The site for St. Joseph Church is in a residential neighborhood in the Borough of Washington. The new church building completes the central element of a crescent organization with the existing parish center and rectory. The formal front access drive provides a drop-off point and unifying pedestrian access to all three buildings. The gathering space is bi-axial, in that it allows entry from the front and the parking in the rear, and also from the direction of the parish center. All three approaches converge at the baptismal font, an ever-present symbol of Christian initiation, and the fourth direction from the baptistry leads to the worship space. Saint Joseph Church is a composition of very simple building forms.