For the first time, the Bishop will be celebrating a combined Rite of Election and Rite of the Call to Continuing Conversion. All RCIA (OCIA) participants, baptized and unbaptized, and their sponsors, are invited to this combined Rite at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. This is a ticketed event and registration forms will be sent [...]
Join Bishop Eduardo Nevares and the cultural communities of the Diocese of Phoenix to celebrate our Unity in our Diversity. We will gather at St. Francis Xavier parish, 4715 N. Central Avenue in Phoenix. We begin at 4 p.m. with musical preludes and the Holy Mass at 5 p.m. The Liturgy will be lead by [...]
Bishop Olmsted will admit sixteen men into Candidacy for Holy Orders as the first official declaration by the Church that these men may have a vocation to Holy Orders as Permanent Deacons. Mass will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by a reception in the parish hall at St. Francis Xavier Parish at [...]
During Lent, the St. Francis Xavier Knights of Columbus are inviting the men of the parish to gather on Tuesday evenings Feb 23-March 30 (Except March 5-Parish Novena of Grace) in Anderson Hall from 6:30-7:30 p.m. to review and discuss the video series - Into the Breach - the Apostolic Exhortation for Catholic men written [...]
Join us on our 4th Pro-life Gala, our guest speaker will be Ubianuju Ekeocha, founder and president of Culture of Life Africa. The funds from this dinner will assist in the formation of leaders and will provide the necessary resources for new initiatives in the areas of respect life and evangelization for the Hispanic community. [...]
