TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

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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) Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Corona, PA, KCHS, Pastor Rev. John J. Werner, Parochial Vicar Deacon John R. Pacifico, 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. 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 for more info 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-7pm 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 Deacon John Pacifico in the rectory. L F : Please join us on Facebook. Our Church Facebook page includes important information concerning activities and special dates. Please "#$% &' at The Catholic Church of St. Ann-Raritan, NJ. M S Daily: Monday-Friday: 7:00am and 7:00pm Saturday: 9:00am Weekend: Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 10:30am, and 12 Noon Holy Days: Under Upcoming Events or within the church bulletin C( : Saturday: 9:30am-10:00am & 3:00-3:45pm R ' H: Monday-Friday: 8am-4pm M The common policy of marriage requires that arrangements be made at least One Year before the date of marriage and before any social plans are made. Bride or Groom must be a parishioner. Please do not make any arrangements until you have met with the pastor, Msgr. Corona, and the wedding date has been approved. B$ First Sunday of the month at the Noon Mass, as well as the second, third and fourth Sunday at 1:30pm. Instructions 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. TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

2 TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Dear Sisters and Brothers, A traditional feature of many Catholic churches in Europe is what s known as the St Anthony s Box. Its presence is often taken for granted by Catholics, but for newcomers or visitors to our churches its purpose may be somewhat confusing. Imagine explaining it to someone who s unfamiliar with it and look at his or her face, as you explain that St Anthony is the saint who specialises in finding lost things. It may help to add that the money put in the box is supposed to be for those who are poor. Finding lost things may seem like a trivial concern about which to ask for the prayers of a saint. Yet even the calmest of people can lose their cool if they have lost something. Sometimes we can become very agitated indeed, even if the thing that is lost is not all that valuable. That very human tendency to make a fuss about lost things, and to be overjoyed when we find them again, is the foundation of the three parables in the Gospel that we have heard today. Sometimes, in the Gospels, Jesus asks the people to supply the ending of the parable he has told. For instance, in St. Matthew s Gospel, he tells the story of the vineyard owner who sends agents to ask for the fruit of his vineyard. The people who rent the vineyard abuse the agents and finally kill the owner s son. So Jesus asks his audience what the owner will do. The people reply, He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will deliver the produce to him when the season arrives. In today s Gospel Lesson, we have three parables that the Lord completes; but what if he had stopped and asked the people to finish them? The first two parables would have been easy to complete. What would the shepherd do? He would go looking for his lost sheep. What would the woman do? She would continue to search for her lost coin. The ending of the third parable, although this story of the prodigal son may be very familiar to us, would have been less obvious to people hearing it for the first time. When we lose property, we want it back. When we lose people, our emotions are more complex. Anger and self-righteousness can get in the way. To lose a son is much worse than to lose a sheep or a coin, but we often collude in the loss of someone in our lives. Pride stands in the way and excludes love. The father in the parable seems to humiliate himself, but what is that compared to the humility of Christ s incarnation and the cross? The only treasure God cares about is people. Yet this is not a treasure that can be found just by looking for it. This treasure has to cooperate if it is to be found. That is why an opportunity to forgive and to be forgiven is a cause for joy and celebration. But remember that the mirror of mercy looks two ways. We are called to see ourselves and our own sins in that mirror; as well as allowing the one who is forgiven to see that he or she is forgiven. In the Dominican order, when an applicant seeks to be clothed as a novice, the would-be novice is asked what he or she seeks. The answer is: God s mercy and yours. There is an important truth there. There cannot just be a relationship to God that excludes all other human beings, and most of all in the matter of God s mercy. Human beings need to be forgiven by each other as well. Jesus taught his disciples to pray, Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Humility makes mercy possible, but the humility of God has placed mercy in our hands. We can obscure that mercy and make each other despair. Or we can give each other hope and enter into love. Mercy is not like a medicine, which we may take for a while and then, being healed, are able to dispense with. It is more like the air that we breathe. We breathe it in and we breathe it out. Mercy is the atmosphere of heaven. It is the air in which all the songs of heaven are sung. In your charity, pray for the sick & 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 As we consider our Scripture Lessons for today, let us remember: that we are always more concerned with what we have lost than what we have found. God too is a seeker of the lost; that we are more wholehearted about lost things than lost people; God is more concerned about lost people than lost things; and that if we are to live in Christ, we are called to live in his mercy. It was out of mercy that the Son became human. Let us open our hearts to the promptings of the Holy Spirit in our Scripture Lessons, and may God always be pleased with us. Amen!

