About St. Joseph Church · Tiltonsville, Ohio
St. Joseph Parish is a Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Steubenville, serving Catholics in Tiltonsville, Yorkville, and Rayland in Jefferson County, Ohio. Founded in 1917, the parish worships in a church at 204 Mound Street and operates as part of a three-parish cluster with St. Adalbert in Dillonvale and St. Casimir in Adena, sharing a single priest who is also the dean of the Presentation Deanery. St. Joseph is a small, locally rooted parish offering Saturday Vigil and Sunday Mass, weekday Masses (in its own chapel and at the sister parishes), Saturday confessions, an annual chicken-dinner fundraiser run by the Holy Name Society, and the regular liturgical life typical of a rural Ohio Catholic community.
- Established
- 1917
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Rector
- Father William D. Cross
- Diocese
- Diocese of Steubenville
Why belong here
St. Joseph offers a tight-knit Catholic community in the Ohio Valley with multiple weekly Mass opportunities, including a Saturday Vigil and a Sunday morning Mass at the historic church on Mound Street, plus daily Mass either in the parish center chapel or at the cluster parishes in Dillonvale and Adena. Saturday confessions are scheduled before every Vigil Mass, and an active Holy Name Society keeps tradition alive through fundraisers like the parish's well-known chicken dinner, while visitors and newcomers can find pastoral care easily via the rectory office. For Catholics in Tiltonsville, Yorkville, or Rayland — or anyone passing through the Ohio Valley — St. Joseph is a place where each family is on a first-name basis and the parish still gathers around the Eucharist, the sacraments, and the rhythms of the liturgical year.
Mass times at St. Joseph Church
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 3:15–3:45 PM (November through February)
- Saturday 3:45–4:15 PM (March through October)
- By appointment — contact the Pastor
Welcome to St. Joseph Parish
The parish's front-page greeting declares its mission plainly: 'Serving Catholics in Tiltonsville, Yorkville, and Rayland.' The website combines Mass times, a contact-Information block, a Bishop Barron 'Word on Fire' reflection feed, parish bulletins, and a current liturgical minister schedule so visitors and parishioners alike can find what's happening that week. The site's header invites users to call (740) 859-4018 for directions.
- About Us link in main navigation
- Contact Information block with phone and address
- Bulletins (parish bulletin archive)
- Liturgical Minister Schedule (monthly)
- Bishop Barron's Word on Fire reflections feed
Parish Cluster & Diocese
St. Joseph is one of twelve parishes in the Diocese of Steubenville's Presentation Deanery, which covers Jefferson and Belmont counties. Three parishes in the deanery — St. Joseph (Tiltonsville), St. Adalbert (Dillonvale), and St. Casimir (Adena) — are currently linked as a single pastoral cluster under Father William D. Cross.
- Diocese of Steubenville
- Presentation Deanery (12 parishes spanning Jefferson and Belmont counties)
- Cluster parishes: St. Adalbert, Dillonvale; St. Casimir, Adena
- Dean: Father William D. Cross
Parish Staff
The parish is led by one priest who simultaneously wears several diocesan hats.
- Father William D. Cross — Pastor of St. Joseph, Tiltonsville; Parochial Administrator of St. Casimir, Adena, and St. Adalbert, Dillonvale; Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Steubenville; Dean of the Presentation Deanery.
Parish Life & Fundraising
The Holy Name Society is the main lay men's organization visible on the parish website. It spearheads the parish's well-known annual St. Joseph Chicken Dinner, which is a community and fundraising tradition held in the parish hall. The site also references rides/'ride pickup' arrangements and raffles/tickets for parish events. Garages and other community sales also appear in the parish's calendar.
- Holy Name Society
- St. Joseph Chicken Dinner (annual fundraiser in the Church Hall; $12 meal of half chicken, carryout available, raffles)
- Parish bulletin (printed weekly)
- Liturgical Minister Schedule
Visiting & Location
St. Joseph sits on Mound Street in the small Ohio River Valley village of Tiltonsville, Jefferson County, Ohio — between Yorkville and Rayland, the three communities the parish explicitly names in its welcome banner. The mailing/church address is 204 Mound Street, Tiltonsville, OH 43963, and the parish encourages visitors to call (740) 859-4018 for driving directions.
- 204 Mound Street, Tiltonsville, OH 43963
- Phone: (740) 859-4018
- Website: stjosephtiltonsville.org
- Facebook: facebook.com/StJosephTiltonsville
Record Keeping for Closed Parishes
St. Joseph serves as the record repository for at least one nearby parish the diocese has closed, making it the living institutional memory for Catholics of that community.
- Yorkville, St. Lucy — Founded 1/31/1964, built 1969, dedicated 10/5/1969; closed 11/21/2020; records now held at St. Joseph, Tiltonsville
- Yorkville, St. Rock Mission — Founded 10/23/1951, closed approximately 1952; was a mission attached to St. Joseph, Tiltonsville