Music

St. Joseph's parish is blessed to have several different groups that provide many opportunities for adults and youth to share their gift of music with the parish community. If you are interested in joining a choir, please contact Jeff Wiegrefe at the parish office at (218) 236-5066.

The Adult Choir is a traditional church choir that wears choir robes when they sing at Mass. They sing at two different Masses a month and practice on Thursday evenings during the school year from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Spirit Choir is open to students in grades 7-12. This choir practices after youth nights on Wednesday evenings during the school year from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. and sings at two different Masses each month.

The Handbell Choir plays for special holy day Masses and practices on Thursday evenings from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. during the school year.

The Life Band is a contemporary band with drums, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, saxophone, flute, keyboard and other musical instruments in addition to vocals. The life band sings at the 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening Mass three times per month. The band practices three Monday evenings per month from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. and on Sundays from 4:45 - 6:20 p.m. when they are scheduled at Mass.

The Revelation and Joyful Noise Choirs are contemporary choirs that sing at two Masses per month. The choirs consist of 7-10 adult members. The Revelation Choir practices one hour before Mass and Joyful Noise Choir practices on Thursday evenings from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. twice per month.

1. The children's school choir is for children in grades 3-5 at St. Joseph's School. The choir sings at school Masses on Thursday mornings twice a month and once a month at a Sunday Mass.
2. The school Honors Choir is for St. Joseph's students in grades 6-8 and is an audition only choir. The Honors Choir sings at school Masses on Thursday mornings once a month and at a Sunday Mass once a month. They also sing at special events in the parish.

The Resurrection Choir sings for funerals only. The choir practices 45 minutes before each funeral.