Name of Church Holy Family Church
Address 678 N. Egan Avenue, Burns OR 97720
Phone number (541) 573-2613
Mass times Sunday, 10 am. Tuesday, 11 am. Wednesday – Friday, 7 am, 1st Saturday, 9:30 am.
Confessions Wednesdays, 5 – 6 pm, Saturdays, 8 – 9 am, Sundays, 8:30 – 9:50 am and by appointment.
Names of priests Father Joseph Levine, pastor. Father is a Thomas Aquinas College graduate ordained a priest in 2010. He’s an intelligent, articulate priest, well-versed in the faith; he comes from a secular background and was baptized at age 20. Listen to him share about his background here. Read a recent sermon here and here.
Special groups/activities Adoration, 8:30 am – 1 pm, rosary, Sundays, 9:30 am, Holy Hour with Benediction, Sunday, 8:20 – 9:20 am.
Parking There is a large lot near the church and street parking.
Additional observations Holy Family is a parish of the Diocese of Baker. Baker is the eastern two-thirds of Oregon, a large geographic area but relatively sparsely populated. The parishes outside of the cities are spread out.
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Father Levine comes from a secular background and was baptized at age 20.
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I’m not likely ever to pass through this area.
Thank you for informing us. Readers across the state were wondering if you’d get there. Now we know.
Where are you likely to go?
I agree. What’s the point of posting information about churches out in the boonies? If it were a vacation destination like Palm Springs or Big Bear, it would be more understandable. But how many here had even heard of Burns, OR? I’ve been to Crater Lake, Coos Bay, Grants Pass, Portland, and the Columbia River Gorge. This featured church isn’t even on the way to or from anything interesting. It’s not on a major transportation route. It’s literally in the middle of nowhere.
This Catholic news story should be re-done, to feature excellent priests of good, faithful Catholic churches, that have nuch to offer, perhaps in both California and in the Western United States. These churches are worth much more than a visit. They are worth it for devout Catholic families to consider relocating to their area, maybe, and to join.
nowhere man, yeah, no one ever drives through small towns. Only vaca destinations like Palm Springs and Big Bear are worth driving to or through.
I’m pretty sure God loves the people there, but what good can come out of Yreka or Burns?
Eastern Oregon is full of wonderful, conservative folk, not like the western part of the state, which is controlled by Democrats.
Fr. Levine said that his area, and his parish and school, is made up of nearly all Hispanic families. He speaks Spanish, and has a Spanish Mass as well as an English Mass. Eastern Oregon has a lot of high desert areas, and the people are different — more nice and normal, with more families who are faith and family-oriented. The corrupted, “hippie,” Democrat Anglos, with their leftist LGBT garbage and dope addiction problems— have ruined the beautiful cities and areas of the Western part of Oregon, by the Pacific Ocean.
OCP, which I have always objected to– is headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR, a suburb of Portland– a Democrat-infested, troubled city, extremely liberal– lots of California-style immorality and crime problems.
Not to mention the druggies and the antifa anarchists who have taken over Portland. It’s not a livable city anymore.
According to the 2020 census, 92.2% of the population of Burns, OR is White, 4.7% are Hispanics, 0.3% are Blacks, 2.6% are Native Americans, and 0.7% are Asians.
Does America need democrats anymore? NO. 70 plus years we tried their way, the war on poverty, more poor people now than ever, the war on drugs, more drug overdoses now than ever, the war on education, 3 generations that are 3rd grade level reading. Everything is a war with the democrats. ENOUGH. They fear monger, and threaten. That’s all they know. Their only plan is to make themselves richer at the expense of the country. Goodbye, Democrats, your way is no longer relevant.
Oregon Democratic Governor Tina Kotek recently signed an insane proclamation, declaring March 10th as “Abortionist Appreciation Day.” Archbishop Alexander Sample, of the Archdiocese of Portland, OR, sharply rebuked her for this.
Loved the interview, and Fr. Levine’s sermons! A very good, faithful Catholic priest! The priest who interviewed Fr. Levine was a classmate and dorm mate of Fr. Levine’s when they attended Thomas Aquinas College, decades ago. The interview was filmed in 2016. Many men who have attended Fr. Levine’s alma mater, Thonas Aquinas College, have entered the priesthood, and have become excellent, well-educated, mature, very manly priests. No more brainless, liberal misfit, 1960s silly “Fr. Fluff” and his heretical preaching, Rainbow flags, and goofball liturgies.
Why would a family relocate to Boonieville where the dad can’t get a decent job?
Yeah, better to be in a feces, drug, crime-infested perverted hellscape like San Francisco where there are lots more jobs.
