About St. Patrick · Curlew, Washington
St. Patrick Catholic Parish is a small Roman Catholic mission parish in Curlew, a rural community in Ferry County in the far northeastern corner of Washington State. It belongs to the Diocese of Spokane and is served from the Immaculate Conception cluster based in nearby Republic, about 30 miles to the east. Because of its size, St. Patrick offers Mass only twice a month — on the 2nd and 4th Sundays — and serves a widely scattered population in the Kettle River/Curlew Creek valley that was first opened to mining and homesteading in the late 19th century. The parish shares pastoral care with Immaculate Conception (Republic), Sacred Heart (Kettle Falls), Pure Heart of Mary (Northport), and Immaculate Conception (Colville).
- Patron
- St. Patrick
- Rector
- Rev. Kenneth "Kenny" St. Hilaire
- Diocese
- Diocese of Spokane
Why belong here
St. Patrick is the Catholic home for Catholics scattered across the upper Curlew Creek and Kettle River country in eastern Ferry County — a region of small ranches, timber, and old mining settlements where travel to a larger parish can mean an hour's drive. Twice-monthly Sunday Mass, celebrated in English in an intimate country church, gives the area's Catholic families a regular, walkable place to worship, receive the sacraments, and stay connected to the wider Diocese of Spokane. The parish is part of a pastoral cluster with Immaculate Conception in Republic and neighboring missions, so visiting priests bring the Eucharist, confession, and pastoral care to this rural community on a steady schedule.
Mass times at St. Patrick
Weekly Mass schedule
About St. Patrick Parish, Curlew
St. Patrick is a small Catholic mission parish serving Curlew and the surrounding Curlew Creek and Kettle River valley in eastern Ferry County, in the far northeastern corner of Washington State. It is part of the Diocese of Spokane and is grouped into a pastoral cluster with Immaculate Conception in Republic, Sacred Heart in Kettle Falls, Pure Heart of Mary in Northport, and Immaculate Conception in Colville. Because the parish is small and widely scattered, public Mass is celebrated only twice a month — on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at 12:30 PM.
- Address: 9 Church Street, Curlew, WA 99118
- Phone: (509) 775-3935
- Liturgy: English; Roman-Latin Rite
- Sunday Mass: 12:30 PM on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month
Parish Cluster & Pastoral Care
St. Patrick does not have a resident priest in the rectory. It is pastored by Rev. Kenneth "Kenny" St. Hilaire, who also serves as pastor of Immaculate Conception in Colville, Sacred Heart in Kettle Falls, Pure Heart of Mary in Northport, and Immaculate Conception in Republic. A vicar, Rev. Michael Ishida, is assigned to assist the cluster. Cluster mail and administrative records are kept at POB 333, Republic, WA 99166. Older diocese and aggregator directories also list Rev. Richard Semple as a former pastor of St. Patrick, Curlew; Fr. Semple currently pastors Immaculate Conception, Davenport, and several other Lincoln County-area parishes.
- Pastor: Rev. Kenneth "Kenny" St. Hilaire
- Vicar (per the 2021–22 Fig Tree directory): Rev. Michael Ishida
- Former pastor now elsewhere in the diocese: Rev. Richard Semple
- Cluster mail: POB 333, Republic, WA 99166
Diocese & Wider Catholic Community
St. Patrick belongs to the Diocese of Spokane, which covers central and eastern Washington from the Cascade Range to the Idaho border. The diocese's parish finder (dioceseofspokane.org/parishfinder) lists St. Patrick, Curlew among its mission parishes, with the 9 Church Street address and (509) 775-3935 contact. St. Patrick is also one of the parishes included in The Fig Tree's annual ecumenical parish directory for the Inland Northwest, which is where the current cluster pastor and vicar assignments are confirmed.
- Diocese: Diocese of Spokane
- Diocese parish finder: dioceseofspokane.org/parishfinder
- Bishop of Spokane: Thomas Daly
Parish Identity & Legal Status
The parish is formally registered with the Washington Secretary of State as 'St. Patrick Catholic Parish - Curlew,' a Washington nonprofit corporation (UBI 602725249), incorporated on May 4, 2007 with the then-pastor serving as registered agent at the diocesan chancery address, 1023 W Riverside Ave, Spokane, WA 99201. Lay governors on file with the state include Albert Grasher (Deer Park), Ronald A. Bacon (Republic), and Steven Werner (Colville) — a pattern that reflects the cluster-style governance typical of rural mission parishes in the diocese.
- Legal name: St. Patrick Catholic Parish - Curlew
- UBI: 602725249 (Washington Secretary of State)
- Incorporated: May 4, 2007
- Registered agent address: 1023 W Riverside Ave, Spokane, WA 99201