Baptism Of The Lord Jesus

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1 45 Anderson Street; Raritan, NJ Tel. (908) Fax (908) St. Ann School: 29 Second Avenue; Raritan, NJ Tel. (908) Fax (908) St. Ann Convent: 29 Second Avenue; Raritan, NJ Tel. (908) Baptism Of The Lord Jesus M S : Daily: Monday-Friday: 7:00am and 7:00pm Saturday: 9:00am Weekend: Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, and 12 Noon Holy Days: Under Upcoming Events or within the church bulletin C: Saturday: 9:30am-10:00am & 3:00-3:45pm P R: Any new family who has moved into the parish, or adult children 18 and over, are invited to register at our parish after any Sunday Mass or visit the rectory 8am to 4pm Monday through Friday. Also, please notify us if you move. S. A S R - Pre-K to 8th grade: Our dedicated and experienced faculty are committed to providing a quality education focused on Faith, Family and Community. Call us at for more information, to visit our school or to register your child(ren). P R E P (PREP): Grades 1-8: Monday: 6:15pm to 7:30pm Grades 1-7: Thursday: 6:15pm to 7:30pm Special Needs PREP: Grades 1-8: Tuesday: 6pm- For more information and Registration packet, please call Sr. Phyllis in the rectory. E G: St. Ann s offers parishioners the opportunity to make Online Church contributions! Log onto then scroll down, and click on St. Ann Parish Online Donation System. You will be connected to a secure site where you may enter your information. Thank you for your continued support! R.C.I.A.: We welcome all individuals who wish to become members of the Catholic Church as well as baptized Catholics who never received their First Communion or Confirmation and are interested in becoming full participants in the Catholic faith to contact Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Corona, PA, KCHS, Pastor Rev. John J. Werner, Parochial Vicar Deacon John R. Pacifico, Permanent Deacon Deacon Conrad Paulus, Permanent Deacon Deacon Roy Rabinowitz, Permanent Deacon Sr. Dolores Toscano, M.P.F., Superior / Pastoral Associate Sr. Mary Klersey, M.P.F., Principal Sr. Phyllis Vella, M.P.F., Director of Religious Education info@stannparish.com P M S Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we the Catholic Parish of St. Ann embrace all as family & continue Christ's mission by exemplifying the love of God & neighbor as stewards of God's gifts to us. M: The common policy of marriage requires that arrangements be made at least One Year before the date of marriage and before any social plans are made. Bride or Groom must be a parishioner. Please do not make any arrangements until you have met with the pastor, Msgr. Corona, and the wedding date has been approved. B: First Sunday of the month at the Noon Mass, as well as the second, third and fourth Sunday at 1:30pm. Instruction for new parents takes place on the second Saturday of the month at 10am. Arrangements are made with the rectory. S G : Must be 18 years old, registered as an adult and be confirmed in the Catholic Church. If you are married, your marriage must be recognized by the church. This is especially important if you wish to be a sponsor for Confirmation or a Godparent for Baptism. It takes 6 months of attending Mass to be eligible for both of these privileges. L" M#: Lazarus Ministry contacts and helps families of deceased parishioners. Providing greeters at funeral liturgies, preparing meals and house sitting are several ways parishioners assist families. Also, a Mass of Remembrance is held every November for those deceased that year. M# S$: Parishioners who are homebound are visited on the first Friday of each month by our Deacons & Religious. If you know of a parishioner that is seriously ill or hospitalized, please call the rectory. L$ F($: Please join us on Facebook. Our Church Facebook page includes important information concerning activities and special dates. Please LIKE US at The Catholic Church of St. Ann-Raritan, NJ. THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD JANUARY 10, 2016

