| The fundamental
mission of St. Maria Goretti School in Hatfield,
PA is to respond to the call of christ and share
faithfully in the Church's vocation of building
God's kingdom on earth. In a loving Christian environment,
the student experiences the fourfold nature of the
Church: message, worship, community and service.
The St. Maria Goretti School community affirms its
primary commitment to Christ and to the spreading
of His Good News as handed down by the Church. |
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On June
4, 1953, His Eminence, John F. O'Hara, Archbishop
of Philadelphia, established a new parish under
the patronage of St. Maria Goretti, in Hatfield,
Pennsylvania. Father Thomas Doyle was appointed
founding pastor and he immediately requested the
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
a community dedicated to the apostolate of education,
to staff his school. |
