About Our Lady of La Salette · Kirbyville, Texas
Our Lady of La Salette is a Roman Catholic mission church in Kirbyville, Texas, part of the Diocese of Beaumont. It is one of three mission communities served by the parish of St. Michael in Jasper, alongside St. Raymond's Mission in Sam Rayburn and the Toledo Village Community Center. The mission is named for the famous 1846 Marian apparition at La Salette-Fallavaux, France, and was established in 1948 to bring the sacraments to Catholics in rural Jasper County. Weekly Sunday Mass and weekday Masses, along with Sunday confessions, are celebrated at the church on US-96 South.
- Established
- 1948
- Patron
- Our Lady of La Salette
- Rector
- Rev. Rejimon George, CMI
- Diocese
- Diocese of Beaumont
Why belong here
Our Lady of La Salette offers Catholics in Kirbyville and the surrounding Pineywoods of Southeast Texas the chance to worship close to home without driving to Jasper. As a mission of St. Michael's, it shares in the larger parish's sacramental life — Sunday Mass, weekday Masses, and Sunday confessions — while preserving the intimate, small-mission feel of a rural community church. Visitors are always welcome, and becoming a registered member is as simple as a phone call to the parish office.
Mass times at Our Lady of La Salette
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
Overview
Our Lady of La Salette Mission is a Roman Catholic mission church in Kirbyville, Texas, in the Diocese of Beaumont. It belongs to the parish family of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Jasper, which also shepherds St. Raymond's Mission in Brookeland/Sam Rayburn and the Toledo Village Community Center. The mission is named for the famous apparition of Our Lady to two children in the French Alps in 1846.
- Type: Mission Church
- Founded: 1948
- Diocese of Beaumont
- Mother parish: St. Michael, Jasper
Patron and Feast
The mission is named for Our Lady of La Salette, in honor of the Marian apparition reported on 19 September 1846 at La Salette-Fallavaux, France. The weeping Virgin appeared to two young shepherds, Mélanie Calvat (nearly 15) and Maximin Giraud (11), and called them to deliver a message of repentance to 'all her people.' Bishop Philibert de Bruillard of Grenoble formally approved the apparition on 19 September 1851, and the feast of Our Lady of La Salette is observed annually on September 19 throughout the universal Church.
- Apparition: 19 September 1846, La Salette-Fallavaux, France
- Witnesses: Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud
- Approval: 1851 by Bishop de Bruillard of Grenoble
- Feast day: 19 September
Pastor and Staff
Our Lady of La Salette is pastored by Rev. Rejimon George, CMI, a member of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate. Father George also serves as pastor of the mother parish, St. Michael's in Jasper, and as Director of Vocations Ministry for the Diocese of Beaumont. Office and rectory contact for the entire parish family (including the mission) is (409) 384-2447.
- Pastor: Rev. Rejimon George, CMI
- Parish office: 409-384-2447
- Office hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Parish Family in the Diocese of Beaumont
As a mission church, Our Lady of La Salette is part of a wider parish cluster headed by St. Michael's Catholic Church in Jasper. That cluster includes two other outreaches serving the surrounding Pineywoods region.
- Mother parish: St. Michael, Jasper (2898 US Highway 190 W, Jasper, TX 75951)
- Sister mission: St. Raymond's Mission, 283 FM 1007, Brookeland, TX
- Outreach: Toledo Village Community Center, 163 S. Evergreen, Toledo Village, TX
Visiting and Becoming a Member
Visitors are always welcome at Our Lady of La Salette and across the wider St. Michael's parish family. Those wishing to register as parishioners are invited to contact the parish office at 409-384-2447 during regular office hours (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM).
- Phone: 409-384-2447
- Office hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Mailing address for the parish: P.O. Box 239, Jasper, TX 75951
Location and Contact
The mission sits along the main highway corridor south of Kirbyville, making it easy to find for both local Catholics and visitors passing through the region.
- Address: 1901 S Margaret Avenue (US-96), Kirbyville, TX 75956
- Telephone: (409) 384-2447
- Website: stmichaelsjasper.com
- Diocese: Diocese of Beaumont