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There will be a Blessing of College Students and Young Adults Leaving Home at all the Masses on August 8 & 9 and August 15 & 16. There will also be a Blessing of Students and Teachings Beginning School at all the Masses on August 15 & 16.

Did you ever wish you knew more about your Catholic faith? The best way to learn is to teach! If you are interested in being a catechist or substitute catechist this coming school year, please contact Adrian Johnson, our Director of Religious Education.

St. Ann's Parents Day Out (PDO) will begin on Wednesday, September 2. We are in the process of coming up with a procedure for a safe return. Thos procedures will be handed out to parents before PDO starts.

The feast day of our parish's namesake, St. Ann, is usually celebrated on July 26. This year, her feast day is trumped by the fact that it falls on a Sunday and therefore belongs to the Risen Lord. After consultation with parish leadership, we decided it was be imprudent this year to have our annual parish picnic. However, we will have a few goodies for each household to take home after Masses this weekend to celebrate St. Ann for her intercession for our parish and its people. For those unable to come to Mass, you can drive by and pick up your goodies on Sunday morning from 10:15-11:15 at the main entrance of the church. St. Ann, mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus, pray for us!

A team of parish staff and catechists will be gathering this Tuesday evening to discuss plans for Christian Formation for children, teens and adults, including RCIA and youth ministry. Our diocese has already sent out a notice that classes are not to begin before October due to the COVID situation. Hopefully, we will come up with several options that will help us all grow in faith while staying safe. Stay tuned for more details.

Tough times can bring out the best in us. The next two weekends' Masses will have us hear from recent converts and full communicants with the Catholic Church. Their witness and stories can serve to remind us to deepen our own relationship with Christ and His Church as well as be more diligent about inviting others to find their spiritual joy among us by coming to learn more in the Inquiry stage of the RCIA process beginning soon at St. Ann's. More RCIA information can be found in the bulletin the next few weeks. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming Catholic, please contact Adrian Johnson to learn more about the Catholic Church and becoming Catholic!

St. Ann's parishioners are asked to help Catholic Charities by placing donated cans in the food barrel located in the chapel. Each month a different theme will be chosen to help with the food pantry at Catholic Charities. This month is cans of chunky soup.

Catholic Charities continues to offer free groceries for those who have been furloughed or laid off during the pandemic. This will be a curbside service at Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle, 2801 Duniven Circle, Amarillo, TX 79109 (one block west of the Home Depot on Georgia St.). Grocery giveaways will be on Mondays from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m., and Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Please bring a state issued photo I.D.

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).

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