History of St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church
St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church was founded in Phoenix in 1970 when the Maryvale area showed signs of rapid growth. On July 12, 1970, it was an important history for the church, where the first Mass was celebrated at Madonna Hall, Bourgade High School. The community gathered for the Eucharist at the Desert Sands Sand School to a permanent multipurpose church building, where we now gather finished in September 1972.As the community and its needs increased, religious education facilities were added to two complex churches: one in 1978 and another in 2001, followed by an office complex in 1985 and the St. complex. Vincent de Paul Society in 2008. In addition, last year the church building and the sacristy were renovated.
The priests who accompanied us on this trip: Fr. William Reid, Fr. Emery, Fr. Robert Voss (1970); Fr. Dominic Candappa (1971); Fr. Ed Blee, Fr. Javier Reyes (1974); Fr. Terry Lynch, Fr. Bob Lexa (1976); Fr. Tom Owens, Fr. Neil Draves Arpia, Fr. Jorge Corva; Fr. Phil Evanstock (1978); Fr. John Volvo, Fr. Antonio Sotelo, Msgr. Ed Villarte, Fr. Prudencio Rodriguez (1981); Fr. Dan Moschel, Fr. John Brummer, Fr. Edgar Schaefer, Fr. Henry Hodges (1983); Fr. Joe Ladensack; Fr. Vernon Schaefer (1984); Fr. And Conditt (1986); Fr. Fausto Peñafiel (1992); Fr. Lean Dominic, Fr. John Ebbesmeyer (1993); Fr. David Sanfillippo (1997); Fr. Nicholas Floridi (2001); Fr. Alonso Saenz (2002); Fr. Stephane Dupre, Fr. Kenneth Fryar (2005); Fr. Carlos A. Gomez (2006); Fr. Matthew W. Krempel, Fr. Braulio Valencia (2007); Fr. José G. Ballesteros (2008); and Fr. Sadei M. Toma (2011), Fr. Joevensie Balang (2013), Fr. Francisco Lopez, MDM (2017), Fr. Octavio Delgado (2018).