About Us:

The Catholic Community of Wapakoneta attended church at the Petersburg settlement six miles southeast of Wapakoneta until 1839, when they built their own frame church called St. Joseph on the southeast corner of Pearl and Blackhoof Streets in Wapakoneta, Ohio. St. Joseph Parish outgrew its church building of 1839, and a brick single-spired church was built in 1858, on the location of the current church. By the early 1900's growth made it necessary to once again construct a larger church. In 1911, the current church pictured above with its twin steeples, was completed after 18 months of construction at a cost of $75,000.

Early Catholic leadership in Wapakoneta placed great value on the importance of education and the inclusion of religion within. Constructed on the current church site was the Parish School pictured below. With the construction of a new school in 1958, the old school has become a youth religious education center and serves the Parish today.

Current leadership continues to place great value and importance on Community and the ability to make church functions available to all parishioners. On May 1, 1999, the new Parish Life Center was dedicated (artist rendering below) and has become a center for a variety of gatherings by the Parish.

The Parish Life Center provides direct access from Church Mass celebrations, features a gathering center, full service kitchen, a Teen Center and an Adult Center. The facility also contains a Chapel for the Eucharistic Adoration Ministry.