by St. Ann Staff | Sep 30, 2012 | Pastor's Pen
A year of faith… This October marks the beginning of the Year of Faith announced by Pope Benedict XVI to help Catholics deepen their relationship with God and recommit to the responsibility of sharing their faith with others. The observance begins October 11, 2012,...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 23, 2012 | Pastor's Pen
Words of thanks… I received a letter this week. The salient parts said this: “Without your parish exceeding its goals, I would not have such good news to report today about this most important appeal. I ask you please to express, in your Sunday bulletin and other...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 16, 2012 | Pastor's Pen
Tuesday Night musings… I came home last night from my usual Tuesday at the Newman Center to find the grounds awash in activity. The field was an illuminated green from the overhead lights. Riots of kids in colorful uniforms dashed from end to end and side to side, in...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 9, 2012 | Pastor's Pen
Faithful Citizenship… “Father, I don’t like any of my choices going into this fall’s election.” I know what they mean. Neither party seems to have a lock on our core Catholic values to such an extent that it makes voting for them an easy choice. Yet vote we must. To...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 2, 2012 | Pastor's Pen
I am looking at a summary of last year’s financial report. (It will be posted, hopefully by the time you are reading this, on the parish website.) The good news is that we ended in the black for the third year in a row. Thank you so much for the stewardship of your...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 26, 2012 | Pastor's Pen
RCIA… “Divinely sent to the nations of the world to be unto them “a universal sacrament of salvation,” the Church, driven by the inner necessity of her own catholicity, and obeying the mandate of her Founder (cf. Mark 16:16), strives ever to proclaim the...
