St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church

Great Catholic church to feel welcomed. Various activities and interests clubs can be attended. just visit and you will feel the difference!

We have been members since 2010 and love St.Gabriels. Yes, the building isn’t a traditional Catholic Church because it’s our temporary home they are in the process of building a beautiful church on the grounds, I can’t wait. I’m guessing the other reviewer overlooked the large pool of water when you walk in to bless yourself with because I’ve never not blessed myself when entering. It’s so large they used it for our daughters baptism. The 9am mass offers a children’s mass which the little ones love they call them up about 15 min in and teach them about that days readings while the priest gives his sermon and then they bring them back in to finish the mass. We have attended 3 of the Sunday mass times the mornings are more traditional (the way I grew up) 9am lots of families with kids and 5:30pm is a much more laid back mass a little different but a fun change. This is a beautiful church with amazing priest. Even though it’s a temporary church it’s still beautiful and it’s really about more than just appearances. I highly recommend it!

We were also surprised by the environment of St. Gabriel so we asked some questions. As we found out, this is a relatively new parish and the sanctuary space is actually the parish hall. Plans for the new sanctuary are on display in the gathering space of the current sanctuary. They hope to break ground soon. Being «old school Catholics» we were unsure but we have found this to be a very faith filled community with a beautiful future! Just reinforced the old saying, «Don’t judge a book by its cover». I’m sad to say I did. But I was wrong.

I’ll second the other person’s review. I live in McKinney. I’ve been here three times. Christmas eve and two good Friday’s.It’s not what I grew up with. There is no holy water to sign yourself in with, upon entering. There are no statues of saints or Madonna’s. There are no pews with kneelers attached, just wobbly portable kneelers and chairs. It doesn’t feel catholic, and it’s not a very welcoming environment. I’m a life long catholic, and I was a fish out of water every time. I would love to find a traditional church close to me, similar to what I grew up with, but I’m afraid I’m stuck with radio mass on ewtn.

This church was unexpected in it’s appearance. I am a cradle Catholic (born & raised) and have seen my share of Catholic churches. This one was odd, to say the least.
First, the location is a bit odd. As you pull into the HUGE parking lot, you see a rather large building… then you see the church. I assume the big building is the parish hall but I’m not totally sure.
Then, when you walk into the church itself, there is a welcome desk… again, a bit odd, but could be helpful to someone unfamilar with the usual motions.
Finally, you walk into the sanctuary and get ready to pick out the pew with the best view of the pulpit/altar…wait, what pews?! Instead of the normal pew benches, there are blue padded chairs in rows with a hymnal book and a sort of low stepstool (also padded with matching blue material) to use as your kneeler.
While I have not actually attended Mass (I was there for Ash Wednesday), I’m not sure that I’ll be back…