About St. Michael Station · Worley, Idaho
St. Michael the Archangel Mission (also called St. Michael's Station) is a small Roman Catholic mission parish located in Worley, Idaho, on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. It is one of three Coeur d'Alene Reservation missions served by the Jesuits — together with Sacred Heart Mission in DeSmet and Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Plummer — and is part of the Diocese of Boise. Because the parishes are grouped and served by a single priest team, Sunday Mass at St. Michael's rotates with the other two mission communities, celebrated at 8:30 AM in alternating months (January, March, May, July, September, and November).
- Established
- 1950
- Patron
- St. Michael the Archangel
- Rector
- Fr. Peter Byrne, SJ
- Diocese
- Diocese of Boise
Why belong here
St. Michael's is a small but living Catholic mission parish on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation, rooted in a Jesuit ministry that has accompanied Native American communities in the Northwest since the 1840s. Visitors are welcomed to a Sunday Mass at 8:30 AM celebrated on alternating months in a deeply communal setting, where the parish shares pastoral care and Catholic tradition with the nearby Sacred Heart Mission (DeSmet) and Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Plummer) communities.
Mass times at St. Michael Station
Weekly Mass schedule
Overview & Identity
St. Michael the Archangel Mission, also known as St. Michael's Station, is the Catholic mission parish serving the Worley area of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho. It belongs to the Diocese of Boise and is one of three Coeur d'Alene Reservation missions served by the Jesuits under Fr. Peter Byrne, S.J.
- Diocese of Boise
- Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation
- Worley, Idaho
- Jesuit (Society of Jesus) pastoral care
History & Heritage
Jesuit ministry to the Coeur d'Alene people began in 1842–43 when Fr. Peter DeSmet founded the mother mission. After the tribe's relocation to the reservation in 1877, Jesuits established and administered Sacred Heart Mission at DeSmet. Mission outreach to the Worley community is documented in the Marquette University archives from 1950 onward. The mission continues today as one of three linked reservation parishes in the Diocese of Boise.
- 1842 — Fr. Peter DeSmet, S.J., founds the Coeur d'Alene mission
- 1877 — Coeur d'Alene people relocated to the reservation
- 1950-present — St. Michael Mission at Worley documented by Marquette archives
- Today — Grouped with Sacred Heart Mission (DeSmet) and Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Plummer)
Clergy & Pastoral Staff
St. Michael's is served by the Jesuit pastor and parochial vicar for the Coeur d'Alene Reservation missions, based out of Sacred Heart Mission at DeSmet. The grouping allows all three mission communities — Sacred Heart (DeSmet), Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Plummer), and St. Michael (Worley) — to share a single priest team.
- Fr. Peter Byrne, S.J. — Pastor
- Gregg Wood, S.J. — Parochial Vicar
Jesuit Rocky Mountain Mission Context
St. Michael's belongs to the Jesuit Rocky Mountain Mission, a centuries-old apostolate in which Jesuits 'in companionship with Natives respond to the Gospel's call for love, hope and justice' across Native American communities in the Pacific Northwest. The Coeur d'Alene Reservation missions are listed as an active frontier of this ministry.
- Rocky Mountain Mission Parishes (Society of Jesus)
- Three Pacific Northwest cultural regions served: Plains, Plateau, Coastal
Visit, Contact & Practical Information
Visitors can reach St. Michael's at 9284 West I Street, Worley, ID 83876, or call 208-686-1023. Email correspondence is directed through [email protected]. Updates on Mass schedules across the three linked reservation parishes are posted through a shared Facebook page.
- Address: W. 9284 I Street, Worley, ID 83876
- Phone: 208-686-1023
- Email: [email protected]
- Facebook (shared with the three missions): Sacred Heart Mission, St. Michael's, Our Lady of Perpetual Help