• Home
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Staff
    • Parish Registration
    • History
      • The Windows of St. Joseph Church
    • Comunidad Hispana
      • Grupos Parroquiales
      • Escuela Católica de San José
      • Preparación Sacramental
      • Quinceañeras
  • Sunday Bulletins
  • Faith Formation
    • Sacramental Prep
      • Baptism
      • First Communion
      • Confirmation
      • Marriage
      • Anointing of the Sick
      • Holy Orders
      • Reconciliation
    • Youth Ministry
    • Young Adult Ministry
      • Willamette Newman Club
    • Adult Faith Formation
      • RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
      • Bible Studies for All Parishioners
      • Formed.org
  • Ministries
    • Mass Ministers Schedule
  • St. Joseph School
  • Knights of Columbus
    • Mission
    • Officers
  • Donate
    • Donate to the Parish
    • Donate to St. Joseph School
|||
St. Joseph Parish (Salem)
  • Contact Us
  • Comunidad Hispana
  • St. Joseph School
Facebook
Search
  • Home
  • About
      • Contact Us
      • Staff
      • Parish Registration
      • History
      • Comunidad Hispana
  • Sunday Bulletins
  • Faith Formation
      • Sacramental Prep
      • Youth Ministry
      • Young Adult Ministry
      • Adult Faith Formation
  • Ministries
      • Mass Ministers Schedule
  • St. Joseph School
  • Knights of Columbus
      • Mission
      • Officers
  • Donate
      • Donate to the Parish
      • Donate to St. Joseph School

 

  • St. Joseph Catholic School History 
    Who We Are, Then & Now

    Sacred Heart Academy was founded in 1863 by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
    and Mary.  The historic three-story mansard roof school/convent stood on the corner
    of Center and Cottage Streets until its demolition in 1972. St. Joseph School was
    established in 1941 as the elementary-level extension of Sacred Heart Academy.
    Archbishop Howard dedicated the original six-room St. Joseph School located on the corner
    of Center and Winter Streets, on February 2, 1941. In the early 1950s, two classrooms
    were added to the south end of the building, next to the church. In 1956, they gym and
    two more classrooms were built facing Cottage Street.  In 1959, a two-classroom
    annex was constructed next to the north side of the church.  The basement of the school was
    remodeled in 1993, due to a fire. The annex was demolished in the summer of 1998
    to make room for constructionof the Rev. Carl Gimpl Parish Center.

    The charism of the Sisters of the Hold Names of Jesus and Mari is,
    “In fidelity to the spirit of our Foundress, we collaborate in the church’s mission
    of education with an emphasis on education in the faith.” The sisters’ early work was
    primarily with girls. Over time, the school’s charism has developed into serving the
    educational needs of the parish families as a ministry of the parish. In the long history
    of the school, these two charisms are complementary, and have allowed
    a steady continuous history.

    Currently the school has ten classrooms, three offices, one practice room for the
    parish Music Director, and a faculty room that is shared with Title 1 and Speech
    therapists. There is an available cafeteria located in the adjacent parish center,
    a gymnasium, and a media center (library/computer lab). The school facilities are used
    extensively on the weekends and evenings for various parish ministries.








     


















     

     


Domino optimo maximo. © 2023   |   St. Joseph Parish   |   721 Chemeketa St. NE Salem, Oregon 97301   |   Phone: (503) 581-1623   |   Fax: (503) 581-7271
Login
powered by eCatholic®