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St. Ann's is very appreciative of the AWESOME job that the choir did on the Triduum liturgies! We look forward to their continuing successes. We will be having a choir practice in the church on Thursday, April 29th at 6:30 p.m. We invite all current choir members and any parishioners who would like to join our choir family. We will be working on music for May and hopefully this will be the start of more "regular" practices. We will continue to require masks and ask everyone to social distance. If you have any questions or concerns, please call the parish music office at 655-3302, ext. 103.

The Ladies of St. Ann's and the Knights of Columbus are offering two scholarships to parishioners who are graduating from high school and are planning to attend college. Applications for this scholarship on available on the glass table in the narthex, the parish office, and the parish website under Youth Ministry documents on the left side of Youth Ministry page. You may also download the application by clicking on "Graduating Seniors Scholarship" above. The deadline for submitting this scholarship application is 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20.

Come to the parish hall kitchen to learn, bake, and have fun on Saturday, April 24, at 8:30 a.m. There will be spots for 10 bakers, so call Mary Knox to reserve your spot (her phone number is in the April 18 bulletin). Lunch will be provided. Kolaches will be for sale as we are making 36 dozen. You can choose from apricot, cream cheese, or sausage (no assorted option). Call the parish office to reserve your kolaches and pick them up fresh after the 5 p.m. Mass on April 24.

The Nursery will be available at each of the Triduum Masses and both Masses on Easter Sunday. The Nursery is for children ages 3 and under.

Join us for our last Fish Fry of the Lenten season this Friday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. There will be limited dine-in seating (socially distanced) and carry-out. The meal is $12 for adults, $6 for children ages 5-12, and children under 5 eat free!

We will have an election/selection of new Parish Pastoral Council members in May. A good selection process involves a good runup period of formation and discernment for possible candidates. If you or someone you know who is a faithful Catholic and member of St. Ann's would like to learn more about this important ministry in our community of faith and discern whether you may be called to give your gifts in this capacity, please attend one of the following Pastoral Council information sessions: Sunday, April 11, at 10:15 a.m., Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m., or Sunday, April 18, at 10:15 a.m. Locations for these sessions will be shared as those dates approach.

We will have choir practice in preparation for our upcoming Palm Sunday and Triduum Masses. We would like to invite our current choir members and anyone who would like to join us for these celebrations. The practice will be Thursday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. in the church. We are very excited to be able to come together to have choir practice and ask that you please wear a mask. We will also be observing social distancing guidelines. It will be so great to be able to celebrate Holy Week this year! Please call the Music Office at 655-3302, Ext. 3 if you have any questions or concerns.

If you would like to learn more about and contribute to the planning of our Holy Week liturgies, join us this Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the parish office for a liturgical planning meeting focused on Palm Sunday and the Sacred Triduum (Holy Thursday + Good Friday + The Easter Vigil). Your ideas might be just what we need to consider as we seek to make our liturgies beautiful, meaningful, and worthy of God. In addition to our deacons, musicians, decorators, and staff, you are most welcome to help us "put it all together" for this year's celebrations.

Please help us next weekend (March 6 & 7) with your Mass attendance. Due to the use of the parish hall for our Czech Sausage Dinner, there will be NO overflow seating available for the Sunday morning Masses on March 7. We urge as many parishioners as possible to attend Mass on Saturday, March 6, at 5 p.m. Overflow seating will be available for that Mass. Thank you for making some adjustments to ease the pressure on Sunday morning crowd size next week.

The Balance Matters class will resume this week! The morning class will start Wednesday, February 24th at 10 a.m., and the afternoon class will start Thursday, February 25th at 1 p.m. After that, both classes will be on Thursdays at their regular times. All classes will be in Meeting Room C. Masks and social distancing are required. For more information, contact Laurie Featherstone. Her phone number is in the February 28 bulletin.

Join us for our first Fish Fry of the Lenten season this Friday, February 26, at 6:30 p.m. There will be limited dine-in seating (socially distanced), carry-out, and a drive-thru option. The meal is $12 for adults, $6 for children ages 5-12. Children under 5 eat free!

We are down to crunch time to get properly ready for our annual Czech Sausage Dinner parish fundraiser. If you haven't already done so, please sign up to help in the narthex or call the parish office this week, and we'll get you signed up for a task. Everyone who calls themself a member of St. Ann's is urged to help in some way! thank you to all who have already been busy planning, cooking, advertising, and organizing.

Please join us for our last kolache bake sessions in the parish hall kitchen at 8:30 a.m. on February 23, 25, and 26.

Are you interested in learning how to make authentic Czech kolaches for this year's Czech dinner? If so join us for one of our kolache bake sessions in the parish hall kitchen at 8:30 a.m. on February 23 & 25.

Ash Wednesday is on February 17. We will celebrate Holy Eucharist and the Signing with Ashes at 6 p.m. in the church, as well as a Distribution of Ashes Service at 12:15 p.m. in the church. Please remember that Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting (one full meal and two small meals) and abstinence (no meat). The 7 a.m. Holy Eucharist and Signing with Ashes has been cancelled due to the dangerous weather conditions.

Due to the cancellation of school and other events tomorrow (February 16) because of weather and power consumption concerns, we will be canceling the Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner. We apologize for the lack of pancakes. Stay Warm!

Our annual Czech Sausage Dinner is less than a month away and we need many of our parishioners to assist with preparing, serving, and cleaning up after the meal. Several sign-up sheets will be available in the narthex after our Masses for the next few weekends. Please take a few moments to look at these and add your name to one or more of them. Thanks for your help!

Contribution records for 2020 were sent out in the mail this past week! Be on the lookout for those to come in the mail in the next few days. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Stefani at the parish office at 806-655-3302 or by email at parish@stannsofcanyon.org. Thank you for your generous support throughout 2020 and for your continued support in 2021!

St. Ann's Small Groups, a new initiative in our parish, will be starting for the Lenten-Easter season. We have groups for all ages from children to adults! Please keep your eye on your Flocknotes as well as looking for the sign up sheets that are now available in the narthex. We invite you all to join this new opportunity for 2021. For more information, you can email Angela Asbill at aasbill@stannsofcanyon.org. Her phone number is in this week's (Jan. 31) bulletin.

Everyone is invited to join our RCIA Candidates and Catechumens for a "teaching Mass" on Sunday, January 31, at 5 p.m. This will be the actual Mass for that Sunday, the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, albeit in a teaching style. What you don't know about the Mass might be the one thing that's keeping you from being blessed by its grace and riches. This Mass will also be livestreamed on our website. Come and grow in your appreciation of the Mass!