About St. Helen · Amory, Mississippi
St. Helen Catholic Church is a small Roman Catholic parish serving Amory, Mississippi, in Monroe County in the northeastern part of the state. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Jackson and was founded in the early 1940s, with tax-exempt recognition dating to1946. It gathers the faithful of this rural northeast Mississippi community for weekly Sunday Mass and mid-week worship, and is currently shepherded by Sacramental Minister Reverend Joseph Le, with lay leadership from Sister Lael Niblick, CSA.
- Established
- 1942
- Patron
- St. Helen
- Diocese
- Diocese of Jackson
Why belong here
St. Helen offers a small, family-sized Catholic community in northeast Mississippi where parishioners know one another by name. It provides Sunday Mass, weekly weekday Mass on Thursdays, and sacramental care from a visiting priest supported by a resident religious sister, making it a welcoming spiritual home for Catholics in Amory and surrounding Monroe County.
Mass times at St. Helen
Weekly Mass schedule
Parish Identity and Location
St. Helen Catholic Church is located at 401 8th Avenue South in Amory, Mississippi38821, with a mailing address of P.O. Box 97, Amory, MS 38821-0097. The parish serves the Catholic faithful of Amory, a small city in Monroe County in northeastern Mississippi. It is part of the Roman-Latin rite Diocese of Jackson in Mississippi.
- Address: 401 8th Avenue South, Amory, MS 38821
- Mailing: P.O. Box 97, Amory, MS 38821-0097
- Phone: (662) 256-8392
- Email: [email protected]
- Diocese: Diocese of Jackson (Rite: Roman-Latin)
Parish Staff and Clergy
The parish is currently cared for by Sacramental Minister Reverend Joseph Le, who celebrates the scheduled Masses, and by Lay Ecclesial Minister Sister Lael Niblick, CSA, of the Congregation of St. Agnes, who serves as the on-site parish leader and point of contact. As is common in many small rural missions of the Diocese of Jackson, sacramental ministry is provided by a priest who travels to the parish while a religious sister provides daily pastoral leadership.
- Sacramental Minister: Reverend Joseph Le
- Lay Ecclesial Minister: Sister Lael Niblick, CSA
History of St. Helen Parish
St. Helen Catholic Church was founded in 1942 to serve the small Catholic population of Amory in Monroe County, Mississippi. The parish's history through1986 is documented in the University of Notre Dame Archives' Catholic Parish History Collection of Mississippi, in the 'CAPH14B Mississippi Today' series. Federal tax-exempt recognition for the parish was granted in March 1946, and the parish has operated continuously since as a 501(c)(3) Catholic organization (EIN 64-0584088).
- Founded: 1942
- Tax-exempt since March 1946
- EIN: 64-0584088
- Documented in Notre Dame Archives' Catholic Parish History Collection, Mississippi series (CAPH14B), covering 1942–1986
Diocese of Jackson
St. Helen is one of more than70 parishes and missions in the Diocese of Jackson, the Roman Catholic diocese that covers the entire state of Mississippi. The diocesan seat is in Jackson, the state capital. The diocese maintains a public parish finder at jacksondiocese.org/parishfinder, where St. Helen's current schedule, leadership, and contact information are published.
- Diocese of Jackson
- Website: https://jacksondiocese.org
- Parish Finder: https://jacksondiocese.org/parishfinder
Contact and Visiting
Parishioners and visitors can reach St. Helen by phone at (662) 256-8392 or by email at [email protected]. The parish office can be contacted for information about sacramental preparation, Holy Day Mass times, baptisms, weddings, and funeral arrangements, as well as for general inquiries from Catholics in the Amory area and surrounding Monroe County.
- Phone: (662) 256-8392
- Email: [email protected]
- Address: 401 8th Avenue South, Amory, MS 38821