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22nd Sunday Ordinary Time

We begin this Sunday with the reminder, yet again, that our best course is to commit ourselves to God’s care. We may expect comfort from God

By Their Fruit, You Will Know Them.

It is almost impossible to fathom the influence Augustine has in the life of the church as a theologian, priest and pastor. We can trace his experiences, mainly due to the existence of his great work, the Confessions, written to praise God.

There are great difficulties in our time with family relationships and struggles as parents try to guide and form their children as disciples.

Postcards started arriving in mailboxes. Save the dates, bidding opens 5 PM September 19 and closes on October 3 at 8 PM.

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. Turn your ear, O Lord, and answer me; Save the servant who trusts in you, My God. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. God is revealed in the Introit.

Pope Pius XII established this feast in 1954. This was not a new truth or belief. The title and the arguments on which Mary's queenly dignity is based are found in ancient documents of the Church and in the books of the sacred liturgy.

St. Pius X was born Giuseppe Sarto in Riese, Italy, of poor, hardworking parents. Before his election as pontiff in 1903, he joyfully labored as a parish chaplain, the bishop and then Patriarch of Venice.

“Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

I am writing this email to everyone at St. Ann to share the importance of signing up and getting a ticket for weekend Masses.

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mary as the “Gate of Heaven”. Mary, who is a human creature, one of us, reaches eternity in body and soul. This is why we invoke her as the “Gate of Heaven”. There she awaits us, just as a mother waits for her children to come home. The Solemnity of the Assumption is a call to “look upwards” and see that Heaven is open.

On a day early in August 1941, in the Nazi camp of Auschwitz, the man who bore the number 16670 stepped forward from the ranks of a group of Polish prisoners who had been standing in a camp enclosure for two days and nights without food or drink.

Beginning August 12, 2020 the Parish Office will resume previously held office hours. The parish office window will be staffed in-person Monday - Thursday from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM & 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Friday hours are 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM.

A life lived in the awareness of God’s presence whose spiritual liberty was obtained through strict poverty. St. Clare of Assisi lived in the 13th century and was a contemporary of St. Francis. Born in 1193, Clare left her wealthy family home at the age of 18 and made her way in secret to the Friars Minor.

Deacon Steve's reflection on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (8/6/2020)