Welcome to our parish!!!
We hope you will find in our community the warm embrace of Our Lord,
experiencing the faith, hope and love only He may offer, and is our joy to
share!
This website was designed to help you to become part of our parish.
These pages are intended to give you a vision of how we praise God,
become more and more conformed to His Image, and how we should
place ourselves in service of the needs of the Christian community.
We do this by offering your gifts of time, talent and treasure, so we may
all love God and neighbor more effectively, always in and through Our
Lord Christ Jesus.
Consider if you are willing to live the Principle of Three Hours! This
principle offers a practical guide for giving back to God at least three
hours every week --- giving an hour a week in worship with your fellow
sisters and brothers in the faith (coming to Mass weekly); giving an hour a
week doing acts of charity (such as being a Eucharistic minister or lector;
helping out to share our faith with our children and adults; participating in
fund-raising events; joining a group of interest, or advocacy, important to
you; or any other effort which furthers the presence of Christ in the world,
(averaged over the year)); and lastly, give an hour of your paid labor by
making a financial commitment to support your parish and Church (by
giving at least the rate of pay your family receives for an hour of work
during that week to your parish). These “hours” are meant to inspire
you to make a commitment IN the faith, living as a disciple of the
Lord! By giving your “first-fruits” to God and God’s Church, in time and
resource, offered as a living commitment among all of the other
commitments of our life, this is the only way our parish may be more
effective in meeting the needs of the entire community.
Let it be our prayer, and constant calling, that we may be worthy of the
faith, hope and love, Christ brings into our world and in Whose Name we
live....
Daily MASS Readings
We hope you will find in our community the warm embrace of Our Lord,
experiencing the faith, hope and love only He may offer, and is our joy to
share!
This website was designed to help you to become part of our parish.
These pages are intended to give you a vision of how we praise God,
become more and more conformed to His Image, and how we should
place ourselves in service of the needs of the Christian community.
We do this by offering your gifts of time, talent and treasure, so we may
all love God and neighbor more effectively, always in and through Our
Lord Christ Jesus.
Consider if you are willing to live the Principle of Three Hours! This
principle offers a practical guide for giving back to God at least three
hours every week --- giving an hour a week in worship with your fellow
sisters and brothers in the faith (coming to Mass weekly); giving an hour a
week doing acts of charity (such as being a Eucharistic minister or lector;
helping out to share our faith with our children and adults; participating in
fund-raising events; joining a group of interest, or advocacy, important to
you; or any other effort which furthers the presence of Christ in the world,
(averaged over the year)); and lastly, give an hour of your paid labor by
making a financial commitment to support your parish and Church (by
giving at least the rate of pay your family receives for an hour of work
during that week to your parish). These “hours” are meant to inspire
you to make a commitment IN the faith, living as a disciple of the
Lord! By giving your “first-fruits” to God and God’s Church, in time and
resource, offered as a living commitment among all of the other
commitments of our life, this is the only way our parish may be more
effective in meeting the needs of the entire community.
Let it be our prayer, and constant calling, that we may be worthy of the
faith, hope and love, Christ brings into our world and in Whose Name we
live....
Daily MASS Readings
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| 9961 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624-2560 Phone: (916) 685-3681 - Fax: (916) 685-7254 |
| St. Joseph Parish St. Joseph Catholic Church, Elk Grove St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Rancho Murieta |
| St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church Fr. Terry Fulton, Pastor Parish Center Ph# (916) 647-4538 Email: pastor@smgcc.info Sunday Mass -8 & 10am, 12noon Sheldon High School (in the multi-purpose building) 8333 Kingsbridge Drive Sacramento saintmariagoretti.net click here for map |
St. Joseph Church Sat. Vigil – 4:30pm, 7:30am, 9am, 10:45am, 1:00pm (Spanish) St. Vincent de Paul Church Sat. Vigil, 5pm, 9am |
| Announcements |
| Spiritual Growth Fr. Rodolfo Llamas offers Spiritual Formation sessions on Friday evenings at 7pm. Starting in February, the sessions in English are held on the first and third Fridays of each month. The sessions coincide with Spanish sessions held on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. Bring your bible and something for you to take notes. |