On behalf of the parishioners of St Joseph’s, may I take this opportunity to welcome you to our parish and our parish website. St Joseph’s parish lies at the extreme southeast of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hallam. It is a fairly rural parish that includes almost 40 villages as well as the market town of Retford.

The present church building was 50 years old on 11^th January 2009. It was built to replace a much smaller church building warmly remembered as the ‘tin tabernacle’. St  Joseph’s church is quite easy to find. It is situated on Babworth Road one of the main arteries running into Retford from the A1. There is also a parish hall, a presbytery and the parish school of St Joseph’s

A good Catholic parish should bear some notable characteristics and qualities. It should be a place of prayer, a place of fellowship, a place of sanctuary, a place of forgiveness. It should be a place where family is blessed and encouraged, where age is respected and honoured. It should be a place where widows, strangers and orphans are recognised. However it might be true to say that the first of its many characteristics and qualities should be as a place of welcome. When you visit our website and most especially when you visit our parish for any reason we hope that you will feel very welcome.  The welcome that you receive is a welcome from God.

If you are a new parishioner please make yourself known and I will arrange to come and visit. Should you wish to have your house blessed I will be delighted to do so. It will give us an opportunity to enter your family details into our parish records. 

Our weekly mass schedule is outlined in the following table (see bulletin for actual times as they vary week to week).