About St. Joseph the Worker · Redwood City, California
St. Joseph the Worker (San Jose Obrero) is a Roman Catholic mission church in Redwood City, California, serving the local Spanish-speaking faithful of the San Mateo County peninsula. It operates as a mission of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in neighboring Menlo Park, within the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco. The mission gathers at 400 Heller Street and is one of several Spanish-language hubs referenced by the Archdiocese in its ministry to the Hispanic Catholic community of the region.
- Patron
- St. Joseph the Worker
- Rector
- Rev. Fabio Medina
- Diocese
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco
Why belong here
St. Joseph the Worker / San Jose Obrero is a Spanish-language Catholic mission in Redwood City rooted in the Archdiocese of San Francisco's broader Hispanic ministry. As a mission of St. Anthony of Padua in Menlo Park, it connects local Spanish-speaking Catholics to the sacraments, Sunday Mass, and the wider parish community — a place to 'believe, belong, and become' for families on the mid-Peninsula.
Mass times at St. Joseph the Worker
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (per third-party schedule listings)
Identity & Mission Status
St. Joseph the Worker (Spanish: San Jose Obrero) is classified by GCatholic and the Archdiocese of San Francisco as a Mission Church rather than a full independent parish. It operates under the pastoral care of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Menlo Park, just a few miles southeast across the Redwood City–Menlo Park border. As a mission, it shares the phone line (650-366-4692) with the parent parish and is part of the Archdiocese's coordinated Hispanic ministry on the mid-Peninsula.
- Mission of: Church of St. Anthony, Menlo Park (GCatholic)
- Joint pastoral region with St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Menlo Park — combined roughly 2,500 parishioners (Archdiocese of San Francisco)
Mass & Liturgy
The mission offers three Sunday Masses — 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM — at 400 Heller Street. Multiple schedule aggregators (Discover Mass, Catholic Church Times) confirm the 8:30 / 10:00 / 11:30 AM Sunday pattern as the current published schedule, while older listings have referenced additional Spanish-language Masses at 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM. Worship language is principally Spanish, reflecting the mission's role within the Archdiocese's Hispanic pastoral ministry. Visitors are advised to call ahead or check the Archdiocese page for the most current times, especially around holy days and special celebrations.
- Sunday Masses: 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM
- Liturgical language: primarily Spanish
Location & Contact
St. Joseph the Worker / San Jose Obrero is located at 400 Heller Street, Redwood City, CA 94063. The phone line, (650) 366-4692, is shared with the parent parish, St. Anthony of Padua in Menlo Park. Because the mission does not appear to operate an independent website, parishioners and visitors typically reach the mission through the Archdiocese of San Francisco's main site (sfarchdiocese.org).
- Address: 400 Heller St., Redwood City, CA 94063
- Phone: (650) 366-4692
- Archdiocese: Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco
Parish Staff
Rev. Fabio Medina is identified as Pastor of St. Joseph the Worker / San Jose Obrero on multiple Catholic directory and aggregator sites. Note that the Archdiocese of San Francisco's most recent published clergy directory lists Rev. Fabio E. Medina as Retired (residing at the Serra Clergy House), so parishioners seeking the currently assigned administrator should verify through the Archdiocese's clergy office. No other clergy or deacons for the mission are listed in publicly available online sources.
- Rev. Fabio Medina — Pastor (per directory listings)
- Verify current assignment via the Archdiocese of San Francisco
Community & Outreach
As a Spanish-language mission within the Archdiocese of San Francisco, St. Joseph the Worker is part of the broader Hispanic Pastoral Ministry that organizes annual gatherings such as Día de la Hispanidad (held since 2011 at St. Mary's Cathedral) and supports the Quinto Encuentro process. The Archdiocese groups the mission with St. Anthony of Padua Menlo Park under one combined pastoral region of roughly 2,500 parishioners, forming a key hub for Spanish-speaking Catholics in Redwood City and the surrounding mid-Peninsula neighborhoods.
- Part of Archdiocesan Hispanic Pastoral Ministry
- Connects with Día de la Hispanidad and Quinto Encuentro programs
- Combined pastoral region with St. Anthony of Padua, Menlo Park
Patron & Feast Day
The mission takes its name from St. Joseph the Worker, a liturgical memorial inserted into the Roman Calendar by Pope Pius XII in 1955. It is celebrated each year on May 1, deliberately aligned with the international Workers' Day to offer a Christian celebration of human labor and the dignity of work, with St. Joseph honored as the model of workers and the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- Patron: St. Joseph the Worker
- Feast Day: May 1