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St. Joseph the Worker Parish
St. Joseph the Worker Parish

St. Joseph the Worker Parish

Weirton, WVDiocese of Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
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Mass Schedule

sunday

7:30 am, 11:00 am

weekday

7:30 am

saturday

7:30 am

confession

Thursday 7:30 am – 8:00 am, Saturday 12 pm – 1 pm, Sunday 4 pm – 4:45 pm

Verified Findings (2)

Administration personnel behavior around altar

Before mass, on Saturday evening mass for the "Sunday Mass" of Palm Sunday, during the setting up of the altar, one individual woman who is a person who either volunteers or works in the adminsitration of the parish, regularly walks around barefoot (in socks without shoes), and walked around the altar is this fashion while setting up the altar for mass. I am unsure if this is problematic in any way according to Canon Law, Catechism and encyclicals, but seems like the Pastor should be setting standards of conduct that isn't, say "strange" like this. This was eye witnessed by the site owner.

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Before mass, on Saturday evening mass for the "Sunday Mass" of Palm Sunday, during the setting up of the altar, one individual woman who is a person who either volunteers or works in the adminsitration of the parish, regularly walks around barefoot (in socks without shoes), and walked around the altar is this fashion while setting up the altar for mass. I am unsure if this is problematic in any way according to Canon Law, Catechism and encyclicals, but seems like the Pastor should be setting standards of conduct that isn't, say "strange" like this. This was eye witnessed by the site owner.

Incident date: 3/28/2026

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Performative and Theatrical music and lights during Christmas evening mass

Pastor of the parish had lights dimming and brightening during parts of the mass. Before mass he sang a revised version of a secular song 'Halleluja' with rewritten lyrics about the nativity. Granted this is not during mass, but still this and the lighting changes is in direct opposition of what Pope Benedict XVI declared about music and lights needing to be reverent.

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Pastor of the parish had lights dimming and brightening during parts of the mass. Before mass he sang a revised version of a secular song 'Halleluja' with rewritten lyrics about the nativity. Granted this is not during mass, but still this and the lighting changes is in direct opposition of what Pope Benedict XVI declared about music and lights needing to be reverent.

Incident date: 12/24/2025

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Added by ccastigl

2/1/2026