by St. Ann Staff | Dec 6, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
“Once upon a time, long ago, there was this strange man who lived in the desert. He wouldn’t eat ordinary food, nor wear ordinary clothes. Instead, he ate locust (and they weren’t even chocolate covered) and wild honey, and he wore the scratchiest, itchiest tunic you...
by St. Ann Staff | Dec 6, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Since the Jubilee Year of Mercy begins this coming Tuesday, Dec. 8th, on the Holy Day of the Immaculate Conception, I thought it good to use this space to print the prayer our Holy Father has written to celebrate the year. Post it on your refrigerator or bathroom...
by St. Ann Staff | Dec 6, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Nov 29, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Statement of the Missouri Catholic Conference On Terrorists Attacks in Paris and Syrian Refugee Crisis We, the Catholic bishops of Missouri, write to express our solidarity with all those terrorized by ISIS and other violent extremists who falsely invoke the name of...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 29, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Nov 29, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
Do you remember ever standing on a curb feeling the strong hand of your mother or father holding your small uplifted hand just before you crossed the street? “Before we cross the street,” mom/dad would say, “we must stop, look, and listen for cars that may be coming...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 22, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
As you might know, this week, the movie “Spotlight” came out. The movie follows the investigation of journalists into the allegations of clergy sex abuse in Boston and the cover-up by the hierarchy. Though I have not seen the movie, I am certain that it will raise...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 22, 2015 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Nov 22, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
St. Ann rectory has the most doors of any rectory I have ever lived in. If I start in my bathroom, I have to go through 8 sets of doors to get into the church. Likewise, if I start in the kitchen, and go up the back stairwell, it is 7 sets of doors. If go up through...
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 15, 2015 | Sunday Homilies
A few weeks ago, I got a tip that the end of the world was nigh. Usually I don’t pay much attention to them. But these were different. These warnings were a series of post it notes put on different doors of the parish complex over 4 different days. Someone went to...
