by St. Ann Staff | Sep 25, 2014 | Sunday Bulletin
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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 21, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
(Or, in today’s gospel story, do you picture yourself in the front or the back of the line?) • “Check out my new ride. The insurance payment from the accident covered everything! It is so sweet! I LOVE THIS CAR!” • “It is so good to be dating again. It feels like it...
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 14, 2014 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Sep 14, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
It was a simple wooden cross that marked the far wall of the Trappist monastery at Snowmass, Colorado. It was about 5 feet high by 2 ½ feet wide. It was made of what looked to be oak. I didn’t think much of it when I first saw it in their chapel. It was plain and...
by St. Ann Staff | Sep 7, 2014 | Sunday Bulletin
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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 | Sep 7, 2014 | Sunday Homilies
I grew up next to the neighborhood grouches, as near as I could tell. In their defense, their house was sandwiched between a family of 8 on one side (us), a family of 5 on the other, their back yard connected to families of 9, 7 and 6 respectively. Perhaps because of...
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...
