Priest/contact
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Street Address: 631 South Iver Street, Valparaiso, NE
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Church Phone: (402)-784-2511
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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 248 Valparaiso, NE 68065
Rev. Msgr. Adrian Herbek
St. Mary
Street Address: 631 South Iver Street, Valparaiso, NE
Church Phone: (402)-784-2511
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 248 Valparaiso, NE 68065
Rev. Msgr. Adrian Herbek
St. Mary
Sunday: 8:00 AM & 10:00 PM
St. Mary & Joseph
St. Joseph
David Beringer was the architect that designed St. Mary and Joseph catholic church. But before the church was built their were two separate churches, St. Mary's in Valparaiso, and St. Joseph's in Agnew. Father Glaves was the priest of both churches at the time and he said the "space was a problem". So instead of having two separate churches, the members of the two congregations made a decision that they would build a bigger church in Valparaiso that would hold all 757 member of both churches. The new church was built in 1974. Then Bishop Glennin P. Flavin dedicated the new church in honor on St. Mary and Joseph on August 21, 1977. So it became know as St. Mary and Josephs catholic church.
Our patron saints
Mary: She is the mother of Jesus. An angel named Gabriel came up to Mary and told her that she was going to have a son, and was to name it Jesus. She married Joseph and they raised Jesus together.
Joseph: He was a carpenter, who was called to become Mary's husband, and be the father of Jesus. He is a man of faith and is obedient to what ever God asks him to do. Because not one word of his is recorded in Holy Scriptures, St. Joseph is the silent figure of three persons in the Holy Family.