Wednesdays                   10:00 AM
Sundays                            8:30 AM

Please see calendar for any cancellations.

SFX Sunday Offering
  3/1/2021
 

    Birthdays

• 03/09 Fred Turner,  Elaina Koenig
• 03/10 Linda Sabin,
• 03/13 Gayle Coonan,  Roy Kinsman

• 03/07 Jess & Joelle Winters
• 03/09 Joe & Bobbi Ahmann
• 03/11 Roger & Nancy Iverson 

St. Francis Xavier Mission, more commonly known locally as the Cowlitz Mission, is the oldest operating Catholic church in Washington.
The mission was established in December 1838 on the Cowlitz Prairie near Toledo by Father Blanchet. The earlier church buildings all caught fire, so the present building was built of brick. Father Blanchet claimed 640 acres of land which he laid out for the mission including the cemetery. The Native Americans of the 1800’s called the priests “blackrobes.”

The church adjoins a cemetery that is the final resting place for several of our area's pioneers. Near the cemetery, a visual depiction of several events in Biblical history are contained in a totem pole-like structure known as the Catholic Ladder.

A historic marker can be found at the northeast corner of the intersection of Spencer Road and Jackson Highway just outside Toledo. From there, the mission and cemetery are a very short drive up Spencer and found on the left.
 

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Pastor: Rev. Milhton Scarpetta
(360) 748-4953

 

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Vicor: Father Jose Maria Cuauhtemoc Ramirez or Father "Temo"
(360) 748-4953

 

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Deacon Loren Lane
(360) 748-4953
 

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Deacon Arturo Remirez
(360) 864-4126
 

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St Francis Parish Office        
Open Mon., Weds., Thurs., 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
139 Spencer Rd
Toledo, WA  98591
Phone:   (360) 864-4126












 

St. Francis Xavier Administrative Assistant: 
Joyce Schey
(360) 864-4126

stfrancis@toledotel.com

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St Joseph Parish Office
157 SW 6th St
Chehalis, WA  98532
Phone:   (360) 748-4953
Fax:   (360) 748-3149

 

Pastoral Assistant for Administration
Gay Lynn Moneymaker
(360) 748-4953

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Pastoral Assistant For Youth Ministry

Wendy Werner
(360) 748-4953

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Jeanette Brewer,
Website Editor
(360) 748-4953
 

jeanette@wlpcatholic.org