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.

Ground was broken for the parish buildings on December 27, 1953 and on September 12, 1954; four IHM Sisters began the year in a nearly completed school with a registration of 182 students in double grades one to eight. About 70 of those students were from St. Rose of Lima Parish in North Wales, whose school was still being built. They remained the entire year with the Goretti students.

On October 31, 1954 the congregation worshipped for the first time in the newly erected combination church and school. Archbishop O'Hara presided at the dedication of the building that afternoon. The parish was also graced by the presence of the brother of St. Maria Goretti, Angelo Goretti.

When additional classrooms were needed, the present auditorium church was begun and then occupied for the first time on Palm Sunday 1961. That September, the first two lay teachers arrived. By 1964, eight single grades were opened with an enrollment of 285 pupils.

On May 14, 1966, women of the parish set up the first school library.

A full day kindergarten was started in 2001 and is presently located in the school building. It was previously located in the convent.

In 2002, a brand new computer lab was established do to the generosity of the parish.

A two-classroom addition arrived for the fall of 2004 to accommodate our expanding needs.

The school is currently staffed by a full time principal, thirteen full time teachers and five part time teachers and numerous volunteer aides as needed.