St. Ann's Catholic Parish

NOVENA FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE

• PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR CHAPEL IS CLOSED EXCEPT FOR 7:15AM MASS (8:30AM ON SATURDAYS). THIS IS TEMPORARY, AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

• ADORATION: Held Fridays in our Chapel. 8AM at the conclusion of Mass through Benediction at  8PM.

• MASS INTENTIONS & MASS CARDS: Please note that all Massesfor 2022 have been sold. Masses for January through March 2023 will become available in December. Please watch the bulletin for details.

• BAPTISMAL CLASS: Held on the THIRD Monday of every month at 7PM in Fr. Anthony Hall (31 College Place). If you are planning a Baptism in the near future, please read the Baptism tab above (see Sacraments) and download the materials. Then phone the Rectory so that we can schedule you for the next available class.  THE NEXT CLASS IS SEPTEMBER 19th.

• ROSARY & BIBLE STUDY:  Tuesdays 6:30PM in our Chapel at 854 Midland Avenue. Not required, but if you register your email, you will receive alerts for any changes in the schedule.

• LAY MINISTERS SCHEDULE THROUGH NOVEMBER 2022  is available at the Ministries tab, above. If you see a vacancy that you would like to take, or need to change an assignment, please phone the Rectory at 914-965-1555 or email us.  

• STOP & SHOP and SHOPRITE SUPERMARKET GIFT CARDS are back in stock. Purchase them at the Rectory Monday-Friday 9am-4pm. Five percent of your purchase benefits St. Ann's!  They make great gifts for family and friends or food pantries!

St. Ann's defines an “active/participating parishioner” as one who is registered and worshipping at this parish on a regular (weekly) basis and who commits to a stewardship of time, talent and financial resources to help support the parish and the Archdiocese of New York. Every family member and single adult* must be properly registered in the parish, attending Sunday Mass, receiving and regularly using the parish weekly donation envelopes (or using online giving). Only once someone has been registered and active for a minimum of six months can the parish issue documents attesting to parish membership and Catholic practice, such as a letter to be a Godparent or Sponsor.         

* NOTE: children of member families must register once they reach age 21.

To register at our parish please click here:  
https://newyork.parishsoftfamilysuite.com/Register.aspx
and please make sure to include your email address and phone number!

ELECTRONIC GIVING ("e-giving")
You can register for Online Giving by clicking here. You can register a checking account, debit card or credit card, and choose the frequency (such as one time donation, weekly, monthly, etc.). 

COLLECTION ENVELOPES
If you prefer to receive collection envelopes in the mail, please call the Rectory at 914-965-1555 to register. Packets include two months of envelopes, for the months of Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-Jun, Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct and Nov-Dec. They are generally mailed about two weeks before the start of the cycle. 

FLOCKNOTES
Once you have registered, please go to the box below and register for FlockNotes. This allows Cardinal Dolan or Father Norton to reach the entire Parish in an emergency situation, or on very limited occasions about time-sensitive issues. Your email or phone is absolutely not shared with anyone else. 

The Archdiocese of New York has provided a wonderful way for the Cardinal to reach all parishioners with important news as well as for each pastor to contact his flock quickly. It is by use of Flocknotes. Thanks to this program, whenever we need to get information to you immediately, we can easily send an email and/or a text message to you so that you get the information right away. WE WILL NEVER GIVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL ADDRESS TO ANYONE ELSE! This is solely for in-parish and intra-archdiocesenal use. Signing up is very easy, just text STANNYONKERS to 84576 or visit http://www.flocknote.com/stannyonkers. It is simple and free. Please sign up today!

Contribute to the 2021 Cardinal's Appeal and help St. Ann's make its goal. Click here:  https://cardinalsappeal.org/

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My dear people of St. Ann’s Parish,

Thursday, September 8, was a great evening for us at St. Ann’s! I cannot thank enough the women who organized the Fall Festival event for us. They worked tirelessly through the summer, and we had a very successful evening. Congratulations to all the winners of the raffles and prize winners of the evening.

I look forward to hosting a group of six people soon at the rectory who won “Dinner with the Pastor” at the silent auction. The silent auction was a great success. I cannot believe that many people want to try my cooking! Lol! Anyway, thank you all for your love and support of the Fall Festival. It was a wonderful evening!

Thank you to everyone who attended the dinner dance. Thank you to all who bought raffle tickets and supported our Fall Festival. God bless you all for your love for St. Ann’s Parish!

On another note, we continue to have organizations interested in renting and some looking into purchasing our school building. I am rejecting some of the organizations interested because I do not believe they are a proper fit for our school rooted in a neighborhood of family homes. An organization interested in renting may not have the resources available to maintain the rental of the building. Still, we will continue speaking with them and hope for a beneficial conclusion. We have others also interested; therefore, I will keep the parish informed as we move forward with this rental or purchase of our school building. 

Until next week, peace and prayers.
Fr. Stephen P. Norton
St. Ann, pray for us!

September 18, 2022