Liturgical ministers, please stop by the glass table in the narthex and sign up if you are an Altar Server, Lector, Communion Minister, or Usher and will be in town for either Christmas Eve/Christmas Day and/or New Year's Eve/New Year's Day. We especially need ministers for Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Thanks!
With more and more parishioners returning to Mass, we need your help to run the live video feed at each weekend Mass. If you are interested in being trained for this ministry, please contact Joshua Dutchover. at jdutchover@stannsofcanyon.org
Offering one's gifts as a liturgical minister is a singularly excellent way to give of oneself to the parish family. If you currently are or want to become an Altar Server or Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, you must attend one of the corresponding update/training sessions. All sessions will be held in the church. Altar Servers: Sunday, Feb. 9, 4-5 p.m. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Please remember that liturgical ministers must be registered members of St. Ann's, active and participating Catholics, and living according to the moral teachings of the Church, including the marriage and intimacy teachings of the Church.
Please top by the glass table in the narthex and sign up if you are an altar server, lector, Communion minister, or usher and will be in town for either Christmas Eve/Day and/or New Year's Eve/Day. We especially need ministers for Christmas Day and New Year's Day, so if you are available for those liturgies, please be sure to indicate that. Thanks!
Holy Week is now just one week away! If you are a liturgical minister (lector, Communion minister, altar server, or usher) and have not yet indicated your availability to serve at one or more of our Holy Week liturgies, please do so by singing one of the sheets on the glass table in the narthex after Mass this weekend.
Please stop by the table in the narthex and sign up if you are an altar server, lector, Communion minister, or usher and will be in town for either Christmas Eve/Day and/or New Year's Eve/Day. Place your name on the list, which ministry (or ministries) you are available for and then check all the Masses at which you might be able to serve. We especially need ministers for Christmas Day and New Year's Day, so if you are available for those liturgies, please be sure to indicate that. Thanks!
We are looking for more babysitters to join us on Sunday mornings during both the 8:30 and 11:15 Masses. Please contact the parish office at 655-3302 if you are interested in assisting with this ministry.
Workbooks for the new liturgical year are available for all of our lectors. Please pick up the one with your name on it in the parish office during office hours or after Mass.
A training session for altar servers will take place this Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the church. If you are entering grades 4-12, please consider participating in this important ministry. We need to add several more altar servers to our roster, so we're counting on your help! The training session should last about 90 minutes.
The altar server training session scheduled for this morning (Thursday) will be postponed. If you are entering grades 4-12 and would like to be trained as an altar server, please call the parish office ASAP and give Stefani a list of possible dates and times you would be able to attend a training session. We will then try to schedule the training for a time when everyone can attend. Thank you!
If you are an altar server, lector, Communion minister, or usher, please take a moment to add your name to the sign-up sheets on the table in the narthex and indicate your availability for our Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday liturgies. We need "all hands on deck" during this busy week, so please sign up today so that our office staff can prepare the schedule for liturgical ministers for Holy Week ASAP.
If you are available to serve as a lector, Communion minister, altar server, or usher at one of our Christmas liturgies, please place your name on the sheet that can be found on the glass table in the narthex and check the Mass(es) for which you are willing to be scheduled.
If you are interested in serving as a lector at our weekend liturgies, please make plans to attend the training session this Saturday (September 30) at 10 a.m. in the church.
Don't forget to stop by the parish hall after Mass today for our annual parish ministry fair. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the many organizations, activities, and ministries of our parish and to consider participating in one or more of these ministries. Refreshments will be served at the fair!
If you would like to serve as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, please plan to attend the training session on Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. in the church.
The second training session for parishioners entering grades 4 through 12 who are interested n becoming altar servers will be on Friday, July 7 at 2 p.m. If you did not attend the first training session a couple of weeks ago, you may still participate in the July training session. Current altar servers are also invited to attend as a "refresher course" (particularly if you are still not quite sure how to use the processional candles).
Please see the list of assignments printed on the insert in this weekend's bulletin. If you are not able to fulfill your assignment, please call the parish office as soon as possible. Please do not find your own substitute this week ... we will find one for you, but please let us know that you need a substitute ASAP. The Holy Week Liturgical Ministry Schedule is also available online at: http://stannsofcanyon.org/documents/2017/4/Easter%20Triduum%20Schedule%20-%202017.pdf
Our parish is in need of more persons to serve as Extaordinary Ministers of Communion at our weekend liturgies. If you are a confirmed Catholic and at least 16 years old, please consider volunteering to participate in this ministry! A training session for new Communion ministers will be held on Saturday, April 8, at 10 a.m. in the church. Please call Debbie at the parish office (655-3302, ext. 0) before then to indicate your interest in this ministry and your intention to be present for the training session. Thanks!