About Holy Family Mission · Winifred, Montana
Holy Family Mission is a small Roman Catholic mission church in Winifred, Montana, serving the rural high-plains community of Fergus County in central Montana. It operates as a mission of the Church of St. Leo the Great in Lewistown, sharing pastoral ministry with the mother parish, and falls under the Diocese of Great Falls–Billings. Because it is served by a shared priest who also ministers in Lewistown, Mass at Holy Family is offered only once a week — Sunday at 11:30 AM, with a Word and Communion Service substituted on the third Sunday of each month.
- Patron
- Holy Family (Jesus, Mary, and Joseph)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Great Falls–Billings
Why belong here
Holy Family Mission is the Sunday home of the Catholic faithful in and around Winifred, offering the Eucharist, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and Eucharistic Adoration in an intimate rural setting. As a mission of St. Leo the Great in Lewistown, it gives worshippers in this stretch of central Montana a regular weekly Mass without the drive to town, while still being connected to the wider parish community and diocesan life. Visitors and travelers passing through the Missouri River Breaks region will find a warm, family-sized congregation that gathers faithfully each Sunday.
Mass times at Holy Family Mission
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM (2nd Sundays, after Mass)
- Or upon request
Adoration times
- Sunday 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM (2nd Sundays, after Mass)
Holy Family Mission, Winifred, Montana
Holy Family Mission is the Catholic mission church serving the rural community of Winifred, Montana, in Fergus County. As a mission of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Lewistown, it brings the sacraments to worshippers on the central Montana high plains who would otherwise have to travel for Sunday Mass. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Great Falls–Billings.
Relationship with St. Leo the Great, Lewistown
Holy Family Mission operates under the pastoral umbrella of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Lewistown, established in 1888. The two share a pastor, a parish office, a phone line, and a bulletin, and the parish family at St. Leo's extends sacramental care to Winifred and the surrounding ranching country. All parish correspondence, phone calls, and inquiries flow through the Lewistown parish office.
- Mother parish: St. Leo the Great, Lewistown (est. 1888)
- Mailing address (via Lewistown): P.O. Box 421, Lewistown, MT 59457
- Parish phone (shared): (406) 538-9306
- Parish email (shared): [email protected]
Diocese of Great Falls–Billings
Holy Family Mission belongs to the Diocese of Great Falls–Billings, the Catholic diocese covering the eastern two-thirds of Montana. The diocese is currently led by Bishop Jeff Fleming.
- Diocese: Great Falls–Billings
- Diocesan website: diocesegfb.org