About St. Bernard of Montjoux · Fraser, Colorado
St. Bernard of Montjoux is a Roman Catholic mission church in Fraser, Colorado, serving the Winter Park / Fraser valley in Grand County. It is part of the Catholic Churches of Grand and Jackson Counties, a five-church pastoral cluster that also includes St. Anne in Grand Lake, Our Lady of the Snow in Granby (which hosts the parish office), St. Peter in Kremmling, and St. Ignatius in Walden. The parish sits within the Archdiocese of Denver and is named for the 11th-century Alpine saint — patron of skiers, mountaineers, and hikers — a fitting patron for a church located in Colorado's high-country ski country. Liturgical life is centered on a Sunday morning Mass, a Wednesday weekday Mass, and seasonal Saturday Vigil Masses that expand during the ski season and summer tourist months.
- Patron
- St. Bernard of Montjoux (also known as Bernard of Aosta / Bernard de Menthon) — 11th-century Augustinian archdeacon, patron saint of skiers, mountaineers, hikers, and backpackers, famous for founding Alpine hospices at the Great and Little St. Bernard passes
- Rector
- Fr. Michael Freihofer, Pastor (of the Catholic Churches of Grand and Jackson Counties cluster)
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Denver
Why belong here
St. Bernard of Montjoux offers a tight-knit mountain Catholic community in the Fraser / Winter Park valley, with the warmth of a small mission supported by a five-church pastoral cluster spanning Grand and Jackson Counties. Worshippers can attend a quiet Wednesday weekday Mass, the Sunday 7:00 AM Mass, and seasonal Saturday Vigil Masses that expand during ski season (Nov 17 – Mar 31) and summer (June 17 – Sept 5) to meet the influx of visitors and seasonal residents. Because the church is named for the patron saint of skiers and mountaineers — and is one of only a handful of U.S. churches bearing that specific saint's name — parishioners find a uniquely fitting spiritual home for life in the Colorado high country.
Mass times at St. Bernard of Montjoux
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday: 30 minutes before Saturday Masses
Adoration times
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (following the 8:30 AM weekday Mass)
- Holy Hour after each morning weekday Mass (cluster-wide practice at the parish churches)
About St. Bernard of Montjoux Mission
St. Bernard of Montjoux is the Catholic mission church serving Fraser and Winter Park, Colorado, in Grand County. It is one of five churches that make up the Catholic Churches of Grand and Jackson Counties — a regional pastoral cluster serving the mountain communities of Grand and Jackson counties in north-central Colorado. As a mission rather than an independent parish, it shares clergy, staff, and administrative resources with the other churches in the cluster, while still offering its own Sunday and weekday Mass schedule.
- Type: Roman Catholic Mission Church
- Rite: Roman (Latin) Rite
- Diocese: Archdiocese of Denver
- Cluster: Catholic Churches of Grand and Jackson Counties
The Catholic Churches of Grand and Jackson Counties Cluster
St. Bernard of Montjoux is part of a five-church pastoral cluster — the Catholic Churches of Grand and Jackson Counties — that combines resources to serve widely scattered mountain communities. The cluster shares priests, a parish office, and a coordinated schedule so the Eucharist can be made available across the region every day of the week. The central parish office, which serves all five churches including the Fraser mission, is located at Our Lady of the Snow in Granby.
- St. Bernard of Montjoux — Fraser / Winter Park (275 E. Rendezvous Rd., Fraser)
- St. Anne — Grand Lake (360 Hancock St., Grand Lake)
- Our Lady of the Snow — Granby (300 N. 11th St., Granby) — hosts the parish office
- St. Peter — Kremmling (106 S. 5th St., Kremmling)
- St. Ignatius — Walden
Parish Office & Contact
Because St. Bernard of Montjoux is administered as part of the Grand and Jackson Counties cluster, day-to-day parish business — registration, sacramental preparation, intentions, and inquiries — is handled through the shared parish office at Our Lady of the Snow in Granby. Office hours run Monday through Thursday, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
- Parish office address: 300 N. 11th St., Granby, CO 80446
- Office hours: Monday – Thursday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Phone: (970) 887-0032 (shared across all five cluster churches)
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.grandcatholic.com
Clergy & Pastoral Staff
The five-church cluster is served by a pastor and parochial vicar who together cover Masses, confessions, anointings, and parish administration across Fraser, Winter Park, Grand Lake, Granby, Kremmling, and Walden. Pastors of the cluster are appointed by the Archbishop of Denver.
- Fr. Michael Freihofer — Pastor, Catholic Churches of Grand and Jackson Counties
- Fr. Peter Wojda — Parochial Vicar, Catholic Churches of Grand and Jackson Counties
The Patron: St. Bernard of Montjoux
The mission takes its name from Saint Bernard of Montjoux (also known as Bernard of Aosta or Bernard de Menthon), a late-10th/early-11th-century Augustinian archdeacon of Aosta. He is remembered above all for founding the famous hospices at the Great and Little St. Bernard mountain passes in the Alps, which gave refuge to travelers crossing between Switzerland and Italy and which later bred the giant St. Bernard rescue dogs. Because of this mountain-pass heritage, he is invoked as the patron saint of skiers, mountaineers, hikers, and backpackers — a singularly fitting patron for a Catholic mission serving Colorado's Winter Park ski country.
- Patron of: skiers, mountaineers, hikers, backpackers, and Alpine travelers
- Legacy: founder of the hospices at the Great and Little St. Bernard passes in the Alps
- Often confused with: St. Bernard of Clairvaux (a different saint; this church is named for the Alpine Bernard, not the Cistercian Doctor of the Church)