Dedication of 

St. Francis of Assisi Parish

Ak-Chin, Arizona

April 22, 2013

The former church building.

Procession into the former church.

"The old has gone....

"...the new is here!"

2 Corinthians 5:17

Mass of Dedication

Presider: Bishop Thomas Olmsted

Blessing of the Altar

"May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice."

Psalm 141:2

Setting of the altar

"This is my body..." 

Luke22:19

"Better in one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere."

Psalm 82:10