3 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. ANN, RARITAN MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 7am M89:;<98= W. by Sr. Dolores Toscano 7pm DACA?:AD MAEFA=: 8G H>A K9;<>H: 8G TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 7am L8J;: T=8;:;, S=. by Sr. Dolores Toscano 7pm R?BE89D by Theresa Walakonis WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 7am A9D=?DA by Sr. Dolores Toscano 7pm M?=B by Lou Walakonis THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 7am S;E89AHH; by Caterina Grande 7pm I9HA9H;89 G8= M?=;? I9C89H=A=?. I9 H898= 8G OJ= L?DB 8G S8==8N:. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 7am J8:A T8=;?<? by Zara, Steve & family 7pm SHAM>A9 GA=O?:A by Pina Mattei SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 9am D8=8H>B LA;9A9F?C> by Mike & Pat Betsko 4pm S=. N?9CB MPF by Forktus family SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 ~C S~ 7:30am 8G H>A P?=;:> 9am DACA?:AD MAEFA=: 8G H>A N?EA S8C;AHB 10:30am M?=;9A S<H. J8>9 by John Basilone Parade Committee 12 noon Special Intention for the C?HAC>;:H: W TA?C>A=: 8G 8J= P?=;:> Sunday Ex 32:7-11, 13-14; 1 Tm 1:12-17; Lk 15:1-32 or 15:1-10 Monday 1 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Lk 7:1-10 Tuesday 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Lk 7:11-17 This Week of September 11 WE REMEMBER AND HONOR week of September 11 Wednesday Nm 21:4b-9; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17 Thursday 1 Cor 15:1-11; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 Friday 1 Cor 15:12-20; Lk 8:1-3 Saturday 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49; Lk 8:4-15 BLESSED MOTHER LAMP MARIA FUSCA Requested by Maria & Frank Incontrera ALTAR FLOWERS SPECIAL REQUEST BY ANTOINETTE AND ROBERT ADRESEN IN THANKSGIVING 24 H=>? P?@AB? LDEB Our Diocesan Office for Persons with Disabilities has a 24 hour prayer line for those who desire prayer for special needs. If you, a family member or friend would like to be remembered in prayer for a temporary or permanent illness, please call us and leave a detailed message at Patrick Bliss Amel Bontempo Yolanda Bontempo Theresa Bray Michael Brennan Chester Butkiewicz Joanmarie Carlone Anna Carra Albert Charles Bruno Cirianni Mark Cusati Michele D Angelo Angela DeFina Joseph DeLucia Mary Ann DeMaio Lydia DiGiuseppantonio Catherine (Trina) DuMont Leah E. Sage Escalante Vincent Facciolo Mike Faccone Carmela (Millie) Fasano Mary & Richard Felice William M. Flynn M I B T, S 13 from 8:30-11:30am in the Church Meeting Room. Mike Fogorty Susan Foti Teresa Galaini Anthony Gambino Elizabeth Gecik Eleanor Giraldi Angela Grande Harold Grasso Ruth Gulick James & Sadie Holmes Doris Kelco Ron Koczon Bernadette Laggini Barbara Langon Diane Lella Anthony Luzminda Eric M. MaryAnn Mangiaracina Frank Marrone Rosalie Marrone Mark Marshall Bridget Marshall Giovanna Martini Louis Mattei Margaret O Donnell Olga Orlando Dottie Pacifico Angie Romano Loni Rose Cosette Ruh Marianne San Filippo Phyllis Serafin Cathy Stinziano Frank & Lucille Sudano Dolores Talamini Scott Tellep Tommarie Tibaldi Gianna Torgrimsen Anthony Tracchio Carolyn Trepiccio Marie Vale Maria Varvaro Vincent Viscariello Angela White Antonia Y. Lisa Yoder 4pm SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 ALTAR SERVERS: James Maxton, John Toolan Jamie Mallinson (sub req.) READER: Theresa Walakonis EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Jim & Carol Werner SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 7:30am ALTAR SERVERS: Joey Sause READER: Jim Janci EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Frank Kerr & Rob Sause 9am ALTAR SERVERS: Madeleine LaRoche, Alexander Niewiadomski & Sal Wiecenski READER: Jim Fidacaro EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Michael Florczak & Sr. Mary Klersey 10:30am ALTAR SERVERS: Angelina Basilone, Randy Behn & Brendan McNulty READER: Tina DiFabio EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Theresa Walakonis & Jackie D Alessio 12 noon ALTAR SERVERS: Morgan Hill, Tyler Gee & Damian Barczewski READER: Silvia Sorace EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Antonietta Falco & Lena Iannetta OUR MILITARY Let Us Remember In our prayers, the men & women serving in our NaLon s Armed Forces. Maj Michael A. De Cicco; U.S. Army Victor Dulay, Jr.; U.S. Marine Corps LCpl Matthew John; U.S. Marine Corps PFC Gavin John; U.S. Marine Corps CW4 Michael Lopez, Jr. PFC Vincenzo Mattei; U.S. Army Maj 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 Cpl Jonathan Schultes; U.S. Marine Corps LtCol Louis P. Simon; U.S. Marine Corps PFC Jerome C. Sunga; U.S. Army Jack Vara; U.S. Marine Corps Sgt Janet Wyka; U.S. Army 1st Lt Kaitlyn Zimmitti; U.S. Air Force Pray for the souls of those who have given their lives in service to our country. May God Bless them & keep them safe. (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.)

