Tradition & Beauty
Our Latin Mass community is growing and we need your help.
Candlemas Ball
Supporting Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Capital Campaign
In joyous celebration of our Infant King and His most holy Mother, St. Joseph the Worker Parish invites you to our second annual Candlemas Ball, an elegant evening of dinner and dancing, enjoyed with good company, good wine, and a chance to support the parish Building Campaign at a silent auction. Recommended age 18+ (Nursing infants welcome). Because the meal will be catered, all tickets must be purchased in advance by 20 January 2025, no exceptions. No ticket sales at the door. All profits will benefit St. Joseph the Worker Parish's Tradition and Beauty Building Campaign.
Dinner ☩ Dancing ☩ Dessert
Featuring Silent Auction to benefit the Building Campaign.
Because the meal will be catered, all tickets must be purchased in advance by 20 January 2025, no exceptions. No ticket sales at the door. All profits will benefit St. Joseph the Worker Parish's Tradition and Beauty Building Campaign.
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When
- Saturday, Feb 1, 2025 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM CST
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Where
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Bella Vista Lake Palestine
22525 State Hwy 155, Flint, TX 75762
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Tickets
- $55 per adult. $65 per adult after November 28, 2024.
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Since 2003, the Fraternity of St. Peter has offered the Tridentine latin mass in the Diocese of Tyler.
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Our community has grown rapidly, exceeding the capacity of our current site. Parking and seating are no longer sufficient to accommodate all who would like to come.
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The Diocese of Tyler is supportive of our mission and the land has been secured, giving us the opportunity to build something enduring for generations yet to come. Will you help us?
Past
The story of St. Joseph the Worker begins in 2003 in the Diocese of Tyler. Bishop Alvaro Corrada invited and welcomed the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter to Tyler as a mission church of the Cathedral.
From 2003 to 2006, the Extraordinary Form of the Mass was celebrated within the Diocesan Chancery Building in St. Paul's Chapel. In 2006, Bishop Corrada approved the acquisition of the current property that we now know and love and made St. Joseph the Worker a parish of the Diocese of Tyler.
Present
As the world darkens, people seek the light.
East Texas and St. Joseph the Worker have become the beacon of light and hope for a growing number of families.
With time, the community of St. Joseph the Worker has grown. In the past year, that growth has been exponential.
Our growth has exceeded the capacity of our current site.
Parking and seating are no longer sufficient to accommodate all who would like to come. Our capacity, or lack thereof, has become our greatest limitation.
Our beloved campus is also showing the scars of time. Rust stains decorate what was once new. The foundation and structural integrity of our parish hall is buckling under years of weather and wear. Aging pipes have leaked and broken, causing floods, water damage and mold.
Despite these issues, our church is still beautiful. It is rich with memories and love from a devoted community for which it was the soil. We must continue to honor and respect it. It remains the House of God and the Gate of Heaven.
But now we have both the opportunity and responsibility to build anew.
To build a Church whose beauty gives due honor to our Priest, Prophet, and King; whose spaciousness is welcoming to friends and strangers alike. To build a new church and parish hall that will allow us to continue to plant the seeds of our community, cultivate it, and watch it thrive. To build up our beacon and shine brightly.
As the world darkens, our light must shine brighter. . .
Future
Within our means, without compromising.
The aim of the building committee has always been to assist Father Valentine in designing and developing a church building that addresses our current needs, remains affordable within the means of our community, and does not compromise on traditional elements and beautiful design.
Over the past year, our needs and our urgency have changed. We need more space, and we need it soon. To that end, we are building a temporary church that will later be converted to a parish hall.
Land for the project has been secured.
Twelve acres of land on the North side of Tyler has been generously donated. It is in a safe, quiet, and rural neighborhood.
Divided into two principle phases.
The project has been divided into two phases to provide smaller, achievable benchmarks for fundraising. This will allow us to get onto the new property (and out of our current one) sooner.
The first phase is a building that will be used as our church temporarily to meet the needs of our community and allow it to grow. The second phase is to build a larger, more inspiring, and more beautiful church while converting the first building into a parish hall.
Phase 1: Parish hall and temporary church.
- 5,300 sq ft
- This is be used as our church immediately to be later converted to a parish hall once the final church is built.
- Seats ~400 people. For comparison using the same calculation, our current church seats ~100.
The current priority and most pressing need is to build a new church with more space, so Phase 1 is the primary goal. The estimated cost for the temporary church building in the first phase is expected to be around $1.8 Million. We have met this goal, but we still need your help! This cost does not include interior furnishings or a rectory for Father Valentine; both are necessary for our community.
The Diocese of Tyler and FSSP leadership are openly supportive of this plan to build our new church. This outlined plan has been approved by the Diocesan building committee.
We will need to secure a loan from the Diocese to begin construction. To obtain this loan, we need to have the total cost covered by cash and pledges.
A pledge is a non-binding commitment made in good faith. We encourage everyone to consider making a pledge to the campaign for a 3 year period. An abatement of the Diocesan assessment has been granted, so the entirety of the pledge payments and donations to the building fund will be used for the building campaign.
Each family has different financial obligations; all pledges and contributions will be held in the strictest confidence. For the success of this campaign, we ask that every family consider making a donation or pledge. Every gift brings us one step closer to our new church.
Pray with us
Please join us in praying the St. Joseph Novena daily until the parish is moved into the new building.
Click here to view the St. Joseph Novena
Our intention prayer: "Obtain for us, O foster father of the Redeemer, our intentions of a new church building for our parish."
Support Us
Your financial support is essential to the success of this campaign. We can do this together!
We ask that families who are financially capable of pledging $25,000, $50,000, $100,000 or more step forward and become leaders of this campaign. Each family has different financial obligations to consider and all pledges and contributions will be held in the strictest confidence.
- Pledges help us gauge the level of support we have and will be used to secure a loan from the Diocese.
- Consider making a 1, 3, or 5-year pledge.
- Recurring donations also help forecast our support.