by St. Ann Staff | Jul 5, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Surprising study about addiction recovery… In one of Facebook’s better moments, a friend shared a link to a Huffington Post book review – about Addiction and its treatment. Summarizing the somewhat surprising results of the book – it seems that addiction is best...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 28, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
So what is the Parish Planning Process? (Continued from last week) Here is the hard data from the archdiocese. Though we rank pretty highly in relationship to other dioceses around the country in terms of the number of priests and ratio of priests to lay people, as...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 21, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
What does it mean to be church? That was the question that Bishop Edward Clark of Los Angeles found himself asking. Confronted with changing demographics, both within the parishes under his guidance, and the number of priest available to serve those parishes, it was...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 14, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
Kudos to all of you… I was asked to put a quick summary of my remarks at the Parish Appreciation evening. Complements of some research by Bill Hook, here is what I can say about St. Ann Parish, 2015. Among the many ways that we have been faithful stewards of God’s...
by St. Ann Staff | Jun 7, 2015 | Pastor's Pen
One of many needs… May is Mental Health Awareness Month. (who knew?) Do you know that 1 in 4 adults experience a mental health problem in a given year and 1 in 17 adults lives with a serious mental illness such as major depression and bipolar disorder? This means that...
