During the time of Father Flaherty it was thought that more property would be needed to add to the cemetery. An attempt was made at that time to buy the property for the cemetery and the church from the Duffy's whose family still bordered the church property. No way, at this time, would they ever sell to the church. Care of the cemeteries was originally the responsibility of each denomination and the cemeteries were poorly kept. In the 1930's Mr. Harris, the miller in Binbrook, called together representatives of each cemetery. It was decided that they would have a "bee" and clean up each cemetery, cutting down the brambles and hawthorns. Father Jimmy Ford from Sacred Heart Parish, Hamilton, who at that time was caring for St. Joseph's Church, was the Catholic representative. After this clean-up of the cemeteries, they petitioned the township to care for the cemeteries and this was taken care of by a small surcharge on everybody's taxes in the township. In the 1970's, a Committee of the Historical Society took down all the information from every cemetery in the township, and this information from the tombstones is available in the Township Libraries. In the 1980's, Bishop Paul Reding decided to withdraw from this arrangement and responsibility for St. Joseph's cemetery was put in the hands of the Catholic Cemetery Board.

     It is interesting to note that this church was quite isolated in the days before cars came into the picture. There were no good roads and sometimes over quite long periods of time there would only be one Mass per month. This would account for the fact that a number of the families from the parish eventually started going to more regular services up the road at the Methodist Church in Binbrook which is why the Duffy and Murphy families today are close adherents of the United Church in Binbrook.

     In the year 1850 or about six years before Hamilton was established as a separate Diocese, Bishop DeCharbonel came from Toronto to dedicate this church. It was for a number of years attended from St. Mary's Church in Hamilton. Among the priests who served this mission in the very early days we find the names of the late Vicar General Gordon, Rt. Rev. Mgsr. Keenan and Venerable Archdeacon Laurrie, and some of the older residents remember Bishop Farrell going out on horseback to attend sick calls. Bishop Dowling, who was then a boy, served Mass in the little church. Even for a number of years after Hamilton Diocese was formed it was attended from Smithville which is in the Toronto Diocese. Among the clergy who administered to their spiritual wants in this period we find the names of Fathers Skelly, Davis, McMahon, McCrea and Laboreau, the last name being afterwards appointed pastor at Penetanguishene. Since 1889 it has been attended from Caledonia by Fathers Carre, O'Reilly, Lynch, Walter, Gehl and Cleary, the last name having had charge since June, 1904. Recently the Church has been repaired and much improved. The reopening ceremonies took place on Sunday, November 16, 1919.

     The following is an account of this event taken from a local paper:

St. Joseph's Church, Binbrook, which has been closed for the past few weeks undergoing extensive improvements, was formally reopened last Sunday morning. There was a large attendance, people coming from Hamilton and Caledonia. It has a new roof and the outside has been painted. The interior now presents a neat and beautiful appearance. The metallic walls and ceiling are a new design and artistically decorated. New windows and new pews have been installed and the handsome new altar is a gift from a parishioner in memory of his wife. High Mass was celebrated by Rev. George Cleary, the pastor, who also preached a sermon appropriate for the occasion from the text, 'I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house and the place where Thy glory dwellth'. The altar boys were Masters John Murphy and George Cleary. The improvements cost $1,700.00 and it certainly speaks well for the generosity of the congregation, which numbers only 10 families, when it is stated that Sunday's collection amounted to $207.00.

     In 1954, Thomas and Irene Nugent bought a farm on Fletcher's Road, bounded by Fletchers, Cemetery and Guyatt Roads. They regularly attended St. Joseph's Church. There were no social opportunities as there was no hall, however, there were some interesting gatherings; for instance a "bee" was held in the 1950's when it was decided that the church needed to be repainted. A number of the local people, and at that time there were maybe 25 families who belonged to the parish, decided that they would paint the church themselves. They brought ladders to the church and a whole group worked for the day painting. At noon hour they set up a table in the church yard and had a picnic which the women prepared. It was a real old-fashioned "bee". The interior was eventually painted in the late 60's by Tom Nugent's friend, Bob Gibson, who painted professionally. He did a marvellous job and painted the walls an off-white, kind of a sandy colour. We repainted the altar, the wainscotting was then just a little darker sand colour, and the floors were painted brown. Remember, of course, that these buildings at that time had no insulation whatsoever and so in winter could become very, very cold. The little stove, unless it was lit hours before mass started, often did little to heat the interior. You could see your breath during mass. Since there was no water, the priest had to bring some for mass. This sometimes created a problem because they would forget and on several occasions John Nugent had to go to the small well at the Presbyterian Cemetery to get just enough water to conduct mass.

     A pilgrimage statue of Our Lady of Fatima, toured Southern Ontario in the 1950's. It went from parish to parish. When it was our turn to meet the statue, it was transported on top of the priest's car. A great many of the parishioners... and remember that there were only 25 families... went as far as Empire Corners to meet the statue coming from St. Stephen's in Cayuga. We stopped on the highway when we saw the long procession coming along with the rosary being said from a large speaker on the priest's car. Electricity had been put into the church ready for this all important ceremony to be conducted by a visiting priest. With no electricity, the only lighting came from kerosene lanterns which hung from a bar over the center aisle, although these were seldom used, as there was never an evening service, only the one Mass on Sunday. The church was wired and the power turned on especially for this special event. It was a beautiful evening when the priest came. He was one of Father Moore's priests and when he came in the lights went on. It was a hot summer night and all the flies that had ever lived behind those metal tin sheets on the walls and ceiling decided they were going to come out that evening. It was unbelievable. The flies buzzed everywhere and the poor priest could hardly open his mouth for his sermon.