About St. Matthias · Freeport, Ohio
St. Matthias is a Catholic mission parish serving the village of Freeport in Harrison County, Ohio, in the Diocese of Steubenville. Established in 1957, it shares clergy, staff and parish offices with the neighboring parishes of St. Teresa of Avila in Cadiz and Sacred Heart in Hopedale, forming the Harrison County Catholic Churches cluster (sometimes referred to as the St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Community). The mission sits on West Main Street in Freeport's small downtown and offers a Saturday Vigil Mass plus weekly confessions, giving Catholics in Freeport and the surrounding rural area a local home for the Eucharist and the sacraments.
- Established
- 1957
- Patron
- St. Matthias (the Apostle)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Steubenville (Deanery: Mother of Hope)
Why belong here
St. Matthias gives the small village of Freeport and the surrounding rural corner of Harrison County a regular Saturday Vigil Mass at 7:00 PM, with confessions right after Mass until 8:00 PM. Because it is clustered with St. Teresa of Avila in Cadiz and Sacred Heart in Hopedale under one pastoral team, parishioners can worship at all three sites — Cadiz, Freeport and Hopedale — with weekday Masses Monday through Friday across the cluster, and weekend Masses at all three parishes. For Catholics in the Freeport area who want both a local worship site and the wider resources of a multi-parish community, St. Matthias offers a friendly, accessible home.
Mass times at St. Matthias
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Saturday after the 7:00 PM Mass until 8:00 PM (at St. Matthias, Freeport)
Identity and Status
St. Matthias is classified by the Diocese of Steubenville as a Catholic mission — not a fully independent parish — established in 1957 in the village of Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio. Within the diocesan structure it is placed in the Mother of Hope Deanery. As a mission, it is staffed by the priests of the Harrison County Catholic Churches cluster and shares their pastoral staff, office and phone number.
- Type: Mission (Diocese of Steubenville)
- Deanery: Mother of Hope
- Founded: 1957
- Patron: St. Matthias, Apostle (feast day May 14)
Harrison County Catholic Churches Cluster
St. Matthias worships and operates as one of three sites in the Harrison County Catholic Churches, a cluster of Catholic communities serving Harrison County, Ohio. The three parishes share one pastor, one office and one combined Mass schedule published on the cluster website.
- St. Teresa of Avila, Cadiz (143 E. South Street) — the parish office site for the cluster
- St. Matthias, Freeport (115 W. Main Street) — the mission
- Sacred Heart, Hopedale
Location and Contact
St. Matthias sits on West Main Street in the small downtown of Freeport, Ohio. The mailing address is 115 W Main Street, Freeport, OH 43973. The shared parish office for the Harrison County Catholic Churches is at 143 E. South Street, Cadiz, OH 43907, and the shared phone number for all three sites is (740) 942-2211.
- St. Matthias church address: 115 W Main Street, Freeport, OH 43973
- Parish office: 143 E. South Street, Cadiz, OH 43907
- Phone: (740) 942-2211
- Website: http://www.harrisoncountycatholicchurches.org/
Diocese and Deanery
St. Matthias belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville, which covers the eastern Ohio counties along the Ohio River. Within the diocese, the parish is grouped in the Mother of Hope Deanery together with St. Teresa of Avila, Sacred Heart (Hopedale) and the other Catholic communities of Harrison and the surrounding area.
- Diocese of Steubenville
- Deanery: Mother of Hope
- Cluster partner parishes: St. Teresa of Avila (Cadiz), Sacred Heart (Hopedale)