Parish/Church
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Las Vegas
Date and Mass time
June 1, 2014 – 10:00 AM Mass
Celebrant
Father Joe
Weather
Sunny and hot in the mid 90’s
The trip there and back
Kay and I were on a week-long vacation to Las Vegas to visit Chris and Jackie. We arrived late on Friday. We had a GREAT trip one of the highlights was Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
The parish is much closer to Chris and Jackie’s home than the other parish so it was about a 5 minute drive just south in Desert Shores.
Parish History
We were unable to find any parish history on the website or via web searches. However we did find various reports concerning a scandal with the previous pastor stealing large sums of money due to a gambling addiction. Sadly, despite what seems to amount to a LOT of good he did for the parish, he was sent to jail. We are guessing that the current pastor has removed any historical information in an effort to put that behind the parish.
Reflections
Kay and I celebrated Mass with Chris and Jackie during out June 2014 visit to Las Vegas. We went to Sunday 10am Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish in Summerlin, or SEAS as it is referred to.
SEAS is a pretty large parish and the beautiful church easily seats well over a thousand worshipers, but it doesn’t feel huge, but rather pretty comfortable. The church is setup in the new style with a semi-circle design with the altar in the center lower than the pews, organ and music on the left and tabernacle on the right. There is a large but beautiful cross behind the altar. (I took a picture but it turned out blurry)
Our presider, Fr. Joe, was a fill in for the open associate pastor and we never caught his last name. I would guess he is retired but did a great job. The homily was pretty long, but not boring in the least. There was also a somewhat long witness talk concerning Religious Ed and the need for teachers. It was strangely done after the creed and kinda during the gifts, but it was well done.
So with the extra talk it was a long Mass but VERY nice! A lot of the congregation hung around after Mass and visited and there was coffee and donuts in the parish center (gym) that we shared in. Of course they were awesome!
The parish also has an adoration chapel. We couldn’t check it out as it was closed, but at one time it was 24x7x365. Now it is 8am-8pm weekdays. Hopefully someday we can check it out. I also hope that Chris and Jackie get to Mass here every week.
It wasn’t the first day of our trip and vacation, but it was a GREAT way to kick off the week.
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