About St. Bernadette · Waynesboro, Mississippi
St. Bernadette Catholic Church is a small Roman Catholic parish serving the rural community of Waynesboro, Mississippi, in Wayne County. It belongs to the Diocese of Biloxi and is the principal Catholic presence in the Pine Belt town of Waynesboro, offering Sunday Mass at 11:15 AM and a weekday Mass on Tuesday. With a documented founding in 1958, the parish continues a steady rhythm of Eucharistic Adoration and the sacraments for the local faithful. Its address at 401 Mississippi Drive places it on the main state route through town, where the modest congregation gathers as a quiet anchor of Catholic life in southeast Mississippi.
- Established
- 1958
- Patron
- St. Bernadette (of Lourdes)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Biloxi
Why belong here
St. Bernadette is a welcoming small-town Catholic parish where the regular rhythm of Sunday Mass, a weekly Tuesday Mass, and a dedicated hour of Eucharistic Adoration make it easy to build a real prayer life. The parish keeps a clear, easy-to-find schedule and a single phone line for pastoral contact, and it serves as the Catholic home for families in Wayne County who would otherwise have to travel farther for the sacraments. Visitors can expect a faithful Roman-Latin liturgy in the Diocese of Biloxi and a congregation that takes seriously its role as the local Catholic anchor.
Mass times at St. Bernadette
Weekly Mass schedule
Adoration times
- Tuesday 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Overview of St. Bernadette Catholic Church
St. Bernadette Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Waynesboro, Mississippi, part of the Diocese of Biloxi. The parish was founded in 1958 and continues to serve Catholics in Wayne County and the surrounding Pine Belt region. Public directories describe it as a small, steady parish that brings the sacraments to a rural area of southeast Mississippi.
- Parish name: St. Bernadette
- City: Waynesboro, MS
- Diocese: Biloxi
- Rite: Roman-Latin
- Founded: 1958
Location and Contact
St. Bernadette sits on Mississippi Drive (MS-145) in Waynesboro, about three-quarters of a mile south of the junction with MS-184. The parish can be reached by phone at (601) 735-9420, and basic information is maintained through the Diocese of Biloxi's parish finder.
- Address: 401 Mississippi Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367-2811
- Phone: (601) 735-9420
- Diocese page: https://www.biloxidiocese.org/parishfinder
Diocese of Biloxi
St. Bernadette is a parish of the Diocese of Biloxi, the Roman Catholic diocese that covers the southern portion of Mississippi. As one of the smaller parishes in the diocese, St. Bernadette is listed in the diocesan parish finder alongside larger parishes along the Gulf Coast and in the Pine Belt.
- Diocese: Diocese of Biloxi
- Parish finder URL: https://www.biloxidiocese.org/parishfinder
Visiting and Getting Involved
Because the parish does not maintain a stand-alone website, the most reliable way to learn about ministries, faith formation, or ways to get involved is to call the parish office at (601) 735-9420. The parish Facebook page is the parish's main social-media presence and is the best place to look for current announcements, holy-day schedules, and community events.
- Office phone: (601) 735-9420
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/St-Bernadette-Catholic-Church-100067796013043/