2 THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD JANUARY 10, 2016 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Once when Mother Teresa was selecting children for an orphanage she was establishing in Ethiopia, a journalist challenged her about the children who were not to be taken. What are you going to do about them? he asked. Without hesitation, Mother Teresa fixed him in the eye and said, What are you going to do? The journalist returned home, gave up his job and started to raise funds to build another orphanage. His meeting with Mother Teresa had been a life-changing experience. The baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan was a lifechanging experience for his human self. From St. Luke s Gospel we gather that Jesus was at this time about thirty years old, the presumed son of Joseph. For the years that followed his experience of being lost in the Temple when he was twelve years old, we hear nothing more of Jesus except that he increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and with people. For eighteen years he had been pondering on what being busy with his Father s affairs was to mean for him. Now, while he was at prayer after being baptised, the Holy Spirit came down on him in the form of a dove and a voice from heaven declared, You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you. From this moment, Jesus, filled with the Spirit, set out to fulfil his mission as the anointed servant of the Lord, the Messiah, the Christ. There were thousands of people who had come for baptism by John in the Jordan. They were expecting something to happen and wondered if John himself might be the Christ. John, however, pointed them away from himself. He baptised only in water, but he was to be followed by someone more powerful than himself who would baptise with the Holy Spirit and with fire. If they had experienced something powerful in John, how much more could they expect from the Christ! W It has to be said that for most of those witnessing the baptism described here, it will be a fairly bewildering ritual, but for those of us with faith something extraordinary is taking place. The symbolic actions of the rite of baptism are in fact the sacramental signs that bring about what is described in our second reading, he saved us, by means of the cleansing water of rebirth and by renewing us with the Holy Spirit which he has so generously poured over us through Jesus Christ our saviour. It is in this way that we are born again of water and the Holy Spirit and enabled to enter the kingdom of heaven. Whether we appreciate the fact or not, this really is the most life-changing experience that can possibly happen to us. It took Jesus thirty years to grow in wisdom, in stature and in favour with God and with people before the events of his baptism changed his life. He recognised that he was being anointed with the power of the Holy Spirit; he was truly the Christ. The voice from heaven affirmed that he was truly the beloved Son of God. He knew that he had been sent to bring Good News to those who were poor. Maybe now we should spend some time pondering on what baptism really means for us. We have been exposed to the cleansing water of rebirth and renewed with the Holy Spirit. We have been forged in the furnace of the fire of God s love to join Jesus in his mission to bring God s saving love to our world. We have seen what happened to Jesus. We have seen what happened to Mother Teresa and the journalist who challenged her. We now know Mother Teresa as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta soon to be Saint Theresa of Calcutta. So now what are you going to do? In your charity, pray for the sick and the lonely visit them if you can. Please remember to pray for all who have wandered from the Faith and all who have died. Also, pray for the souls of the faithful departed of our Parish family. May God always be pleased with us! Monsignor Michael OUR SCRIPTURE LESSONS REMIND US: that Mother Teresa was challenged about the children she was not taking into a new orphanage; that after thirty years of hidden life, the baptism of Jesus marked the beginning of his public ministry; and that Baptism today still really is a life-changing experience for us. May God always be pleased with us. Amen!

