Please welcome to our parish the team of young adults who will be directing this week's Totus Tuus program for students entering grades 1-12. The members this year are Quade Salazar, Joe Villeda, Regina Phillips and Laci Backus. Please keep them in your prayers throughout the week ahead. Please also pray for the young people of our parish this week as they participate in this five-day program of evangelization and catechesis! The program for students entering grades 1-5 begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. n Monday through Friday. Students should bring a sack lunch every day (except Friday, when we will have a pizza party). On Friday, students should wear clothes that they can get wet. Please be prompt in dropping off and picking up students each day. The program for students entering grades 6-12 begins at 7 p.m. (except on Wednesday, when we will begin with a meal at 6:30 p.m.) and ends at 9:15 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday.
Our parish will once again be participating in this year's I ♥ Canyon Festival, helping to provide families in need with an array of "back to school" supplies. The festival is scheduled for Wednesday, August 7. We will be providing backpacks filled with school supplies for junior high and high school students. We will not begin collecting these supplies until after Totus Tuus this week, but please have this project on your radar. We will provide more details about supplies and how to volunteer to assist with this event next week!
The parish extends its warmest wishes to all fathers in our parish as we celebrate Fathers' Day. Thank you for your faithful service to your families and, after the example of St. Joseph, your willingness to do whatever God asks of you in this important vocation! May God bless you and those for whom you you are privileged to care!
It's a little late, but not too late, to register for next week's Totus Tuus program. Students entering grades 1-5 will meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Students entering grades 6-12 will meet from 7 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday evenings. Registration forms are available in the parish office. We also still need some adult volunteers to serve as classroom assistants and lunch/snack assistants during the morning and afternoon sessions of Totus Tuus. Sign up sheets for volunteers are on the glass table in the narthex.
Since Totus Tuus begins this coming Sunday night and meets each evening of next week, no youth activities have been scheduled for this week. We hope you enjoy this brief break before we dive into Totus Tuus next week!
Fr. Taylor Elzner, our parish's former youth director, was ordained to the priesthood this past weekend at St. Mary's Cathedral in Amarillo. This Sunday, June 9, Fr. Taylor Elzner will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving here at St. Ann's at 11:30 a.m. A reception will follow the Mass in the parish hall. Please join us for this celebration!
Students who have just completed grades 5-11 are invited to join us for a night of Bingo (with great prizes!). We will meet on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for hot dogs and chips, followed by Bingo until 8 p.m. You might just be lucky enough to walk away with some awesome prizes! See you there!
Registration forms for this week-long summer catechetical program for students entering grades 1-12 are on the table in the narthex or in the parish office. This year's program will be June 23-28. Students in grades 1-5 will meet from 9 a.m-3 p.m. on Monday through Friday, while students in grades 6-12 will meet Sunday through Thursday evenings from 7-9:15 p.m. This year's program will focus on the sacraments and the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary. The registration deadline has been extended until Friday, June 14. We are in need of some adult volunteers to serve as classroom assistants and lunch/snack assistants during the morning and afternoon sessions of Totus Tuus. Sign up sheets for volunteers are on the glass table in the narthex.
Join us for a fun evening at Sports World (located on the Canyon E-way, just south of the Cinemark Hollywood 16 movie theatre) at 6:30 p.m. If you need a ride, please be at the parish hall by 6:15 p.m. Pizza and drinks will be served at Sports World. We will return to the parish hall at about 9:15 p.m. See you there!
All women of St. Ann's are cordially invited to an evening of fun, food, and fellowship. Come join us and meet fellow parishioners on Thursday, June 13, in the parish hall from 6-8 p.m. Bring your favorite hors d'oeuvres/appetizers to share with the group! (No meal will be served--heavy appetizers should fill us up!) Drinks will be provided. No RSVP is required ... simply come and join us!
Our parish family congratulates the following junior high and high school students who are being confirmed by Bishop Zurek this weekend at the 11:30 a.m. Mass! As the gifts of the Holy Spirit are fully unleased in your lives, we look forward to seeing the ways in which God will help you to continue to grow as missionary disciples of Christ! Congratulations to: Madeline Alexander, Carson Artho, Micaela Cruz, Monica Hernandez, River Johnson, John Paul Klose, Grace Knox, Brayden Miller, Jayce Ornelas, Nina Potestas, Brett Rose, Yadira Ruiz, Zara Salazar, Benjamin Sulik, Jackson Sulik, and Tyler Troyer.
All students who just completed grades 5-11 are invited to join us for our Summer Youth Ministry Kick-Off Event this Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Virgil Henderson Activities Center on the WTAMU campus.
Sunday, May 19, is the last day of faith formation classes for the 2018-19 school year. Thank you to all of our catechists for your commitment to the religious education of the young people of our parish family! We appreciate the time and energy you invest in this critical ministry!
If you are planning to have a son or daughter baptized in the next few months, or if you have been invited to serve as a godparent, please make plans to attend our baptism preparation class on Tuesday, May 21, at 7 p.m. in meeting room C in the parish hall. Baptism preparation classes are scheduled for the second Tuesday of all odd-numbered months. In order to have your son or daughter baptized or to be approved as a godparent, you must have been registered as a parishioner at St. Ann's and participating regularly in the life of our parish (including Sunday Mass) for at least three months.
Thanks to everyone who pledged last weekend in this year's diocesan United Catholic Appeal. So far we have received 113 pledges for a total of a little more than $48,000. We are just $9,000 short of our parish's goal, so if you have not yet completed a pledge card, please take one from the table in the narthex, complete, and return it to the parish office as soon as possible. (Please do NOT mail your pledge card to the diocese!) Thank you for your continued generosity!
Students in grades 5-12 will gather for Mass this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m., followed by a taco bar supper. After our meal, junior high students will discuss praying with Mary, while high school students will meet in their men's and women's groups.
Students in grades 5-12 will gather for Mass this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m., followed by our meal featuring Chicken BLT Salad, provided by the members of St. Therese Circle. After supper, students will discuss the meaning of the Ascension of Jesus in grade-level groups.
Our parish family congratulates the following students who are receiving their First Holy Communion today (Sunday, May 5) at the 11:30 a.m. Mass. May God continue to bless you and fill your lives with his love and grace! Waylon Diller, Madden Flowers, Milee Flowers, Jonathan Galloway, Jasmine Hernandez, Myles Hernandez, Sophia Houle, Bridget Leheska, Aracely Martinez, Henry McGovern, Rosalie Montes, Jaelyn Ortiz, Juliana Reilly, Charleigh Renteria, Lizette Ruiz, Logan Schilling, Baylor Wright.
This Friday (May 9), parishioners ages 60+ are invited to join us in the parish hall for a potluck luncheon and an afternoon of bingo. The meal with being at 1 p.m. Please bring a dish to share with others.