by St. Ann Staff | Nov 3, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
“Sin needs a solution other than concealment.” There was a moment in grade school when concealment seemed my only chance. I had not done a LOT of my cursive homework book. It was due. So I told the teacher I had left my book at home, but I had done all the pages....
by St. Ann Staff | Nov 3, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
The fourth Pastoral Assembly in the Archdiocese of St. Louis will take place at the Cardinal Rigali Center, 20 Archbishop May Drive, St. Louis, MO 63119, on Saturday, November 23, 2013, from 9 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. Each of the 188...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 27, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
Early on in my priesthood, I participated is something called Liturgy camp. It was a program designed to teach high school kids some of the basics about liturgy and liturgical planning. There was a lunch conversation where I playfully threw a little tidbit out there,...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 27, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Oct 27, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
On the national level… The diocesan arch/bishops approved the establishment of a national collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services. This special collection is not an annual collection; it will take place every three years. With the funds raised from...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 20, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
(Sing) Lean on me, when you’re not strong, and I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on. For it won’t be long, ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on… That song, by Bill Withers, captures something that is important, I think, in our spiritual journey. There are...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 20, 2013 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Oct 19, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
Ooops… It seems, in my rush to get to press last weekend, that I inadvertently ‘killed’ one parishioner and brought another one back from the dead. The Knights of Columbus Chalice (that we now have in our possession) was in memory of Anthony Schmidt (deceased)...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 13, 2013 | Sunday Homilies
I was the kid whose mom had to force me to sit down and write thank you notes to Grandpa and Grandma for the Christmas gift they gave me. It didn’t help that their gifts were usually the very practical stuff mom probably told them we needed – socks, scarves, and...
by St. Ann Staff | Oct 13, 2013 | Pastor's Pen
Gifts that will keep on giving… It has been a busy month in the ‘St. Ann Church Goods Department’. Marie (Mims) Gagnepain (our centenarian + three) donated a chalice and paten that had been given to her and her husband on their 60th anniversary of Marriage. The...
