St. Pius X Catholic Church — Attraction in Tucson

If you are a devout, practicing Roman Catholic raised to believe in reverence of our Lord Jesus Christ, this is not for you. It is a travesty of the Roman Catholic faith. I was so disturbed by the severe lack of devotion to the sacrifices of Jesus. It was a mockery of the Mass, fit for extreme Protestant Evangelicals, not for Catholics who revere the solemnity and revere being in the presence of the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The start of the Mass was all charting and jokes, no peace and quiet to meditate at being in the presence of God. I was beginning to feel like I was in an episode of The Price Is Right. The design of the church is to make a stage for the priest rather than to pray to God. I so disturbed at the jokes being made of my beautiful faith, I cried and left to find a Mass where I felt I could worship rather than sing and dance and mock. There was a reason Protestants separated from the Catholic Church, it was because they could not adhere doctrine not Canon Law. That is where this church is at. It was appalling...

My husband and I were members of St Pius for a long time until we no longer felt welcome there. It was made clear that certain expressions of devotion are not okay, such as wearing a veil to Mass. We found more traditional worship elsewhere and finally discovered St Gianna, a Traditional Latin Mass, on University and Main. We know there is a new Pastor at St Pius since Fr Denis left, and it seems to be a needed change. It's about time St Pius follow the true reverance of our beautiful Catholic faith. Perhaps the reputation that St Pius is a "Protestant" Catholic Church can be overturned by new clergy. May God bless this parish, and PLEASE pray for...

Not being from the US, myself and another couple of travellers wanted to experience the American church to feel involved in the culture and community. The service was nice however a couple of attendants ruined the entire experience after causing a scene, threatening us for not knowing exactly what to do at certain points of the sermon. On my way out I was personally interrogated by a mad woman and, after telling her that I was not Catholic but just wanted to experience the church, she told me I was “not welcome” in their church. I thought churches were welcoming communities for anyone but apparently not at this place....