About Assumption · Callaway, Minnesota
Assumption of Mary Catholic Church is a mission parish serving the small rural community of Callaway, Minnesota, in the Diocese of Crookston. It operates as a mission of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in nearby Frazee and shares pastoral leadership and bulletins with that parish. The congregation gathers for Sunday Mass, weekday Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, and Benediction at its modest church on Dakota Street, embodying the classic small-town Minnesota Catholic mission tradition that has served the White Earth area for more than a century.
- Established
- 1908
- Patron
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Diocese
- Diocese of Crookston
Why belong here
Assumption of Mary offers a faithful Catholic home for families in the Callaway area, with weekly Sunday Mass, a Tuesday evening Mass with Benediction, and a regular schedule of Eucharistic Adoration and Confessions. As a mission of Sacred Heart in Frazee, parishioners are linked into a wider parish family while still having their own local worship site. It is a welcoming place for anyone seeking the sacraments, traditional devotion, and community in rural west-central Minnesota.
Mass times at Assumption
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM (after 10:30 Mass)
- Tuesday: 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM
Adoration times
- Sunday: 4:00 PM
About Assumption of Mary
Assumption of Mary Catholic Church is the Catholic mission serving Callaway, Minnesota. It is part of a parish family led from Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Frazee, and together they publish a shared bulletin covering Mass schedules, ministry rosters, and announcements for both worship sites.
History of the Callaway Mission
Catholic records preserved at Marquette University document an Assumption Mission in Callaway from 1908, originally among the Ojibwa missions in the territory that became the Diocese of Crookston in 1909. The mission has continued in some form to the present day, and today operates as a mission of Sacred Heart, Frazee.
- First documented as Assumption Mission, Callaway, 1908
- Listed under Diocese of Crookston (erected 1909 from the Archdiocese of St. Paul)
- Currently a mission of Sacred Heart, Frazee
Parish Family with Sacred Heart, Frazee
Assumption shares pastoral and administrative life with Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Frazee. The two communities produce a single bulletin covering schedules, ministry rotations, and parish news, and the contact information for the Callaway mission routes through the same parish office.
- Parish office phone: (218) 375-3571
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: frazeesacredheart.org
Visit & Directions
The church sits on Dakota Street in Callaway, a small town in Becker County in west-central Minnesota. The parish website gives simple driving directions from the main highway.
- Address: 206 Dakota Street, Callaway, MN 56521
- From Hwy. 59, turn at the water tower and go 3 blocks east
Diocese of Crookston
Assumption of Mary falls within the Diocese of Crookston, the Roman Catholic diocese that covers the northwestern Minnesota region. The diocese was erected in 1909 from parts of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and has historically served small rural parishes and Native American missions across the area, including the White Earth region where Callaway is located.
- Diocese erected 1909
- Has served Ojibwa missions including Callaway since the early 1900s