Location
Website: www.stjosephwestphalia.org
Phone: 573-619-5824
Email: stanthonyfolkparish@gmail.com
Physical Address: 255 Hwy EE, Folk MO
Mailing Address: PO Box 157, Westphalia, MO, 65085
Associated Parishes: Westphalia
County: Osage
Deanery: Southeast
Staff
Pastor: Rev. Dylan Schrader, PhD
Deacon: Jim Haaf
About St. Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony of Padua parish was founded in 1905 on the faith of 47 families who wanted a place to worship that was nearer to their homes. Monsignor Otto Hoog of the Archdiocese of St. Louis granted them permission to form the parish in Folk, Missouri, and assigned Reverend John Hoeschen as the first pastor.
The first Mass was celebrated on Pentecost Sunday, June 11, 1905. In 1948, construction began on the current structure under the direction of Reverend Raymond Willerding.