St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church

3954 Palo Verde Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90808


Office Phone: (562) 425-7459 ext. 0


Rectory Hours:

 Mon-Fri: 10-12 - 1-4

Sat-Sun: Closed



Mass Intentions for the Weekend of December 9th & 10th 

                         Sat 5pm: +Eugene Miller
   Int. of Sandy Iverson
                                                     
                                       Sun 8am: Int. of Debbie Pangelinan
                                      Sun 10am: Int. of SMG Parishioners
                                             Int. of Arelis Lopez       
                        Sun 12pm: +Adan Urquides
Religious Education & Confirmation Phone Number

Please see the phone numbers and emails below if you wish to inquire or sign up for our Religious Education and Confirmation classes. 

 (562) 541-6702

Religious Ed: smg_religioused@outlook.com
Confirmation: stmariagoretti.confirmation@gmail.com


Eucharistic Ministers Needed

If you are interested in being a eucharistic minister for the English or Spanish mass please call the rectory:

(562)425-745
   

SACRAMENTS


 

SUNDAY EUCHARIST

 

5:00 p.m. Saturdays


8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 12 noon (Spanish)


 

WEEKDAY EUCHARIST

 

8:00 a.m. Monday thru Friday


 


RECONCILIATION

 

Saturdays: 3:00 - 3:30p.m.


After each Sunday Mass or by appointment 



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BAPTISMS:  Expecting a child, please phone the Parish Office 


regarding preparatory classes.

 

                           




MARRIAGES: Please phone your the Parish Office at least 6

 

months in advance to set up an appointment with Fr. Truc.

 



ANOINTING OF THE SICK:  During the first Friday Mass.


For home bound weekend Holy Communion, please call the parish office.


                               

 

DEVOTIONS:

 

First Friday: Eucharistic Adoration

 

Special Intentions for those with cancer 


8:30 a.m. to 10:00am



Rosary and Chaplet

 
Monday thru Friday at 7:20am
 
 

Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions
 

Friday at 8:30 a.m.

 

 





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Prayer for the Synod on Synodality

We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name.

With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts;

Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it.

We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder.

Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions.

Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.

All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever.

Amen.

Every session of the Second Vatican Council began with the prayer Adsumus Sancte Spiritus, the first word of the Latin original meaning, “We stand before You, Holy Spirit,” which has been historically used at Councils, Synods and other Church gatherings for hundreds of years, being attributed to Saint Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - 4 April 636). As we are called to embrace this synodal path of the Synod 2021-2023, this prayer invites the Holy Spirit to operate within us so that we may be a community and a people of grace. For the Synod 2021-2023, we propose to use this simplified version, so that any group or liturgical assembly can pray more easily.