3 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. ANN, RARITAN MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, JANUARY 11, am LETICIA QUINTOS by Mr. & Mrs. Reynaldo U. Regala DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, am GIACOMO GRECO by wife, Vincenza HEALTH AND BLESSINGS FOR KATHY THOMAS by Mary Shallanberger WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, am RITA P. IRELAND by Pasquale and Civita Truppi HEALTH AND BLESSINGS FOR FR. OCTAVIO by Mary Shallanberger THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, am ONOFRIO CUGLIARI by Caterina Fusca THERESA CORONA by Msgr. Corona FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, am ANNA AND GIACINTO ALOA by Antoinette Gianni RENATO CRISOLOGO by Pena family SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, am THERESA DEMURO by Lou and Sandy Falconeri 4pm FRANCIS AND MARY GECIK by Bob and Pat Ronca SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, :30am PASQUALE RUFFA by Isabella Ruffa 9am DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY 10:30am MICHAEL DIGERONIMO by Nina Calavano 12 noon PEOPLE OF THE PARISH Sandra AY Patrick Bliss Yolanda Bontempo Michael Brennan Chester Butkiewicz Joanmarie Carlone Anna Carra Bruno Cirianni Mark Cusati Michele D Angelo Angela DeFina Joseph De Lucia Mary Ann De Maio Lydia DiGiuseppantonio Catherine (Trina)DuMont Leah E. Sage Escalante Mike Faccone Carmela (Millie) Fasano Mary & Richard Felice Mike Fogorty Susan Foti Maria Fusca Teresa Galaini Anthony Gambino Elizabeth Gecik Eleanor Giraldi Harold Grasso Leonard Grasso, Sr. Ruth Gulick James Holmes Doris Kelco Bernadette Laggini Barbara Langon Anthony Luzminda Eric M. MaryAnn Mangiaracina Frank Marrone Rosalie Marrone Mark Marshall Bridget Marshall Giovanna Martini Patrick Mastice Louis Mattei Nancy Natale Margaret O Donnell Olga Orlando PRAYER LIST This Week of January 10-16, 2016 WE REMEMBER AND HONOR TABERNACLE LAMP FRANCESCO CALO Requested by Calo family BLESSED MOTHER LAMP ROSE FUSCA Requested by friends of Maria Fusca Frances Peebles Angie Romano Cosette Ruh Marianne San Filippo Sanbeda Santos Phyllis Serafin Raffaela Simonetti Mary Shallanberger Cathy Stinziano Frank & Lucille Sudano Dolores Talamini Tommarie Tibaldi Anthony Tomaro Gianna Torgrimsen Anthony Tracchio Carolyn Trepiccio Louis Troisi, Sr. Marie Vale Maria Varvaro Richard Vetack Vincent Viscariello Angela White Ron Wyka Antonia Y. Lisa Yoder OUR MILITARY Let Us Remember...In our prayers, the men and women serving in our Nation s Armed Forces. May God bless them & keep them safe. Major Michael A. De Cicco; U.S. Army Victor Dulay, Jr.; U.S. Marine Corps L Cpl Matthew John; U.S. Marine Corps PFC Gavin John; U.S. Marine Corps CW4 Michael Lopez, Jr. PFC Vincenzo Mattei; U.S. Army Major Michael Morella; U.S. Army Sgt Dan Neville; U.S. Marine Corps SPC Keith Ressa; U.S. Army PFC Daniel J. Salvo; U.S. Marine Corps Corp Jonathan Schultes; US Marine Corps Major Louis P. Simon; U.S. MarineCorps PFC Jerome C. Sunga; U.S. Army Jack Vara; U.S. Marine Corps Sgt Janet Wyka; U.S. Army Pray for the souls of those who have given their lives in service to our country. (Please advise the Parish Office if your family member s military status or rank has changed, or if a name should be included on our list.) John answered them all, I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit... (Luke 3:16) THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD January 10 Ques?on: "Why was Jesus bap?zed? Why was Jesus' bap?sm important? Answer: At first glance, it seems that Jesus bap)sm has no purpose at all. John s bap)sm was the bap)sm of repentance (Mahew 3:11), but Jesus was sinless and had no need of repentance. Even John was taken aback at Jesus coming to him. John recognized his own sin and was aware that he, a sinful man in need of repentance himself, was unfit to bap)ze the spotless Lamb of God: I need to be bap)zed by You and You are coming to me? (Mahew 3:14). Jesus replied that it should be done because it is fi6ng for us to fulfill all righteousness (Mahew 3:15). There are several reasons why it was fi6ng for John to bap)ze Jesus at the beginning of Jesus public ministry. Jesus was about to embark on His great work, and it was appropriate that He be recognized publicly by His forerunner. John was the voice crying in the wilderness prophesied by Isaiah, calling people to repentance in prepara)on for their Messiah (Isaiah 40:3). By bap)zing Him, John was declaring to all that here was the One they had been wai)ng for, the Son of God, the One he had predicted would bap)ze with the Holy Spirit and fire (Mahew 3:11). Jesus bap)sm also showed that He iden)fied with sinners. His bap)sm