1:38 Women's conference", and can be heard weekly on various radio programs through the country.
Even with all this we lack something without YOU and your presence in our parish!
We want YOU to know that you are most welcome in our parish community and invite you to join us at our 11:00 am Sunday Mass. Please come!
Location Map
Leadership
- Pastor Rev. Lawrence R. Richards
- Phone: (814) 452-2982
- Fax: (814) 452-4400
- Email: Email Pastor
Other Church Leaders
Administration
- Parish Secretary Cheryl Konzel
- Phone: 814-452-2982
- Fax: 814-452-4400
- Email: Email Admin
Children and Youth Activities
- Youth Ministry
Here at Saint Joseph's Church,
Bread of Life Community
our Faith Formation and Youth Ministry programs for grades 6th -12th
are combined in the Life Teen program!
The Life Teen model for
catechetics and evangelization split the youth into two separate youth groups:
Edge
6th-8th Grade
Life Teen
9th-12th Grade
Upcoming Events
This week At. St. Joes!
Sunday 2/18/18
C-N.OW 6 - 9PM in the main church.
Mass at 8pm.
Tuesday 2/20/18
EDGE Youth Group all 6th,7th and 8th grade youth are welcome!
Thursday 2/15/18
Tonight! 6:30 to 8PM at Tim Hortans 2565 W 12th St, Erie, PA 16505 on the lower west side. We'll just chat about life and lent! Let me know your coming!
There will also be adoration with praise and worship at St. Judes chapel from 8:30PM to 9:30pm. Music lead by Tim and Sami!
Ministries
Community Activities
Other Information
- Dress Code:
- Adult Congregation:
- Under 18 Congregation:
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