Boonieville, isn’t that where our hillbilly vice-president is from?
Our great governor has probably never even been there or to Yreka or Burney or Quincy.
What good can come from rural or small town living?
All of Fr. Levine’s parishioners have good jobs, and send their kids to his parish school. I do not think there are any homeless people there. Or other terrible things– crime, dope-addiction, LGBT evils, or hippie filth, like Portland. Small towns often have good jobs available, and may have companies, government agencies, medical clinics, hospitals, military installations, community colleges, and businesses nearby, that need employees. Also, you can own a small business or a farm. Much cheaper and better quality of life, especially for when you marry and raise a family. Most people want that, not deeply-troubled, crime-infested, filth-ridden, high-cost, anxiety-filled, health-destroying, big city life.
Burns, OR, named for the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, population only 2,710, is located at an elevation of 4,190 ft. and has a pleasant, high desert climate. The town is the county seat of Harney County. It has a significantly lower crime rate than other places in Oregon, and is well below the national average crime rate. Oregon has an unusually high rate of homelessness, especially in the cities of Portland and Eugene. Eugene, OR has the very highest per capita homeless rate in the entire country. Harney County reportedly has nearly about 60 homeless individuals. Oregon has the third highest homelessness rate, after California and New York— and Oregon also has the very highest rate of homeless, unaccompanied youth in the entire country— very sad. There is a lot of natural scenery in the area of Burns, OR, including mountains, a river, hot springs, a wildlife refuge, and much more, for nearby outdoor activities. Located in a bird migratory flyway, there are bird-watching activities, and an annual Migratory Bird Festival. Kids can learn about birds and animals, how to make bird houses, etc. and other activities. The weather there sounds great— the highs in Jan., the coldest month, are around 35° and the lows are around 15°. In July, the hottest month, the highs are usually around 87° and the lows are around 48°. Can’t beat that! Their heating and cooling bills are probably low. The town is very small, but I bet it is friendly. They have some educational, arts and cultural activities. Burns is 132 miles east of Bend, OR– the closest city.
Some comments remind me of “What good can came out of Nazareth?” I agree with Tom Jefferson, I much prefer Nazareth to decadent Rome any time.
So where do you live, Tom, and what is the population? I bet you live in or near a big city where there are ample economic opportunities. It takes money to raise a family.
takes money, I lived in Charlottesville, VA with a current population of 44,983. It wasn’t nearly as big when I lived there. I’m now retired, It’s 2-1/2 hours from the swamp of DC, but agricultural and a government job served me pretty well. I had a nice home, before my current one. My wife and I had six children. After her death, it’s rumored I had several others with another woman.
More people drive through Charlottesville than Burns or Yreka, so check out my old place sometime, it’s at 1050 Monticello Loop.
The challenge is adapting some agrarian values to the 21st century. But, it’s not entirely impossible.
Quite a few of these remote places were founded to be sundown towns.
One of the nicest things about rural or semi-rural life, is having friendly neighbors, low crime rate, less worries, and lots of fun activities for kids as well as the whole family. You can also enjoy having a bigger (less expensive) home for the kids, lots of pets, maybe horses and some cute barnyard pets– and teach kids to love and appreciate and care for animals– and how to grow things– flowers, fruits and veggies, fruit trees, etc. Kids can be more free to run around, play with other kids, and do fun activitues– and to make and do fun projects, learn responsibility. Very relaxing. A long time ago, I lived in Orinda, CA, and loved walking home from the BART every night after a commute to work. I always ran into wild animals, on my walk home! Deer, skittish baby deer running across the road and into me– closely followed by a Mama Deer, a family of ducks following Mama Duck in a straight line, a family of skunks following Mama Skunk (I never got sprayed) in a straight line, families of raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, etc. etc.– they all were out and about, if you had eyes to see them. Adorable! Someone at the grocery store warned me about cougars or coyotes– but I never saw one. No bears, either. To me– this was my idea of “small town Paradise,” like when I was a child, growing up in a semi-rural area. One time, in Orinda, everyone ran to help a neighbor, because a baby deer had wandered into their yard, and had fallen into their swimming pool, in the back yard– and the Mama Deer was frantic! They got the baby deer safely out of the pool, and he ran off with his mommy deer. So adorable!
Burns, OR has an average of 10 inches of rain, 23 inches of snow, and 211 days of sunshine per year. For $393,000 you can buy a nice 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2,248 sq. ft. family home on a quarter of an acre lot. Can’t do that in San Francisco. Housing costs in the state of Oregon are still high, though.