symbolized the sinners bap)sm into the righteousness of Christ, dying with Him and rising free from sin and able to walk in the newness of life. His perfect righteousness would fulfill all the requirements of the Law for sinners who could never hope to do so on their own. When John hesitated to bap)ze the sinless Son of God, Jesus replied that it was proper to fulfill all righteousness (Mahew 3:15). By this He alluded to the righteousness that He provides to all who come to Him to exchange their sin for His righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21). In addi)on, Jesus coming to John showed His approval of John's bap)sm, bearing witness to it, that it was from heaven and approved by God. This would be important in the future when others would begin to doubt John s authority, par)cularly a<er his arrest by Herod (Mahew 14:3-11). Perhaps most importantly, the occasion of the public bap)sm recorded for all future genera)ons the perfect embodiment of the triune God revealed in glory from heaven. The tes)mony directly from heaven of the Father s pleasure with the Son and the descending of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus (Mahew 3:16-17) is a beau)ful picture of the Trinitarian nature of God. It also depicts the work of the Father, Son, and Spirit in the salva)on of those Jesus came to save. The Father loves the elect from before the founda)on of the world (Ephesians 1:4); He sends His Son to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10); and the Spirit convicts of sin (John 16:8) and draws the believer to the Father through the Son. All the glorious truth of the mercy of God through Jesus Christ is on display at His bap)sm.

4 THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD JANUARY 10, 2016 SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2016 B L M: 7:30am + 9am + 10:30am + 12N 2nd Collec.on: Together in Charity all Masses 8-11am: Knights of Columbus Breakfast (sc) 1-4pm: Santo Dino Prac8ce (sc) 1:30-5pm: CYM Basketball Games : Bingo (sc) 8-9pm: Santo Nino Novena (Day 4) (c) MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016 D01 M: 7am & 6:15-7:30pm: PREP classes (s) 7:30pm: Knights of Columbus Business mee8ng (cmr) 8-9pm: Santo Nino Novena (Day 5) (c) TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2016 D01 M: 7am & 6-: Special Needs PREP (s) 7-8:45pm: RCIA mee8ng (sl) 7:30pm: Liturgy Prep (rmr) 7:30pm: BINGO (sc) 8-9pm: Santo Nino Novena (Day 6) (c) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016 St. Lucy Filippini D01 M: 7am & 5-8:30pm: Choir Prac8ce (cl) 8-9pm: Santo Nino Novena (Day 7) (c) THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 D01 M: 7am & 3:30-6pm: Faith Forma8on Teleconferencing (cmr) 6:15-7:30pm: PREP classes (s) 8-9pm: Santo Nino Novena (Day 8) (c) FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016 D01 M: 7am & 8-9pm: Santo Nino Novena (Day 9) (c) SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2016 C77: 9:30am & 3pm D01 : 9am ++++ Vigil Mass: 4 pm 9am-6pm: CYM Basketball Games (sg) 2nd Collec.on: Founda8on for Catholic Educa8on at 4pm Mass Knights of Columbus Rose Pin a?er 4pm Mass Santo Nino Fiesta: Setup 8am(sc); Mass 5:30pm (c); Fiesta a?er Mass un8l 10pm (sc) READINGS FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 10, 2016 Sunday: Is 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Lk 3:15-16, or Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ti 2:11-14, 3:4-7; Lk 3:15-16, Monday: 1 Sm 1:1-8; Mk 1:14-20 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20; Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20, Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11; Mk 1:40-45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a; Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1a; Mk 2:13-17 MINISTRY SCHEDULE SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, pm A S: Julia Harvis, Jamie Mallinson & John Toolan R : Carol Werner Eucharis?c Ministers: John Lamaestra and Jim Werner SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, :30am A S: Grace Giordano R : Nancy Giordano E M: Mary Lou Cirianni and Frank Kerr 9am A S: Brendan, Ryan, and Erin Dombrowski R : Jim Fidacaro E M: Jane Fidacaro and Michael Florczak 10:30am A S: Andreea Chadwick, Evie Sullivan and Sarah Tobia R : Dianne Bau)sta Eucharis?c Ministers: Kathy Faccone and Jeanne Paulus 12 noon A S: Tyler Gee, Adam Tiongson and Damian Barczewski 2015 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT If you wish to obtain a copy of your 2015 Contribution Statement, please Donna at dbontempo\ stannparish.com NetCharge Donors may obtain a copy of their Contribution Statement by logging onto their NetCharge Account. Select