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St. Patrick Church
Office Hours: Monday -
Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Address: 301 North Spruce, Telluride, CO
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 398, Telluride, CO 81435-0398 |
| Phone: 970 728-3387
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| Parish Director: Deacon Michael
Doehrman |
Summer Mass Schedule:
Saturday: 6:00 p.m. Spanish; Sunday: 9:00 a.m. &
5:00 p.m.
* Holidays: 9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. *
Weekdays: Tuesday & Thursdays 8:15 a.m.
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| Winter Mass Schedule:
Saturday: 6:00 p.m. Spanish; Sunday: 9:00 a.m. &
5:00 p.m. * Weekdays: Tuesday & Thursdays 8:15 a.m.
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| Mission: Our Lady of Sorrows Mission, Nucla |
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| Our mission... |
| As members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church
in Telluride, we strive to continue on in the 104-year-old
tradition of our founders in serving all the people of God
through prayers, song, worship, and by living out the Gospel
every day of our lives. We pray that we may be a sign of
hope when there is despair; a sign of happiness when there is
sorrow; and a continual sign of the Kingdom of God in our homes,
in our community, and in our world. |
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STAFF |
| Deacon Michael Doehrman, Parish Director |
| Rev. Nathanael Foshage, Priest Supervisor |
| Jo Anne Rote, DRE/Youth |
| Bob Isreal, Music
Director |
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Bruce
DeBever, Liturgy |
| Kate Wadley, Parish
Council President |
| Ramon Escure,
Finance Chair |
| John Kula, Business
Manager |
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HISTORY |
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St.
Patrick Church rests 9,000 ft. high in the former mining town of Telluride.
Today the town is famous for its desirable location in the San Juan Mountains
and its ski resort.
In the late
nineteenth century, Telluride was one of the many mining towns that developed as
people ascended into the San Juan Mountains to mine gold and silver, and in
later years, lead and zinc. Before the town had its own church, priests would
travel from Del Norte, and later from St. Daniel the Prophet, in Ouray, to tend
to the spiritual needs of the mining families. But by 1896, the increasing
population in Telluride required a church to be built, so St. Patrick’s Church
was organized.
Mining
has long ceased to thrive in the area, and as it declined so to did the
population. Over the 104 year history of St. Patrick’s, its status as mission
and parish has fluctuated. Today St. Patrick’s Church comprises a congregation
of eighty-five families and survives as a parish without a resident priest.
The
church is registered as historical building in a town that has been designated a
National Historic Trust District.
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