St. Ann's Catholic Parish

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• PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR CHAPEL IS  OPEN FROM THE 7:15AM MASS WEEKDAYS UNTIL 4PM ONLY. ON SATURDAY THE CHAPEL IS ONLY OPEN FOR THE 8:30AM MASS. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

• ADORATION: Held Fridays in our Chapel. 8AM at the conclusion of Mass through Benediction at  8PM. Restroom access is in the Rectory ONLY.

• MASS INTENTIONS & MASS CARDS: Mass Cards are available for living and deceased loved ones in the Rectory M-F 9AM-4PM. Price $15.

• 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 FEBRUARY 20th.

• ROSARY & BIBLE STUDY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR JANUARY & FEBRUARY!  Please rejoin us Tuesdays 6:30PM beginning February 28th in Fr. Anthony Hall (31 College Place). Not required, but if you register your email, you will receive alerts for any changes in the schedule.

• LAY MINISTERS SCHEDULE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2023 (UPDATED 1/20/23) 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 or phone the Rectory weekdays:  
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.).  You must do this personally; we cannot register you.

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 and will always include the first envelope of the following cycle just in case the mail is slow.

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,

Last Sunday afternoon was very enjoyable! The food, the music, and the large crowd gathered in Fr. Anthony Hall made for a fun-filled parish event. Thank you to everyone who supported the event! A special thank you to all who made the afternoon so memorable. I am grateful to all the people who served the food, sold raffles, donated items, and made sure we had a delicious pasta dinner and then the pastries! Thank you! A special thank you to our organizer Freddy Carlsson. The talents of Frankie Sands made the afternoon great fun! The afternoon proceeds came to St. Ann’s Parish in the amount of $3000. Thank you all!

I am looking for altar servers, but before you skip over this paragraph thinking Fr. Steve must be looking for school-age people to become altar servers, and I am, but I am also looking for adult altar servers. Seriously? Yes, I am very serious!  Altar serving is a ministry of the Church, and anyone can serve Mass. Perhaps you were an “altar boy” once. Perhaps when you were young, they only had “altar boys.” Today, both men and women can serve Mass. We can use the help to make the Mass more beautiful by adding altar servers to our Sunday worship. I would only assign adult servers with other adult servers. So, if you think you would be interested, there are copies of a form in the back of the church. One form is for school-aged people to consider being an altar server and a separate form is for adults who would like to consider being an altar server. I know most parishes only have young people serving Mass, but if there is an interest among adults, I am happy to provide the training and gratefully accept the assistance at Mass. If there is no interest among the adults of our parish, that is okay too. However, I hope we can get some new altar servers – young people and adults are welcome!
Until next week, peace and prayers for all the families of our parish.

St. Ann, pray for us!
Fr. Stephen P. Norton
St. Ann, pray for us.
February 3, 2023