STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND ADORATION ON FRIDAYS DURING LENT IN THE CHURCH AT 7:00 PM. ALL HEALTH PROTOCOLS WILL BE OBSERVED.
Stations of the Cross and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be offered in the church at 7:00 pm on Fridays during Lent. They will also be available through Facebook. All health safety protocols will be observed.
Welcome to St. Anne's Parish
We are a Catholic Christian community rich in a tradition of giving and caring for its Church and its people.
Through the course of each year, hundreds of parishioners volunteer their time and talents for the many special events and celebrations within our Parish.
In addition, many of our parishioners are active on an ongoing basis in the ministries we see and experience every week as well as in those ministries that are not so outwardly visible.
2 Corinthians 9:6 "Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully."
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This is one of those notes you put off but eventually have to write. Late last year, after much consideration, I petitioned the Bishop to retire. I had planned to do so next year, as I would be 75 years old. However, my health has continued to decline and the icing on the cake (!) was a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis along with several other problems. As you may have noticed, it has affected my walking along with its many other side effects.
I will be ending twelve years at St. Anne's and I must say these have been some of the happiest years of my priesthood. St. Anne's is very much like the parish I grew up in, and so I almost immediately felt right at home. This was a difficult decision for me, but I believe that the time has come and the circumstances call for me to step down. I have told my staff and several others, but rather than having people hear rumors, I thought it appropriate to say so publicly.
The effective date is June 30. I do not know at this time who will replace me but hope to know this in a month or two. After 47 years, it is hard to suddenly stop doing what you've been doing most of your adult life, but I'm sure I will find ways to continue helping out here and there.
Please keep me in your prayers, as I will keep you in mine. I will continue to keep you informed as to any news of things to come.
To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all of our lives - the good as well as the bad, the moments of joy as well as the moments of sorrow, the successes as well as the failures, the rewards as well as the rejections - that requires hard spiritual work. Still, we are only truly grateful people when we can say thank you to all that has brought us to the present moment....Let us not be afraid to look at everything that has brought us to where we are now and trust that we will soon see in it the guiding hand of a loving God.
Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen Source: Seeking Peace
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