Stained glass, pipe organ removed after fire at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Salem For now, services for the second-oldest Catholic parish in Salem are being held in St. Joseph School gymnasium.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 31, 2023 / 14:17 pm. A large fire devastated St. Joseph Catholic Church, a historic parish in Salem, Oregon, early Thursday morning, leading pastor Father Jeff ...

The parish of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Salem of celebrates the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Thursday, March 28, 2024. The church was damaged in a fire this past summer, and repairs to the ...

The inside of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Salem, Ore. on May 18, 2025. Repairs are ongoing, as the congregation rebounds from an arson that destroyed the church in 2023. Joni Land / OPB ...

Billy James Sweeten, 48, faces three arson charges after investigators say they found “suspicious circumstances” for the fire that began in a dumpster at the St. Joseph Catholic Church.

St. Joseph's church was damaged in the overnight fire, for which a suspect was arrested Thursday. The adjacent school has not said if it will open as planned next week.

St. Joseph's Catholic Church is still recovering after an August 2023 fire damaged the building. Here's what's been done and how you can help.

According to a Salem Police Department Thursday press release, the Aug. 31 fire, which destroyed the sanctuary of St. Joseph Church in Salem, Oregon, began in a garbage bin on the church property.

SALEM, Ore. — A suspect was arrested for arson Thursday after an early morning fire damaged St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Salem, the Salem Police Department reported. Billy James Sweeten, 28 ...

SALEM, Ore. — The congregation of Salem's St. Joseph's Catholic Church is slowly moving forward, one year after the building was destroyed by fire. On Monday, 49-year-old Billy Sweeten was ...

A large fire devastated St. Joseph Catholic Church, a historic parish in Salem, Oregon, early Thursday morning, leading pastor Father Jeff Meeuwsen to conclude that the sanctuary “is pretty much ...

After a large fire damaged a Salem church early Thursday morning, authorities with the Salem Police Department arrested the man they allege had started the blaze.