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! Compete with other players for high scores. Most questions and answers in this game are from the Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Nicene Creed, the Catholic Encyclopedia, and other Magisterium approved sources.
Members of our parish and staff created this game in 2013 and people all over the world are still actively playing it every week.