The Church of São José (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Fajã Grande/Igreja de São José) is a 17th-century church located in the civil parish of Fajã Grande in the municipality of Lajes das Flores, in the Portuguese island of Flores, in the archipelago of the Azores.

[1] A report by the Civil Governor Luís Teixeira de Sampaio (dated 3 April 1857), affirmed that the chapel of São Jorge was large enough to be constituted as its own parish; owing to its size and distance (a league) from Fajãzinha and separated by a running ravine, that in the winter cuts off completely the communication [between settlements]..., that it would be a great service to those people that a separate faith community be established.

[1] Legend suggests that, on those days when the Ribeira Grande ravine overflowed its banks, impeding passage to Fajãzinha, the local parishioners congregated at what became known as the Pedra da Missa (Mass Stone).

[1] Located on the right bank of the ravine, the parishioners would face the church of Fajãzinha, which they could see, praying during the liturgical mass, and dispersing when the locals ended their service.

[1] In 1880 there were public works associated with the interventions by a Fajãgrandense emigre, José Luís da Silveira, who had moved to the United States.