Church of St. Raphael

7301 Bass Lake Road Crystal, MN 55428 (Maps) Parish Office Phone: 763-537-8401 Serving Crystal, MN and the surrounding area since 1951.

Welcome to the website for the Church of St. Raphael, Crystal, Minnesota. I hope that this resource is helpful to parishioners and visitors. This website is intended to be helpful for people seeking both current and historical information. St Raphael's is a large and vibrant Catholic community with a long tradition of serving parishioners in prayer and worship, education and ministry, service and outreach.

Our parish is named for one of the three archangels, St. Raphael. He is acknowledged in the Old Testament Book of Tobit as the minister of healing and a guide and companion along the journey of life. Healing and guidance bring us to Christ who is the Way, the Truth and our Life. We invoke our patron saint as we live out our Christian faith and fellowship.

All our parishioners are invited to participate fully in the life and mission of the parish through our worship, the celebration of the seven sacraments, prayer, and an active stewardship of time, talent, and treasure. The blessings and grace of the Lord Jesus come to his disciples in this parish when we reflect his goodness, mercy and love toward others. The parish is one visible site where our Catholic family gathers to express its faith and serve others within and beyond the parish borders.

If you are a parishioner, visit this site often because it is updated weekly with news around the parish. This site is constantly changing to better serve the parish and its members.

If you are not a parishioner and would like to learn more about the parish, each page has a brief explanation of the program it represents.

If you have questions or concerns not addressed by our web site, there are a number of links to pages with questions and answers on a wide variety of topics on our FAQ page. Our general information page contains a list of parish personnel, their areas of concern, and contact options.

If you have comments or concerns about these web pages of a technical nature, please contact our with your comments and suggestions.