by St. Ann Staff | Oct 5, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
The challenges before us… St. Ann is a part of the Northwest Deanery of the Archdiocese. When demographers speak of our deanery, they speak of 3 separate deaneries – the West-comprised of stable but aging parishes, the Middle – with the highest concentration of...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 28, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Parish Stewardship Report – the short version… Though we will mail out a complete version of the parish financial report with your year-end statements, and will have that report online within a week or so, I wanted to give you the ‘thumbnail sketch’ of the parish...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 21, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Stewardship and the ACA I received a letter from Archbishop Carlson, congratulating all of you for your efforts and sacrifice for the Annual Catholic Appeal. As you may have read in the St. Louis Review, the campaign was a success, largely due to parishes like ours...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 14, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
So, we will see how it goes… In the category of things that I have mixed emotions about, I am very excited for Pat Marstall, our parish secretary, who is going on an extended period of vacation beginning next week. It is a kind of trial run for her, as she looks to...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 7, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Sprenke time… One of the blessings of this parish is the annual Msgr. Sprenke Soccer Tournament. It truly is our parish picnic – spread out, not over one weekend, but an entire month. And, just as it takes a whole village to raise a child, so it takes a whole parish...
by St. Ann Staff | Aug 31, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Of our city’s founder… One of my favorite stories about King Louis IX of France, was his decision to always invite the poor to any of his ‘state dinners’. (The number varies according to what source you read – but it was more than 1 or 2 per meal.) I suspect that made...
