About St. Henry · Brigham City, Utah
St. Henry Catholic Church is a Roman-Latin rite parish in Brigham City, Utah, serving the Catholic faithful of Box Elder County within the Diocese of Salt Lake City. Established as a parish in 1950 after growing from a wartime mission founded in 1943, the church offers daily and Sunday Mass in both English and Spanish, together with a Saturday Confession schedule. From its rectory at 380 South 200 East, the parish is also the mother church of Santa Ana Catholic Mission in nearby Tremonton, and it continues to grow thanks to a vibrant Latino Catholic presence in northern Utah.
- Established
- 1950
- Patron
- St. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (King of Germany and Emperor, 1014)
- Rector
- Very Reverend Francisco Pires
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salt Lake City
Why belong here
St. Henry's is a bilingual, mission-minded parish that has grown steadily since 1943 because it welcomes newcomers — first Intermountain Indian School students and Thiokol workers in the 1950s, and now Latino families drawn to Brigham City. With daily Mass, a Sunday Spanish Mass, Saturday Confessions, the parish's outreach through Catholic Relief Services, and a brand-new social hall blessed in 2019, the parish offers both a daily worship rhythm and a real community life in northern Utah. It also serves the surrounding region as the mother church of Santa Ana Mission in Tremonton.
Mass times at St. Henry
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Parish Identity & Diocese
St. Henry Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman-Latin rite in the Diocese of Salt Lake City, belonging to the Northern Deanery of the diocese. It is the mother parish of Santa Ana Catholic Mission in Tremonton, Box Elder County. The church is located at 380 South 200 East, Brigham City, UT 84302, and the parish rectory can be reached at (435) 723-2941.
- Diocese of Salt Lake City, Northern Deanery
- Mother parish of Santa Ana Mission, Tremonton
- Roman-Latin (Roman Catholic) rite
History of the Parish
Catholicism arrived in Box Elder County with the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869; Father Honore Bourine said the first local Mass in Corinne in 1870. That early community faded by 1892, and for fifty years Catholics in the county traveled to St. Joseph in Ogden. St. Henry's Mission began in 1943 with the wartime construction of Bushnell Army Hospital, became a parish in 1950, and was formally dedicated on October 19, 1958. The Intermountain Indian School (1950) and Thiokol (1957) drove growth in the 1950s. In 2019, Bishop Solis blessed a new social hall built after the 2018 groundbreaking.
- 1869 — Catholic presence begins with Transcontinental Railroad
- 1870 — First Mass in Corinne by Fr. Honore Bourine
- 1892 — Corinne parish closed
- 1943 — St. Henry's Mission founded with Bushnell Army Hospital
- 1950 — Established as a parish; Intermountain Indian School opens
- 1957 — Thiokol Chemical plant arrives; Bishop lays cornerstone
- 1958-10-19 — Church dedicated
- 1984 — Intermountain Indian School closes
- 2018 — Groundbreaking for new social hall
- 2019-01-12 — Bishop Oscar A. Solis blesses the new social hall
Bilingual & Hispanic Ministry
St. Henry's has grown alongside the Latino Catholic community of Brigham City and Box Elder County, so Sunday Mass and parish meetings are regularly offered in both English and Spanish. Deacon Karl Meyersick has described the way the Spanish- and English-speaking communities at the sister Santa Ana Mission have come together around a bilingual Mass, drawing the two congregations close in faith and worship.
- Sunday Mass in Spanish at 10:30 am
- Bilingual community life
- Connection to Santa Ana Mission's bilingual Sunday Mass (12:30 pm, Tremonton)
Santa Ana Catholic Mission (Tremonton)
Santa Ana Catholic Mission in Tremonton, Utah is served by St. Henry's pastor and shares the parish's phone line. Mass is celebrated bilingually on Sundays at 12:30 pm at 600 North 760 West, Tremonton, UT 84337. The mission extends St. Henry's pastoral reach across the Bear River Valley.
- Bilingual Sunday Mass at 12:30 pm
- Address: 600 N 760 W, Tremonton, UT 84337
- Served from Saint Henry Catholic Church, Brigham City
Outreach & Catholic Relief Services
Parish life at St. Henry's is marked by ongoing relief and charitable outreach. The parish's longstanding partnership with Catholic Relief Services is a centerpiece of that work, channeling support to those in need both locally and around the world.
- Catholic Relief Services partnership
- Local community relief efforts
Buildings & Campus
The church sits at 380 South 200 East in Brigham City. In 2018 the parish broke ground on a new social hall adjacent to the church, and the completed hall was blessed by Bishop Oscar A. Solis on January 12, 2019 — a sign of the parish's continued growth.
- Church at 380 S 200 E, Brigham City, UT 84302
- New social hall blessed January 12, 2019
Patron Saint: St. Henry II
The parish is named for St. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 973–1024), who, together with his wife St. Cunigunde, founded the bishopric of Bamberg and built numerous churches and monasteries. He is the patron of Benedictine oblates, the childless, kings, dukes, the disabled, and the city of Basel; his feast is celebrated on July 15 in the 1962 calendar and as an optional memorial on July 13 in the current liturgical calendar.
- St. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 973–1024)
- Patron of Benedictine oblates, the childless, kings, dukes, the disabled
- Feast: July 15 (1962 calendar) / July 13 (current optional memorial)
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Rev. Patrick Reuse, SJthrough at least 2019
Pastor when Bishop Solis blessed the new Social Hall on January 12, 2019