In 1936, while the small town of Gilbert, Arizona, was written up as the
"Alfalfa Hay Capital of the World," Father Vincent Mastres
celebrated the first Mass on November 22, in the small adobe mission
church, located on 20 West Bruce Avenue, which he and a group of
volunteers built with a $3,000.00 donation from the Catholic Church
Extension of Chicago. The building could hold seventy people, and served
as a mission of St. Mary Parish in Chandler. Sunday Masses were
celebrated by the administrator Father Joseph Patterson.
Our parish is filled with beautiful icons depicting many mysteries of God. People sometimes ask for the meanings of different elements depicted in them. A former pastor at St. Anne, Fr. Doug Lorig, graciously provided write-ups and explanations of the icons for us.
Find out how well you know the Catholic Faith by playing the St. Anne Trivia Game!