About Us

Welcome to the web home of Saint Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Parish of Frackville, Pennsylvania. We are a parish of the Catholic Diocese of Allentown. Our parish serves the residents of Frackville and the surrounding communities as well as friends, visiting relatives, guests and travelers. Our parishioners strive to maintain the strong Catholic identity and cultural traditions established in our churches, while continuing to build a vibrant and spiritual community for the 21st century and beyond.

We are an active parish community, with many associated religious organizations and social functions held throughout the year. Many of our parishioners are stewards of the Catholic Faith and serve our parish as Altar Servers, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, choir members, catechism instructors, parish fund raising volunteers, etc.

Visitors to our churches, Catholics from other parishes or those of other religions, are welcome to attend Holy Mass at any of our churches (we ask that only Catholics who are prepared to do so, receive Holy Communion). Anyone interested in joining our parish is welcome to contact the parish office for more information.

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About Our Staff

Reverend Giuseppe C. Esposito

Pastor

Fr. Esposito was raised in the McAdoo area and graduated from Marian Catholic High School in 2000. He attended Leigh Carbon Community College and graduated DeSales University with a BS in Nursing. With the completion of his studies at St. Charles Seminary, he was ordained to the Priesthood by Bishop Schlert on June 1, 2019. Fr. Esposito was assigned to St. Anne Parish in June 2019. Fr. Esposito also serves as Chaplain to Lehigh University Newman Center. In June 2022, He was assigned to St. Joseph the Worker Parish, Frackville, where he currently serves as our pastor.

Deacon John Sutter

Permanent Deacon

Deacon Sutter is married to Kim, has four children and four grandchildren. He lives in Schuylkill Haven and is from St. Patrick Church in Pottsville. Deacon Sutter was ordained September 14, 2024.

"I felt called to be a deacon after I retired from teaching special education in 2014 and began reading Catholic books that I had wanted to read but hadn’t had the time. I discussed becoming a deacon with my pastor who told me that there was no deacon class starting at the time. In 2017, there was an information night about a new deacon class, but the announcement about it was never put in our bulletin, so I didn’t attend it. Later, the deacon at St. John the Baptist Church in Pottsville told me that he was disappointed that my name was not on the list for the new class. I told him that I didn’t know anything about the information meeting. He called the diaconate office and was able to get me an application. I was accepted into the program, and after a couple months of formation meetings I mentioned to another man in the program that I thought I must be the oldest man in the class. He said that when he went to the information session, they were told that no one over the age of 60 was being considered. I was 62 at the time, and if I had gone to that first information night I never would have applied. It just seemed as though it was meant to be."

Teresa Krolick

Parish Secretary

Teri has been the Parish Secretary for over 15 years. She has an Associate Degree in Executive Secretarial Administration. She has a son, Jonathan, and enjoys her family and friends. Feeling needed and helping others makes her days bright.

Favorite Bible Verse: “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” Matthew: 19:26

Kimberly Mikulski

Cemeterian / Support Staff

Kim has been an employee of the church since 2010. She is primarily in charge of organizing and remapping the parish cemeteries. Kim also does various other jobs such as managing the parish database, creating the newsletter, and designing parish websites.

Favorite Saint Quote: "It's not enough to love, people have to feel that they are loved." - Saint John Bosco

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