by St. Ann Staff | Apr 17, 2016 | Pastor's Pen
The Courage to Love… It is an apropos Theme for this year’s Annual Catholic Appeal. Perhaps each generation has the same response as they age – the world seems a bit colder, a little sadder, a little less like the world they grew up in. As I age and see more grey on...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 17, 2016 | Sunday Homilies
I saw a card while I was picking out birthday cards for my family which said on the front cover: You are my favorite “what if.” Though I am not sure why someone would send such a card, I confess, having just celebrated a reunion of the volunteers whom I worked with in...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 10, 2016 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Apr 10, 2016 | Pastor's Pen
Sacramental moments… Toward the end of one of my days last week, I realized that in the space of two weeks and a day, through the sacramental ministry of the church, members of our parish will have experienced the indwelling of the entire Trinity. On Sunday, April...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 10, 2016 | Sunday Homilies
What is your most feared 4 word question? Some might answer: What day is today? (Means you forgot an anniversary or birthday) How old are you? (If somewhere with a beverage you shouldn’t have at your age) Where have you been? or it’s variation: What have you done?...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 3, 2016 | Pastor's Pen
Of the many, many things for which I am grateful here at St. Ann’s, our music at mass ranks right at the top. So, after our Choirs ran the musical equivalent of a marathon during the Triduum – in your name, let me say thanks to all who lent their voices and...
by St. Ann Staff | Apr 3, 2016 | Sunday Bulletin
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by St. Ann Staff | Apr 3, 2016 | Sunday Homilies
For the first time in 14 years, the UMSL spring break coincided with the ST. Ann break. So I was on a mini vacation Tues through Thurs. and a little out of the news circle. However, I do get an email called the “3 O’Clock Stir”, highlighting 6 stories which will...
by St. Ann Staff | Mar 27, 2016 | Pastor's Pen
The Archbishop, the Pope and Fr. James Martin… Once more, Archbishop Carlson sends his Easter message to us, inviting us to remember the heart of this great feast. “Christ has overcome sin and death. Because of that we know, in the words of Pope Francis, that when...
by St. Ann Staff | Mar 27, 2016 | Sunday Bulletin
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