COVID-19 Vaccines & Catholic Morality
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Dear Families,
To all father’s, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!
As always praying this email finds you all well and thanking God for the joy of being able to attend mass at St. Anne’s. Please go to website for information.
This week’s video will have all scripture readings for this Sunday’s mass. First Reading: Jeremiah expresses confidence that the Lord will protect him.
Responsorial Psalm: God responds to the prayers of those in need. Second Reading: Sin came into the world through one person; salvation came through one person for many. Gospel Reading: Jesus assures the Twelve that God cares about them and not to be afraid. Last part of video explains readings.
As a community concerned with the process of education for our young people, we turn to the family as the primary source of passing on the faith. We attempt to form families in the faith for this generation and the next. For more information and to register your family, please call our Office of Family Faith Formation at
(631) 231-7344.
Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays
4:00PM-8:00pm
Our office is located in the Lower Church.
Director: Mrs. Bertha Keenan
Important Notice: All activities including mass and Religious Education classes (this includes RCIA classes) are cancelled until further notice. Please read on for further details.
Aviso Importante: Todas las actividades, incluyendo misa y clases de Educacion Religiosa (tambien clases de RICA), seran cancelados hasta nuevo aviso. Para mas detalles, continue leyendo.
From Our Director of Faith Formation:
My dear families,
I pray that you are all well. I understand that these are stressful times full of anxieties and
worries. Please remember that God is always with you, open your hearts to our Lord and
receive the message of love, hope, compassion and mercy that the Lord is offering through His
grace to those who seek Him. So, therefore:
Do not fear; I am with you;
Do not be anxious; I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.Isaiah 41:10
Please know that I miss all of you and am praying for all of you. You are the domestic Church
and what a better time to pray as a family. In your children’s bilingual book “Mi Fe Catolica”
there are prayers you can pray as a family. I encourage you to set up a prayer space in your
home where you and your family can pray an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be.
Your servant in Christ,
Bertha Keenan, Director
Family Faith Formation
Note: I have sent you letters with instructions so that I can email you. Please follow
instructions.
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Dear Families,
Praying for you. This Sunday, we are reminded that Jesus is gentle and humble of heart.
In the First reading the Prophet Zechariah’s message is that our King would come as a savior, not a ruler. Our Responsorial Psalm is a prayer of praise to God our King. St. Paul in the second reading tells us that when we find rest in Jesus, we are not in the flesh but live in the Spirit. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus offers a prayer of thanksgiving to the Father for the things he reveals to his little ones. He also tells us “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give your rest”.
Jesus knows all our weakness and that at times the little strength we have can fail us. Jesus is inviting us to go to him with a humble heart and tell Him all our problems, because it is only in Jesus that we can find rest.
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Dear Families,
This week’s Gospel teaches us we belong to God. He created us and loves us. When Jesus tells us to give “to God what belongs to God,” he reminds us that we are God’s children! We should give ourselves completely to Jesus and do what he wants us to do.
As a family watch video in its entirety than ask each other this question. How do you show God that you belong to him?
Family Prayer: Jesus, help us to see you in everyone we meet! Amen
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My dear families,
I pray this email finds you all well and praying as a family.
When the 11 disciples went to the mountain, Jesus said to them “Go and make disciples of all nations”. The Ascension of the Lord, Thursday May 21st is often called the “Great Commission”.
We are called to be disciples and observe all that Jesus has taught and commanded us to do. Through our actions we lead people to Christ.
Witnesses to this “Great Commission” are our Pastor Father Stan, Father Victor, Father Charlince, lectors, cantors, musicians, and altar servers, seen when mass is livestreamed into our homes. Deacon Andres setting the technology and managing the videos and Deacon John with his daily reflections.
Our priests are not just taking care of our spiritual needs but also our physical needs by distributing food to our parishioners in need. Marge who is always there for all of us. All who donate to Parish Outreach and all volunteers who pack the food donated and keep our Church clean and looking beautiful. Our families who through their trials are demonstrating the virtues of love, patience, kindness, humility.