About Saint Joan of Arc · Jasonville, Indiana
St. Joan of Arc is a small Roman Catholic parish serving the Greene County community of Jasonville, Indiana. Established as a mission in 1902 and raised to parish status in 1908, the church sits at 327 West McKinley Street and is part of the Diocese of Evansville's North Deanery. It shares its pastor with nearby St. Mary Parish in Sullivan, and Mass is celebrated on Sunday evenings at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The parish is named for the 15th-century French martyr and patron saint of France, and serves as a Sunday worship home for Catholics in the surrounding rural communities of Greene County.
- Established
- 1908
- Patron
- St. Joan of Arc
- Rector
- Rev. Suresh Bakka
- Diocese
- Diocese of Evansville
Why belong here
St. Joan of Arc offers the only regular Sunday Mass within the immediate Jasonville area, making it an anchor of Catholic life for Greene County. Liturgies are supported by a dedicated organist (Aberta Samm) and the parish is shepherded alongside St. Mary Sullivan by Fr. Suresh Bakka with deacon support from Brian McCammon, ensuring consistent sacramental care. Parishioners also benefit from Communion calls on the 1st and 3rd Sundays and from local gatherings in Brenner Hall in Jasonville.
Mass times at Saint Joan of Arc
Weekly Mass schedule
Parish Identity and History
St. Joan of Arc Parish traces its roots to 1902, when Catholic faithful in Jasonville were first served by a mission church. Six years later, in 1908, the mission was formally established as a parish under the Diocese of Evansville. The parish sits in the North Deanery of the diocese and continues to minister to the small Greene County community of Jasonville as one of three Catholic parishes in the county.
- Established as a mission in 1902
- Erected as a parish in 1908
- Part of the Diocese of Evansville (North Deanery)
- One of three Catholic parishes in Greene County, Indiana
Parish Staff and Leadership
The parish is administered as a collaborative ministry with St. Mary Parish in Sullivan under a single pastor. Day-to-day parish operations are supported by an office secretary, bookkeeper, organist, and deacon, while RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is coordinated at the parish by the deacon.
- Parish Administrator: Rev. Suresh Bakka
- Deacon: Brian McCammon (also RCIA Coordinator)
- Organist: Aberta Samm
- Secretary: Jeanie Whiteman
- Bookkeeper: Patti Mayfield
Devotions and Other Services
Beyond the Sunday Mass, the parish maintains a small rhythm of devotional and pastoral practices coordinated across both parishes in the collaborative. Holy Communion is brought to homebound parishioners on a regular schedule, and a midweek gathering meets in the parish hall in Jasonville.
- Rosary prayed 40 minutes before the Sunday obligation Mass
- Communion Calls to homebound parishioners on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month
- Wednesday 7:00 p.m. gathering at Brenner Hall, Jasonville
- Alcoholics Anonymous-style support meetings held at the parish
Ministries and Faith Formation
Faith formation ministries for St. Joan of Arc are coordinated through the shared pastoral team with St. Mary Parish in Sullivan. Adult initiation through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is overseen locally by Deacon Brian McCammon, while music ministry and outreach to the homebound round out the parish's core lay ministries.
- RCIA — coordinated by Deacon Brian McCammon
- Liturgical music — organist Aberta Samm
- Communion Calls to the homebound (1st & 3rd Sundays)
- Joint faith formation events coordinated with St. Mary, Sullivan
The Diocese of Evansville
St. Joan of Arc belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville, which has administered parishes in Greene County since 1944. The North Deanery of the diocese groups parishes serving Greene, Sullivan, Knox, Daviess, and Martin counties, with St. Joan of Arc one of three Greene County parishes alongside St. Peter in Linton and Holy Name of Jesus in Bloomfield.
- Diocese of Evansville, North Deanery
- Two-parish collaborative with St. Mary, Sullivan
- Three Catholic parishes total serve Greene County
Patron Saint: Joan of Arc
The parish is named for St. Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431), the French peasant girl who claimed divine visions and led French forces during the Hundred Years' War before being captured, tried, and burned at the stake. She was canonized as a saint in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV and in 1924 declared the secondary patroness of France; she was named a Doctor of the Church in 2020 by Pope Francis.
- Feast day: May 30
- Patron of: France, soldiers, prisoners, and those ridiculed for their faith
- Title: Doctor of the Church (2020)