St Joseph Husband of Mary Roman Catholic Church

Moved to Las Vegas 15 months ago. Thought we would visit all the Catholic Churches in town to find our Church home. Our first visit was to St. Joseph HOM. Bingo! Yes, we’ve found our home!
Fr. Adam is the Bomb for his sermons and Monday night Bible Classes.

We felt attending Mass with Father Adam… who we heard is new to the parish… was our Christmas present! We were in Las Vegas for a week and happened upon Father Adam at St.
Joan of Arc, where he said Mass in Spanish. Our Spanish is poor but we were impressed with Father Adam’s enthusiasm so, stayed an extra three days to hear him say Mass in English. WOW!!! I spent thirteen years in Catholic school, often attended Mass daily, then when in college, and in my seventy plus years probably a hundred churches… including St. Peter’s in Rome. Only two priests have had the same affect on me… Pope John Paul and in my youth, Bishop Sheehan who preached on TV. Talking with parishioners, after Mass, we were told how blessed they know they are. Do not miss an opportunity to attend Mass with Fr. Adam. You will know you are blessed. I FULLY agree with Gene P.‘s review.

Love coming to this Church! Father Mark, Father Samuel, Father Cassian and a new addition is Father Adam. Parish is welcoming and everyone makes you feel right at home. Mon-​fri 8am Mass. Confessions on tuesdays at 4pm and saturdays. I do believe there’s confession before or after 8am mass on Saturdays as well.

What a beautiful church! For the better part of a year, I have been looking for a Catholic Church that I felt comfortable with. Many of the area churches in the diocese have more of a Protestant ‘feel’ — communion wafers are different than what I’m used to — some parishes use grape juice (Christ the King).
After scheduling Confession with Fr. Adam Kotas, I was happy to learn he was also from Chicago and knew the parish where my wife and I were married — St. Hyacinth Basilica in Chicago. He even knew Fr Francis Rogue, who performed our ceremony.
At Mass today, I was blown away by his sermon! Invigorating, challenging, passionate — I haven’t seen a parish so attached to every word in the last 5 years. He’s good — real good. I also like to evaluate the Priest’s handling of the preparation of the altar — he makes the grade but his passion and enjoyment is infectious.
This is my new parish. Thank the Holy Spirit for guiding us here :)

My brother was married in this beautiful church on Saturday, May 30^th at the 2 o’clock ‘slot’. Peggy Thompson was their coordinator. The church is beautiful and well kept. We were able to go through the wedding rehearsal the day before without a hitch! Ms Thompson was organized and professional.
Saturday afternoon rolls around and we were asked to arrive no later than 1:15 pm. The wedding party was expected to be in the Library at that time. We arrived only to find the there was a wedding before us just finishing up. We weren’t allowed in the church until around 1:30 or so. After the wedding party and guests of the wedding before us exited, we immediately took our places in the room. Ralph, the groom, myself and two other wedding party participants (cousin and my husband) met with the Director of Music Barbara Finn. She was rude and VERY unprofessional. There was a lack of communication (between the couple to be married and the Director of Music in the months prior to the wedding) with the choice of songs for the ceremony and who was to sing. My brother had a few requests that were left unfilled. We all understood that if it was unable to be done, we could accept it. Ms Finn had an attitude unfitting for the occasion and could have chosen a better tone and better choice of words. Instead, «Absolutely NOT!», and «I didn’t even think this wedding was still happening!» were two phrases that stuck out the most with me. The groom handled this in a polite manner. We only wished Ms Finn could have done the same regardless of what the situation was.
After the ceremony, we soon found out that we were on a time crunch! Mass was to start soon after the announcement of the newly wedded couple. We were rushed out of the chapel and hurried to the courtyard. Weddings are supposed to be pleasant, not rushed. The staff of the church is also expected to be polite, caring and professional. Thank-​you to both Fa. Tom Gallenbach and Ms Thompson for a smooth ceremony. Ms Finn, we thank you providing the music, it was beautiful.
Sister of the Groom

This is my other home. Great job on the stations of the cross sacred heart youth group! I cried. Love you God.

I haven’t been to too many Catholic churches in Vegas in order to compare but this one is very warm and the staff really makes you feel welcome. If you’re headed to mass, come early because parking is limited and so is the seating.