St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, Gilbert

Amazing parish! We took a family road trip to Arizona to visit family and the first thing I looked for in the area was a Catholic Church. We were truly blessed that they had just finished construction and remodeling this week so Sunday we were able to attend mass here.

It's always interesting to see other parish communities during travel. Spending much travel time in Gilbert area I'm looking for a convenient and reverend parish. This parish is at a convenient location for me and I was intrigued since they offer Latin (Triditine?) Mass, which I never have a chance to attend. St. Anne is a large community and appears to be very active with many activities. The sanctuary is undergoing a remodel and is no accessible/viewable. In the mean time, the alter is in a small area of the sanctuary and Mass is presided ad orientum (although West as best as I can tell). Communion is truly confusing perhaps because of the remodel. There are all different forms of receiving (mask/no mask, kneeling, standing, hand, tongue, etc.). Communion is served back to front. All mass responses and readings are shown on the wall in front. The priest is certainly reverend and attended a few weeks here. UPDATE: I continued to attend Mass during my stays in Gilbert area. The new sanctuary is very beautiful and offers a wonderful place for prayer. The confession line was a bit confusing (sit in second from back pew row). The communion line appears to be restored to a more normal order. This community distributes communion at the communion rail. I don't know if that was always true or new after the sanctuary re-model. It was refreshing to see the option. if you are in town, I recommend attending Mass here.

Fr. Keith is the best priest that’s ever been in my life. He used to be my old priest from St. Margret Mary’s before he transferred to Gilbert. He’s a wonderful person and has inspired me to change my life for the better. I love ya and miss you Father Keith!!! Peace be with you.

Very disappointed of Sister Ana. I spoke with her looking for someone to give me a light of hope and she was cold and looked like I was bothering her. I thought that the job of the priests and nuns was to help people when they needed the most. But i guess the only one that can do that job perfectly is God. The masses here are old fashion and boring. Zero excitement from all the priests same old same old. They are unprocheable, No energy, no passion in teaching God's word. This is the perfect example why people are leaving the catholic church. And let's no mention the line to confess more than 1 hour waiting in line? Very disrespectful.

Nice Mass service, punctual and you can follow the entire service because they have a prompt that can be read from any angle of the building, I really liked the sermon, and all the facilities that the Church has has for its followers