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Thank you, Lux Christi Missionaries, for your time spent in forming our High School Discipleship Groups over the past month! Also, a BIG thanks to the Shehan and Backus families for hosting the missionaries! Thanks go to the many parishioners who provided donations and meals for the team during their stay. All of this has helped to provide a great opportunity for the High School youth to continue to learn, grow, and serve as disciples!

A Spiritual Bouquet is being sent your way, to let you we we care. You are in our thoughts, you are in our hearts, and especially in our prayers. Your spiritual bouquet consists of:  12 Masses, 6 Rosaries, 1 Litany for Fathers, 1 Litany of St. Joseph, and 1 Litany of Trust. The Ladies of St. Ann's will pray these prayers throughout the year.

We thank everyone show came this past week to donate blood to the Coffee Memorial Blood Center. Thirty-nine people came, 30 were able to donate, and some were turned away in the end because the team ran out of blood bags. Thank you again for your generosity!

The Knights of Columbus Annual Charity Golf Tournament will be on Saturday, August 1, at the Palo Duro Creek Golf Course in Canyon. 8 a.m. is the shotgun start, and check-in will begin at 7:30 a.m. The format is 4 Person Scramble (A, B, C, & D Player). The entry fee is $125 per player, and the deadline to sign up is August 1, or the first 22 teams to sign up (whichever comes first). The entry fee includes:  green fees, cart, prizes, 2 mulligans, 1 skirt shot, lunch, and $2 drinks. Prizes will be given for:  winners, closest-to pin, longest drive, and random drawings. For more information or for entry forms, please contact Larry Ramaekers (his number is in the bulletin).

Steubenville Live is an entirely virtual, live-streamed Steubenville Youth Conference. This will be like no other virtual event offered; we're all sick of just staring at a screen for hours on end, so luckily, this conference will include many interactive elements to allow us to participate from home actively. While nothing can fully replace an in-person Steubenville Conference, I'm so excited to have the opportunity to gather virtually as the Body of Christ. Although Steubenville Live is geared toward high schoolers, all are welcome! Steubenville Live will take place on Friday-Saturday, July 17-18, 2020. The cost for the conference is $40. Contact Joshua Dutchover at jdutchover@stannsofcanyon.org or 655-3302.

St. Ann's is sponsoring a blood drive on Tuesday, June 16, from 2:30-7 p.m. in the parish hall. Please schedule an appointment to donate blood by calling 806-331-8833 or at yourbloodinstitute.org. 

Congratulations to Mark Porter and Connor Sperry, the winners of the Book Scholarships provided by the Ladies of St. Ann's and the Knights of Columbus. St. Ann's wishes you and all of our graduates the very best!

On Saturday, 24 students from our parish celebrated their First Holy Communion. We congratulate them and invite all parishioners to pray that our First Communicants will continue to grow in love for Jesus as they receive Him in the Eucharist.

All 9-12 grade youth are invited each week this month to join the Lux Christi team for fun and spiritual growth! Come to as many gatherings as you can! Follow the Lux Christi team (@lux_christi) or St. Ann's Youth (@saycanyon) on Instagram for updates! You can also contact Joshua Dutchover at jdutchover@stannsofcanyon.org or Adrian Johnson at ajohnson@stannsofcanyon.org for more info. The weekly schedule is: Social Night on Mondays from 7-9 p.m., Discipleship Groups on Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m., and Discipleship Groups on Thursdays from 7-9 p.m.

St. Ann's gives thanks to the catechists of our faith formation and Youth program this year! Their hard work and service are invaluable to the youth and future of our parish community! "Catechists are people who keep the memory of God alive; they keep it alive in themselves and they are able to revive it in others"--Pope Frances.

Our parish family congratulates the junior high and high school students who were confirmed by Bishop Zurek on Friday night! As the gifts of the Holy Spirit are fully unleashed in your lives, we look forward to seeing the ways in which God will help you continue to grow as missionary disciples of Christ!

The catechumens and candidates in St. Ann's RCIA will be joining the Catholic Church on Saturday, May 30, at the 5 p.m. Mass. God, please continue to sustain and be with the catechumens and candidates as their journey finally leads them into Your fold. May they always follow your will and draw upon the grace you will give them in the sacraments of initiation to lead them to life everlasting! Amen.

Bishop Zurek has given permission to resume public weekend Masses.**Strict protocols and distancing requirements will be required.** Please see the May 24 bulletin for diocesan and parish protocols for returning to public Masses, available on the Bulletins webpage: https://stannsofcanyon.org/bulletins

All graduating high school seniors are invited to participate in the Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday, June 7, at 9 a.m., as we celebrate their graduation. If you plan on attending the Mass, please email Joshua Dutchover at jdutchover@stannsofcanyon.org or call the parish office at 655-3302.

There will be a short meeting for ALL Music Ministers this Wednesday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the church. We will discuss protocols and scheduling for returning to public Masses. If you have any questions or cannot attend the meeting, please contact Cindy Good. Thank you for your patience and sharing your talent with St. Ann's!

Bishop Zurek will come to confer the sacrament of Confirmation on the students on Friday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m. Please pray for the confirmandi as they prepare to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Confirmandi and sponsors must be at the church no later than 5:45 p.m.)

First Reconciliation for students preparing to receive First Communion has been rescheduled for June 9, 10, and 11 at 6:30 p.m. A sign up link has been sent out via email. If you have not received it, please contanct Adrian Johnson at ajohnson@stannsofcanyon.org.  First Communion has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, for First Communicants and their families only. Limit is 10 people per child (including the child).

All students who were in Faith Formation this year (2019-2020) may come and pick up their textbooks on Tuesday, May 26 through Friday, May 29, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the parish hall. In order to ensure the least amount of contact, parishioners should pull up to either side of the parish hall and wait in their cars for someone to come out and get your name. The volunteer will then bring your children's textbooks out to you and you can be on your way! Contact Adrian Johnson with any questions or concerns. Thank you!

Visit the I Heart Canyon Facebook page to see how the churches in Canyon are working together to help our community during this pandemic.

St. Ann's parishioners are asked to help Catholic Charities in placing donated jars in the food barrel located in the Chapel. Each month a different food theme will be chosen to help with the food pantry at Catholic Charities. This month: peanut butter and jelly.