MyAccount, then PaymentHistory, then Date Range to view, then Print for your records. Any questions, please call the Rectory at Total: II..II $ 8, Envelope Offerings: $ 6, Net Charge Offerings: $ 1, Loose Offering: $ Poor Box: $ Christmas Collection: $32, Thank you for your generosity to our parish....where your treasure is, there will your heart be also Luke 12:34 BISHOP S ANNUAL APPEAL GRACE, MERCY & PEACE The Maria Regina Residence provides a suitable home for our retired priests in recognition of faithful service to God and His Church. Your gift to the Bishop s Annual Appeal is another way to thank these men who have dedicated their lives to the people of God. To date, the Development Department has received pledges totaling $47, and payments totaling $44, from 229 parishioners. This represents 81.2% of your $58, goal. Thank you for your efforts. TOGETHER IN CHARITY (this weeks second collec.on) This year, the second collection during the weekend of January 9 and 10 is for Together In Charity. Many of the parishes in our diocese work collaboratively with the Office of Parish Social Ministry when requests are made for financial assistance. This collection is the single means of providing funds for the Diocesan Emergency Program and the entire collection is disbursed to those in need.

5 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. ANN, RARITAN St. Ann Parish is in need of a Rectory Cook to work 4 days a week to prepare evening meals. If interested contact the Rectory at WINE TASTING RAFFLES MARDI GRAS MADNESS Stop by the school or rectory to enter into a drawing, held at our Wine Tasting on February 6. For a donation of $5 per ticket to win either a: 60 inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED LCD TV ~~~~~~~~~~AND/OR~~~~~~~~~~~ 50/50 RAFFLE For either, winner need not be present. All proceeds go to support St. Ann School Technology Upgrades. For more info call (school) or (rectory). St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church is sponsoring a Slavic Dinner Wednesday, January 13, 2016 ~~ 4:00-7:00 PM in the St. Mary Parish Center; 1900 Brooks Blvd; Hillsborough $14.00 adults (ages 9 & up) ~~ $5.00 Children (8 & under) Includes: all-you-can-eat Pirohi, Stuffed Cabbage, Kielbasa & Sauerkraut, Mashed Potatoes, salad, dessert and beverage. A new feature of the dinner is a surprise entrée each month specially selected and prepared by St. Mary s chef John Pagano. Dinners are held on the second Wednesday of every month throughout the year. To go orders are available. For more information contact: Our February dinner will be held on Wed., Feb. 10 ~~IN ORDER TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST DRAWING, PURCHASE BY FEBRUARY 1ST~~ Buy your 2016 Calendar Rafle tickets TODAY!! ~~~ Each $25 ticket gives you a chance to win at least $25 for 365 days, $100 on the last day of the month, or $500 at Christmas & Easter Days ~~~ ~THIS IS A TAX-DEDUCTION~ Can be purchased at the Rectory or School More info contact the Rectory or School: or ST. LUCY FILIPPINI (January 13, 1672-March 25, 1732) She was orphaned at an early age when her parents died. From there she went to live with her aristocratic aunt and uncle. Her vocation began under the patronage of Cardinal Marcantonio Barbarigo, who entrusted her with the work of founding schools for young women, especially the poor. She co-founded the Maestre Pie Filippini (Religious Teachers Filippini), a group dedicated to the education of women. The young ladies of Montefiascone were taught domestic arts, weaving, embroidering, reading, and Christian doctrine. Later the Cardinal devised a set of rules to guide Lucy and her followers in the religious life. Fifty-two schools were established during Lucy's lifetime. Pope Clement XI, in 1707, called Lucy to Rome to start schools which he placed under his special protection. In 1910, Pope Pius X sent the first five sisters to Trenton, NJ, to minister to the Italian immigrants. For Lucy, the Crib, the Cross, and the Tabernacle meant the presence of God, the only One who gives meaning and value to life. Her most beautiful and most apostolic invocation resounds like a shout, like a great prayer! Would that I were in every corner of the earth to cry out and plead with all People of every age and condition Love God, Love God! May St. Lucy be an inspiration for all of us as potential saints and perhaps saint-makers. St. Lucy Filippini pray for us. For more information on the Religious Teachers Filippini visit YEAR OF MERCY PRAYER Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him. Show us your face and we will be saved. Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money; the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and assured Paradise to the repentant thief. Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman: If you knew the gift of God! You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy: let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified. You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error: let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God. Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with His anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord, and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind. We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

