Held each year in November, the Mass of Thanksgiving is jointly hosted by the GMC and Eagles' Wings, Gonzaga’s club for parents of alumni. Everyone in the Gonzaga community—students, parents, alumni, faculty, and Gonzaga well-wishers —are invited to share a celebration of the Mass at 10:00AM followed by a breakfast reception.
Mass will include a special collection for the McKenna Center.
GMC and Eagles' Wings volunteers are needed to serve as readers, ushers and Eucharistic ministers at the Mass and set up and serve the breakfast. Please contact the event organizer at thanksgiving@gonzagamothers.org.
Faculty Treats is always highly anticipated by the hard-working Gonzaga faculty and staff! One morning each month, GMC volunteers prepare a delicious home-cooked breakfast for the faculty, staff, coaches, maintenance staff, Jesuit community, and administration to show our gratitude for all they do for our sons.
It’s always fun and volunteers are always needed!
To assist with breakfast, please arrive by 6:30am in the Lower Commons. Breakfast begins at 7:15 am. After serving the Gonzaga faculty and staff, GMC volunteers share breakfast and clean up --everything completed before 9:00 am!
The Ignatian Reflection and Prayer Group consists of Gonzaga moms and female guardians who gather monthly to explore the Ignatian spirituality at the heart of their sons’ education, and reflect on how to put it into practice in their own lives.
They seek to deepen their faith by reading and discussing relevant essays and books and participating in guided reflections combined with a variety of Ignatian forms of prayer.
All are welcome to join our casual and welcoming group!
The Gonzaga Mothers Club is open to all mothers and guardians of Gonzaga students, and those friends and benefactors of the school who wish to participate in or contribute to the Mothers Club activities.
The GMC usually meet on the first or second Wednesday of the month in Dooley Hall. All are welcome! The social begins at 6:30 pm, and the meeting begins at 7:00 pm.
Gonzaga clubs and teams hold bake sales in order to raise money for their groups. Bake sale are usually up and running by 7:30 am and continue until the end of the lunch periods. If you are contributing to a bake sale you do not need to send in homemade items, you can purchase your baked goods at any store.
If you have any questions about the bake sale please contact your team/club moderator or coach.
On November 23rd Gonzaga will host its Open House for prospective families to visit the school and learn from members of the admissions office, faculty, current parents and students, alumni, and coaches. During the Open House, you’ll get the chance to:
Meet our teachers, administrators, and students
Speak informally with administration, program directors, and staff
Discuss the benefits of a Jesuit education and all-boys school
Each year on the night before Thanksgiving, Gonzaga’s oldest alumni tradition, the Alumni Association Smoker, draws hundreds of Gonzaga faithful back to Eye Street. The Smoker is a reunion for all alumni, Gonzaga fathers past and present, faculty and staff, and friends of the school -- bringing them together to kick off the holiday season.
We've moved the event a little earlier this year, and will start at 5:00pm to leave plenty of time for people to continue on to the Dubliner if they like.