St Joseph's Catholic Church

What St Joseph's Catholic Church does

St. Joseph's Catholic Church is a 501(c)(3) religious nonprofit parish headquartered at 1444 Highway 165 in Fort Mitchell, Alabama, serving rural Russell County and the broader south-central Alabama region. The parish operates from three physical locations — the main church in Fort Mitchell, the Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe mission in Clio (founded 2005, the only all-Hispanic Catholic Church community in the Archdiocese of Mobile), and the St. John XXIII Center for social service ministry in Hurtsboro. Its origins trace to a 1920 land gift from Mrs. Mary K. Walker, with the first Mass celebrated on Christmas Eve 1926 and the chapel consecrated by Bishop Thomas J. Toolen on January 10, 1927; the parish was formalized after the seminary of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity relocated in the 1960s.

The parish delivers a comprehensive Catholic service portfolio: liturgical worship in English and Spanish (Sunday 9:30 a.m. English, 1:00 p.m. Spanish; weekday Masses Tuesday/Thursday 8:00 a.m.; Friday 7 p.m. Spanish), the full sacramental program (Confessions, Baptisms, Marriages), religious education (Christian Faith Formation, Catholic Inquiry / RCIA), and an extensive ministry ecosystem including Liturgical Ministries, Catechetical Formation, Knights of Columbus, Cursillo, Couples for Christ, Emmaus Retreat Movement (offered in Spanish), Apostolic Council, and the Parish Finance Council. Technology is minimal and non-proprietary — the parish uses the third-party myowngiving.com donation platform, the MyParish mobile app, and Facebook/Instagram (hashtag #stjohtal) for community outreach. No AI/ML capabilities are deployed.

The business model is donation-based: the parish is funded entirely through voluntary tithes, weekly collections, online giving, and tax-deductible contributions from individual parishioners and supporters. There is no fee schedule for sacramental services and no commercial revenue stream. The organization is governed locally by its pastor (Rev. Odel Medina, S.T.), vicar (Rev. Luis de La cuadra, S.T.), office manager (Carla Abney), and supporting clergy, with spiritual affiliation to the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity order and oversight from the Archdiocese of Mobile.

Name

St Joseph's Catholic Church

Legal name

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Website

https://holytrinityal.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

St. Joseph's Catholic Church is a 501(c)(3) parish in Fort Mitchell, Alabama, serving rural Russell County and the south-central Alabama Hispanic community through bilingual liturgical services, sacraments, religious education, and outreach ministries across three locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Parish Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Catholic parish services
• Religious education programs
• Worship services
• Sacramental ministry
• Faith formation

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Mitchell

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Tithes, Offerings, and Donations: Voluntary contributions from parish members during Mass collections and through regular giving programs. The church offers online giving through myowngiving.com platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St Joseph's Catholic Church operates as a Roman Catholic parish providing weekend and daily Mass, the seven sacraments (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony), Christian Faith Formation for children and adults, and pastoral outreach in both English and Spanish. The parish also runs the Our Lady of Guadalupe Hispanic mission chapel in Clio, Alabama, the St. John XXIII Social Service Center, and a portfolio of lay movements (Cursillo, Couples for Christ, Emmaus Retreat, Knights of Columbus).

Product overview

St Joseph's Catholic Church is a unified parish organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of Catholic faith services. The core offering is the main parish in Fort Mitchell, Alabama, with a mission chapel (Our Lady of Guadalupe in Clio, AL) serving the Hispanic Catholic community. The parish provides liturgical worship services in English and Spanish, sacramental programs (Confessions, Baptisms, Marriages), and extensive religious education including Christian Faith Formation, RCIA, and Youth programs. The ministry structure includes servant-leadership through the Apostolic Council, liturgical ministries (Music, Altar Servers, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministry), catechetical formation, social service outreach via the St. John XXIII Center, and various faith development movements including Cursillo, Couples for Christ, and Emmaus Retreat Movement. All services are supported by the Parish Finance Council for stewardship oversight.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mission chapel of St. Joseph Parish located in Clio, Alabama, serving the Hispanic Catholic community with all-Hispanic Catholic Church community in the Archdiocese of Mobile

Products and services

• St Joseph's Parish Weekend and Daily Mass Roman Catholic Mass celebrated in English and Spanish on weekends and weekdays, offered to parishioners and visitors as the parish's central worship service.
• Sacramental Ministry (Baptism, Confirmation, First Communion, Reconciliation, Marriage, Anointing of the Sick)
• Christian Faith Formation (Religious Education)
• Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
• Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Chapel Services
• St. John XXIII Social Service Center Outreach
• Parish Stewardship and Online Giving Program

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Knights of Columbus: Catholic fraternal service organization that operates a council within St. Joseph's Parish. Functions as both a partner and ecosystem participant that channels Catholic men into parish life, charitable giving, and community service across the U.S.
• Catholic Charities USA: National network of Catholic social service agencies. Directly comparable to the St. John XXIII Center's social service mission in Hurtsboro and represents the institutional form St. Joseph's social ministry could scale into with diocesan or foundation support.

Broad incumbents

• EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network): The largest Catholic media network in the world, headquartered in Irondale, Alabama. While not a parish, EWTN operates within the same Catholic ecosystem in Alabama and represents a much larger scale Catholic institution with overlapping faith-formation and outreach missions.
• Archdiocese of Mobile: The Catholic archdiocese providing canonical oversight for St. Joseph's Parish. It operates dozens of parishes, schools, and ministries across southern Alabama and is the natural governance-level peer for any parish within its boundaries.
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB): National policy and governance body for the U.S. Catholic Church. Relevant as the upstream institutional peer that sets formation, liturgy, and social service standards that every parish (including St. Joseph's) must follow.
• Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama: The other Catholic diocese covering Alabama. Operates parishes, schools, and charitable ministries across central and northern Alabama, making it a comparable Catholic governance entity addressing similar rural and urban parish dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/www.holytrinityal.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-joseph's-catholic-church

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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