Parish of the Assumption

Parish of the Assumption The Parish of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Manchester. Charles Borromeo, St. Joseph and St. Mary in Dover, NH.

Parish of the Assumption was founded in 2009, the result of the merger of the former parishes of St. Parish of the Assumption also includes the Mission Chapel of the Nativity in Barrington, NH

Office Hours at St. Joseph's Church, 150 Central Ave., Dover, NH
Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Closed for lunch 12:30 - 1:00
Closed on all federally recognized holidays.

06/08/2026
“So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?" - Jesus ~ Matthew 26:40We are still in need of Adorers to sit with J...
06/08/2026

“So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?" - Jesus ~ Matthew 26:40

We are still in need of Adorers to sit with Jesus on June 11th from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Our parish will sponsor a day-long opportunity for Eucharistic Adoration at St. Joseph Church. Sign-ups are available online using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4BACA82EA5FE3-64192322-eucharistic #/
or contact Roxanne Raeside Wilton, Parish Evangelist, at 603-502-8041.

Corpus Christi Procession.
06/07/2026

Corpus Christi Procession.

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) ⚪️FEAST DAY The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and...
06/07/2026

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) ⚪️
FEAST DAY

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, is celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday in honor of the institution of the Holy Eucharist (in some U.S. dioceses it is transferred to the following Sunday). The feast originated with the visions of St. Juliana of Mont Cornillon, a Belgian nun deeply devoted to the Holy Eucharist, to whom Jesus appeared requesting a feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. St. Juliana shared this with the Church hierarchy, and after decades of opposition Pope Urban IV instituted the feast of Corpus Christi for the universal Church in 1264. At the time there was a formal dispute among theologians on the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist—that is, Christ’s actual Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity—for the first time in Church history. In response to this heresy and in support of the authenticity of St. Juliana’s visions, a Eucharistic Miracle took place in Orvieto, Italy which proved the truth of the literal interpretation of Christ’s doctrine handed down from the Apostles. The Holy Father requested that the liturgy for the feast be composed by St. Thomas Aquinas, now one of the Church’s most sublimely poetic liturgies. Corpus Christi is traditionally accompanied with Eucharistic large and elaborate public processions, most notably by the Holy Father in Rome.

Address

150 Central Avenue
Dover, NH
03820

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4pm
Friday 8:30am - 12pm

Telephone

(603) 742-4837

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