Name of Church St. Joseph
Address 312 Fourth Street, Yreka CA 96097
Phone number 530-842-4874
Webpage https://hwy3catholic.org/
Mass times Saturday vigil, 4 pm. Sunday, 9 am. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, noon. First Saturdays, 6 pm (Spanish).
Confessions Wednesday – Friday, 11:15 – 11:45 am. Saturday, 2:30 – 3:45 pm.
Names of priests Father Dean Marshall, parochial administrator. Father is a convert to the Catholic faith and formerly a teacher working with at-risk children and teaching English. He is a faithful priest, who also oversees nearby Sacred Heart Parish in Fort Jones and a variety of mission churches. Click here to hear the story of his becoming a priest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXpVNjk-bNg.
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Special activities youth ministry, Knights of Columbus, Radiate Love Initiative (assisting the engaged), rosary on second Saturdays in front of the rectory, St. Joseph Guild, Sunday Hospitality, religious education/Order of Christian Initiation for Adults.
Fellow parishioners Yreka is a small town of nearly 8,000 and a mostly English-speaking community.
Parking Street parking, and a small lot by the church.
Additional observations St. Joseph is a parish of the Diocese of Sacramento in Siskiyou County, not far from the California-Oregon border. It is a historic parish, established in 1855 to serve the miners of the California Gold Rush. The current brick church was built in 1876, with an addition in 1955-56. Four Sisters of Mercy from New Hampshire arrived in 1871 to establish a school for girls, but the gold mines petered out and the sisters relocated the school nearly 300 miles to the south in Rio Vista in 1882. The parish continues to serve the small town and its visitors, although its priest is often on the road serving other small churches nearby.
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Click below to hear the story of Father's becoming a priest.
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Loved this interview, done five years ago, when Fr. Dean Marshall– a former English teacher– became a new priest! Very uplifting, and inspiring! His parents– a non-practicing Lutheran dad, and many years’ lapsed Catholic mom, supported their son’s Catholic conversion, and attended his Baptism. As they all were walking out of the church after their son’s Baptism, the priest’s proud father said, “Now, I just know, you will someday become a priest!” Fr. Dean replied “no,” that was not in his plans– but his father kept insisting that someday, he would become a priest. His dad was very, very impressed! And his father’s intuition turned out to be true! His parents supported him completely, when he actually did decide to become a priest. Wonderful! Fr. Dean went to Mt. Angel Seminary in Oregon, and became a priest for the Diocese of Sacramento.
Again– an excellent interview! This priest seems good at natural manly leadership. He even served as Class President at Mt. Angel Seminary! He mentioned that as Class President, he got to know all the seminarians, and helped with their needs, at the Seminary. A good leader in the role of a priest, teacher, coach, political leader, U.S. president, (etc.)– or a father in his family– is dedicated, objective, serves others, and gives of himself to help others. He is not interested in whether he is “liked” or “popular.” Just like Jesus Christ, he is interested in doing the best job– for you, and for God. He puts up with a lot, while giving you his best, and sloughs it off if you have dumb complaints and whining. If you get sick and your father bundles you up to take you to see the doctor— and you scream and cry, because you “hate” going to the doctor—– he puts you in the car anyway, and off you go. He will try to soothe you a little, on the way. He loves you, and takes good care of you. He is a man of goodness and virtue. Likewise, the Christian Charity of a priest, teacher, doctor, etc.– is mature, and of Christ, it is of Christian virtue, love (not personal love– it is for Christ) and goodness, giving his best, to each student, patient, or parishioner, impartially, for God. It is not a mindless, silly, “hippie group love trip,” often portrayed in the media. On the other hand– a Christian doctor, teacher or priest—-and a good father– should never be selfish, lazy, immature, and misuse his leadership and authority role, and become egotistical, abusive and cruel. Those kinds of men do not belong in roles of leadership and service to others. They need corrective discipline.
Too many kids today, have been tragically leftist-indoctrinated in the schools, to believe in false, hateful feminist concepts, that men, God-ordained, mature masculinity, and natural, mature male leadership ability—- in fatherhood, teaching, coaching, political leadership, the USA presidency, and the clergy– including the Catholic priesthood and even the papacy– is somehow “evil.” Yet this is all a highly important part of God’s Divine Plan for mankind! And God is always right! The two priests in the video, on the “Catholic Viewpoint: Faith, Hope and Love” show, hosted by Fr. Michael Kiernan– made when Fr. Dean Marshall first became a priest– both display excellent natural, normal, mature masculine leadership traits, as well as faithfulness and dedication to Catholic teachings. We need to follow God’s natural, normal Divine Plan for mankind. No more of this 1960s idea, of the rebellious, insecure, “forever teenage boy,” a mindless, radical trend-addicted drifter, who never grows up, despising responsibility, maturity, manhood and adulthood– seeking co-dependent false acceptance in rebellious, dope-addicted, kiddie groups, with babyish, or homosexual leftist indoctrinators, preaching a false “hippie luv” instead of mature, manly Christian Charity and responsibility.
I hope and pray that some day I will be filthy rich and can spend my time driving around this beautiful country and maybe visit some of these churches along the way.
“ filthy Rich“??! How do you suppose his life as an English teacher is going to put him in such a category? And do you suppose that his travels to Mission churches is solely for the purpose of self amusement? The degree of rash judgment you display is astonishing.
Maybe you could use some English lessons yourself. The poster seems only to have quipped that it would be nice to have the resources and leisure time to be able to drive to some of the churches showcased in this “worth driving to” feature. How many people reading this site live in remote Northern CA within a one or even a three-hour drive of Yreka? Not many, I’d wager.
Daniel Gallup – you might want to cut this poster some slack. I think the post was well-intended and sort of wishful thinking. At least, that’s how I read it.
Drive time to Yreka from Sacramento, the closest major city, is nearly four hours.
Then I stand corrected! I myself never want to be the one who judges rashly
Do none of you ever travel by car?
You might be near one of these towns or cities sometime.
One doesn’t have to be “filthy” rich to get in one’s sedan and stay at inexpensive motels while going to visit family or friends elsewhere.
Whom do you know in or near Yreka? I’m curious too.
Yreka, some people must be relatives or friends of the 7,808 people in Yreka or may be driving through on their way to nowhere. It’s beautiful up there. Not everyone has to live in the crowds and traffic of LA. I mean how many people know someone in Temecula? Temecula sounds like that bad stomach virus I got when I spent a week in Fresno one afternoon.