New Pews and the Possible Designs |
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One of these designs will be carved under the armrest of each new pew. The congregation will decide which design. Ballots will be distributed at all Sunday Masses on June 1st. Please review these designs and come ready to vote for your favorite on June 1st. |
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Mission Statement:
The Mission of Saint Genevieve Church is to increase the awareness of Christ’s presence in our homes and community. We are dedicated to helping those in need of spiritual and material assistance and we encourage all people to fully utilize their gifts in service to others. Our ultimate goal is to draw all people towards holiness and a closer relationship with God.
Saint Genevieve Roman Catholic Church
100 S. Espina
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone (575) 524-9649
Fax (575) 524-3263
E-mail: ricardobauza@hotmail.com
Daily Mass: 7 :00 a.m.
Saturday: 6:00 p.m.
Sunday Masses: 8 :00 a.m. (Espanol), 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 5:00 p.m.
Confessions: Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Welcome to St. Genevieve - a letter from the Pastor
Learn more about the Pastor and the community
History of Our Patroness:
Saint Genevieve was born in Nanterre, France in 422. Under the direction of Saint Germain of Auxerre, she consecrated herself to God and when she was fifteen she became a nun. She devoted herself to prayer, mortification, and works of charity. When Paris was threatened by Attila the Hun in 451 she encouraged the inhabitants not to flee, and it is thought that through her prayers Attila was diverted away from Paris. She brought grain to the starving city in 464 during Childeric’s siege of Paris and help to liberate captives during Clovis I reign. Saint Genevieve died in Paris in 512.
In 1129 a pestilence broke out in Paris, and in a short time it killed fourteen thousand people. The day that the reliquary of Saint Genevieve was carried in solemn procession through the city, the famine ended. This was but the first of a series of miraculous favors which the city of Paris obtained through the relics of its patron Saint
Our beautiful statue of St. Genevieve was imported from France before 1881. It
was shipped by railway to Kansas City, and brought to Las Cruces by ox cart. Her
Feast Day is January 3.
