by St. Ann Staff | Jul 13, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Social Media/Technology update… Many of you reading this will remember the era of party lines. No, they were not cute remarks that people made to win the esteem of the opposite sex at gatherings. Rather, they were the most economical way to have phone service at your...
by St. Ann Staff | Jul 6, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
The progress after one night of pulling wire… I learned a lot of things that I did not know after one night of pulling wires in our St. Ann school. First and foremost is the “rule of knots.” Apparently, the long-er the distance that two or three pieces of cable run...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 29, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Of small improvements and large… …You may have noticed these past two weekends that our usual communion cups were not in service. Deacon Norm Janson and his wife Jackie purchased them for the parish for our 150th jubilee back in 2006. (Can it really be 8 years...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 22, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
The Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to Serve will take place from June 21 to July 4, 2014, a time when our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power—St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher,...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 15, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
As you may have read and heard, Archbishop Carlson received some less than stellar press in our local media outlets. Let me present at least something of the ‘other side of the story.’ From the Archdiocesan Communications Office: “This statement is intended to clear...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 8, 2014 | Pastor's Pen
Dear Pastor, It is with joy, hope and confidence in the faithful I am announcing that I will consecrate the Archdiocese of St. Louis to the care of the Holy Spirit at the Vigil of Pentecost on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at Holy Redeemer Church at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday,...
