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Join us tonight for the Minnesota BoyChoir Concert. Free Admission (free-will offering accepted).

Holy Week Schedule: Holy Thursday - Mass at 6:00pm Good Friday - Veneration of the Cross & Holy Communion at 3:00pm Holy Saturday - Blessing of the Easter Baskets at 10:00am Easter Vigil Mass at 7:30pm Easter Sunday - Masses at 6:00, 7:30, 9:00 & 11:00am

"Well done, good and faithful servant"

Don't miss the Women's Guild Annual Rummage Sale!

“And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.” - Jn 1:14

A happy and blessed Mother’s Day to all ...

VBS Flyer and Registration Form. Call 480-948-8380 for more information. Bring your completed form to SMG Goretti Center.

SMG Holy Week Schedule Holy Thursday: 6 PM Mass of the Last Supper - Chapel will remain open until 10PM Good Friday: 12-3PM Church will be open for quiet prayer 3PM Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion 6PM Vespers of Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Holy Saturday: 10 AM Blessing of the Easter Baskets 7:30 PM Easter Vigil Easter Sunday: 7 AM Mass Church 9 AM Mass Church 9:10 AM Mass Piper Hall 11 AM Mass Church

Mark your calendar and join us for First Fridays in April and May!

Come experience silence at St. Maria Goretti this holy Lenten season.

February 14th, 2018 Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule: 8 AM Noon 6 PM

A message to the parish from Father Thomas for Lent:

The staff of Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church is saddened to report that Bernadette Baillargeon, Saint Maria Goretti's beloved and irreplaceable Director of First Impressions died suddenly on Monday, January 22, 2018. The funeral Mass is Wednesday, January 31st at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Community in Cave Creek beginning with visitation with the family at 10am, Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 10:25, Funeral Mass at 11:00, and Reception to follow. The parish office will be closed for the day to allow the staff to attend. Your prayers for Bernie, her family and friends, and the SMG staff are welcomed. God our Father, Your power brings us to birth, Your providence guides our lives, and by Your command we return to dust. Lord, those who die still live in Your presence, their lives change but do not end. We pray in hope for all the dead known to you alone. In company with Christ, Who died and now lives, may they rejoice in Your kingdom, where all tears are wiped away. Unite us together again in one family, to sing Your praise for ever and ever. Amen.

DON'T MISS THE FUN!!!

Preschool & Kindergarten Open House and Tours, while your little one creates a gingerbread house. Friday, December 8th, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Don't miss our annual Thanksgiving Dinner on November 12th at 5:00pm. Tickets are available after Masses and in the Parish Office. NO tickets will be sold at the door.

Please continue to pray for all those in need...including yourself.

Please plan to join us...

Digging into our Spiritual Resources.... When someone hurts us, offends us, ignores us, or rejects us, a deep inner protest emerges. It can be rage or depression, desire to take revenge or an impulse to harm ourselves. We can feel a deep urge to wound those who have wounded us or to withdraw in a suicidal mood of self-rejection. Although these extreme reactions might seem exceptional, they are never far away from our hearts. During the long nights we often find ourselves brooding about words and actions we might have used in response to what others have said or done to us. It is precisely here that we have to dig deep into our spiritual resources and find the center within us, the center that lies beyond our need to hurt others or ourselves, where we are free to forgive and love. Henri Nouwen For further reflection... When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. - Psalm 73: 16, 17