About St. Joseph · Stratford, Texas
St. Joseph's Catholic Church is a small bilingual Roman Catholic parish located in Stratford, Texas, in the Texas Panhandle's Sherman County. Founded in 1903, the parish belongs to the Diocese of Amarillo and serves a farming community with both English and Spanish Masses every week. The church at 515 S Pearl Street is the spiritual home of a faithful that gathers around its patron, St. Joseph, with weekday and Sunday Masses, Saturday confession, weekly Eucharistic Adoration, and an active Catholic elementary school on site. The current parochial administrator is Fr. Víctor Hugo Andrade.
- Established
- 1903
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Rector
- Fr. Víctor Hugo Andrade (Parochial Administrator)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Amarillo
Why belong here
St. Joseph's offers the warmth of a small-town parish where English- and Spanish-speaking families worship side by side. With two Sunday Masses (9:00 AM English and 11:15 AM Spanish), a weekday Spanish Mass, weekly Eucharistic Adoration, Saturday confessions, and a parish school, it is a place where the whole family can grow in faith together.
Mass times at St. Joseph
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 4:00 PM
Adoration times
- Tuesday 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (following the 7:00 PM Spanish Mass)
About St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Stratford, Texas is a small bilingual parish of the Diocese of Amarillo that has served the farming community of Sherman County since 1903. The parish celebrates Mass in both English and Spanish, reflecting the makeup of its congregation on the high plains of the Texas Panhandle.
- Founded 1903
- Diocese of Amarillo
- Parochial Administrator: Fr. Víctor Hugo Andrade
- Located at 515 S Pearl St., Stratford, TX 79084
Parish History
The parish was established in 1903, when Catholic families in and around Stratford — the seat of Sherman County in the Texas Panhandle — first organized themselves as a worshipping community. Over more than a century the parish has grown alongside the surrounding agricultural community and continues its bilingual ministry today.
- Year founded: 1903
- Region: Texas Panhandle, Sherman County
- Part of the Diocese of Amarillo
Parish School
St. Joseph's operates an on-site Catholic elementary school that serves the families of the parish and the wider Stratford community. The Wednesday 6:30 PM English Mass is offered specifically during the school year, underscoring the close connection between the parish and its school community.
- On-site Catholic school
- Wednesday 6:30 PM English Mass during school year
Sister Mission — Our Lady of Guadalupe, Cactus
Together with the Diocese of Amarillo, St. Joseph's helps serve the smaller nearby mission parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Cactus, where the Thursday and Friday Masses of the week are celebrated.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe — Cactus, TX
- Hosts Thursday and Friday Masses
Visit & Contact
Parishioners and visitors can reach the parish office by phone or email, and a 'Get Directions' link on the official website makes it easy to find the church on South Pearl Street in Stratford.
- Address: 515 S Pearl St., Stratford, TX 79084
- Phone: (806) 310-0438
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://stjosephstratfordtx.com/