Welcome to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Port Aransas

Let's fill our community with God's Love!

Mass Schedule

We have regular Weekend and Weekday Masses

We invite you to join us for daily and Weekend Masses.

Mass Schedule

Saturday - 5:00 PM

Sunday - 9:00 AM

Sunday - 11:00 AM

Mon, Wed - Fri - 8:30 AM

Confessions: 30 minutes before each Weekend Mass

We welcome you to join us for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, while you are vacationing here at Port Aransas. You will find this to be a place of welcome and will surely feel at home. Worshiping together with the Catholic community here at our Church will definitely be an uplifting experience for you.

About Us

Our Mission

We are a welcoming Catholic community, called by God to live out the message of Christ in love and service to all people. You will find our church a truly prayerful space to experience the loving presence of God. We are always happy to welcome the numerous visitors who come to spend a relaxed time with their loved ones on the seashore. We appreciate your faithfulness in joining us for Sunday Mass and this has always been an inspiration for us as well. We are always grateful for the support you give us and that has strengthened our efforts to bear witness to the love of God.

Our Past Journey to get here

A Brief History of Catholic presence in Port Aransas

Secondary sources tell us that priests were visiting the settlement now known as Port Aransas as early as 1860. Unfortunately, we are unable to verify this information at this time since records in the diocesan archives do not date back that far and the Official Catholic Directory does not specifically reference that location until 1885. However, we believe the area was most likely visited by either Corpus Christi or Refugio.

Port Aransas is first referenced in the 1885 OCD which notes that Mustang Island was visited from Corpus Christi. Mustang Island is consistently referenced between 1885 and 1903 and was being visited either by Corpus Christi or Rockport. In 1904, Mustang Island was no longer named but was instead replaced by St. Anthony Mission located in Tarpon, Nueces County (Tarpon being an earlier name given to Port Aransas.) This continues until 1913 when Tarpon is now referred to in the OCD as Port Aransas. In 1913, St. Anthony Mission, Port Aransas comes under the care of Sacred Heart, Rockport. This continues through 1947.

Between 1948 and 1970 the OCD lists the mission at Port Aransas as under the care of Our Lady Star of the Sea in Aransas Pass. The first time the mission is listed as "St. Joseph" is in 1954, however, it may have changed names sooner. The name change is unclear from the OCD and would require further research in the diocesan archives. From 1971 to 1988, Port Aransas is listed under the care of Our Lady of Assumption in Ingleside. It is listed as an independent mission from 1989 - 1992 and as a parish from 1993 to the present.

This Church served the community until 2009