6 THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD JANUARY 10, 2016 RECONCILIATION & COMMUNION REMINDERS Dear Friends of St. Ann School, Just before we broke for Christmas vacation, I went classroom to classroom sharing the Holy Father s latest encyclical Laudato Si. The 99 page letter is about caring for our common home. It came out in May of The theme of our Earth in crisis is so uppermost in the mind of Pope Francis that he has been discussing it with world leaders, including our own president. The message is so important that the Holy Father insisted that the message be delivered even to children. I felt like Sister Mary Techno using our new Smartboards with each group. I had the privilege of discussing it with both our PREP children and the Catholic school students. Both groups were most receptive and eager to not just hear the message, but to show their faith in action by answering the Pope s summons of the faithful. Two short You Tube clips are dedicated specifically to extending the message to our youngest members. One is for the elementary level and the other for high schoolers. Without fairytale entertainment or scare tactics, the Holy Father puts his concern before our children as he did before our world leaders. He presents the problem and offers some solutions. What attracts the children is that Pope Francis trust and hope comes out strongly. He believes that every human being is responsible for the solution. He treats the children as young people empowered with gifts that they are willing to generously share with all of us. He addresses them as amazing, loving, creative and powerful individuals full of goodness and grace. If you have not already read Laudato Si, please do so. It can be found with a simple on-line search. If you find that you are like the parent who wants to know but does not have time for the full version, watch the high school version. I found it by searching for Laudato Si high school video. It is less than five minutes long but gets the point across beautifully. Let us learn to live in harmony and in love with one another and with the whole earth. God bless you, Sr. Mary Klersey, MPF Principal SOCIAL MINISTRY A St. Ann parishioner and her daughter needs a WEEKLY RIDE TO SUNDAY MASS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ALSO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are in need of a PARISH VISITOR FOR A HOMEBOUND PARISHIONER. Please consider an hour of your time as a way of practicing the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, especially as Pope Francis announced the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. If you are able to help for any of the above, please contact Christine in the Rectory at F! C"##$%"% I%'" Wednesday, January 20: 6:30pm Cafeteria ** Parent Meeting ** General information and directions will be given for the celebrating of First Communion at the Catholic Church of St. Ann. Also during this time, families will be provided the opportunity to select from the available Sunday noon Mass schedule the date/time for the celebra- CYM STOP BY TO SUPPORT OUR ST. ANN S BOYS & GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS. CHURCH CALENDARS 2016 Liturgical Calendars are available in the church lobby (while supplies last) Our appreciation to Bongiovi Funeral Home for providing our calendars. January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968 St. Ann Rectory and School will be closed on Monday, January 18th In observance of Martin Luther King Day School and Rectory will return to their normal schedule on Tuesday, January 19th. St. Ann School Open House Tours Fully Accredited by Wednesday, January 20 ~~ 7-8pm School Year ~~~We offer ~~~ Full-Day for Kindergarten 8th grade; Full & Half-Day PreK Religious Education & Sacrament Preparation Distance Learning Traditional & Advanced Math, Phonics & Language Arts Programs Technology enabled curriculum utilizing the most advanced and largest SMART enabled interactive flat panels. Spanish (1st-8th) After Care Program until 6pm For more info contact Kelly at