About St. Joseph Parish
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The first Catholic settlers in this area were counted as members of the Church of the Visitation Parish in Westphalia. It was a long way to travel to attend services with horse drawn conveyances so the people of the Cyclone area began to have Mass in the schoolhouse or in people's homes.
Recognizing the need for their own church, the people built a small house, dug a well and began to plan a church building to be built on five acres of land that had been donated.
St. Joseph's Catholic Church was erected on the hill of the plat that was bounded by St. Joseph's Road and the County Road. The cornerstone reads "erected in 1902" and the parish was recognized and the building dedicated by Bishop Gallagher in October 1902.
Cyclone is in deep East Bell County - God's country - it is a friendly and happy place to live, work and worship. We are learning from the past and looking forward to the future and the next 100 years.