4 TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 M: 7:30am + 9am + 10:30am + 12N 2nd CollecLon: Grounds & Maintenance Aer Mass: Raritan Fire Dept. selling Tricky Tray Raffle Tickets 8-11am: Knights of Columbus Breakfast (sc) 9am: Columbie.e s Anniversary Mass (celebra0ng 9 years) 1:15-1:45: Jr.Youth Group ~ 1:45-2:15pm: Youth Group mtgs (cmr) 7pm: BINGO MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 D M: 7am & 7pm 7:45pm: Knights of Columbus mee0ng (cmr) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 D M: 7am & 7pm 8:30-11:30am: Mass Inten0on Book Opens(cmr) 7-8:30pm: RCIA mee0ng (rcr) 7:30pm: Columbie.e s mee0ng (cmr) 7:30pm: BINGO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 D M: 7am & 7pm 6:30pm: 1st Reconcilia0on mee0ng (sc) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 D M: 7am & 7pm 6:15-7:30pm: PREP starts(s) 7pm: HSA mee0ng (cmr) 7:45pm: HSA Board mee0ng (rcr) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 D M: 7am & 7pm 1:15pm: Pep Rally (sc) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 D M: 9am ++ V M: 4pm C: 9:30am & 3pm 2nd CollecLon: Peter s Pence 4pm Mass: Knights of Columbus Mum Flower Sale SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 M: 7:30am + 9am + 10:30am + 12N 2nd CollecLon: Peter s Pence Aer Masses: Knights of Columbus Mum Flower Sale 10-11am: Holy Name Society mee0ng (sc) 12N Mass: Cateche0cal Sunday & Back to School Mass 1pm: Basilone Parade 3pm: School Picnic 7pm: BINGO A JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted If you are suffering over the death of someone you loved, perhaps the 8 week Bereavement Support Group Session may help you during this difficult time. The group is meeting TUESDAYS for 8 weeks at: Mary Mother of God; Hillsborough, Parish Teen Center September 20-November 8 ~ 7-8:30pm NH FII. Please pre-register: Trudy Madden or Philomena Cellilli T8H?@:.. $ E9OA@8MA OGGA=;9<:: $ 6, NAH C>?=<A OGGA=;9<:: Numbers Unavailable L88:A OGGA=;9<: $ P88= B8]: $ Thank you for your generosity to our parish....where your treasure is, there will your heart be also Luke 12:34 27FH AEE>@I J=HE B@MDI=EB C=EGB?F Featuring The Raritan Valley Symphonic Bank SBNFBOPB? 17 ~~ 7pm The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College For FREE Tickets (Max.4 per household) call or self addressed stamped enveloped to Theatre at RVCC; PO Box 330, Somerville, NJ Include number of tickets requested. B()+,'& P("(. Somerset Street in Raritan S, S 18 1 C@FBGHBFDG@I S>EJ@A P?@AB?: THB F@DFH P?@ABJ This year, the Church will celebrate Catechetical Sunday on September 18. This a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. Catechetical Sunday is an opportunity for all to rededicate themselves to this mission as a community of faith. We will be celebrating the various ministries at St. Ann Church on S!" &''& M()) While all of us are commissioned through our Baptism to make God s love and mercy known to all we meet, on this day, we especially remember the members of our parish that have taken on the responsibility to lead and guide the people entrusted to us here at St. Ann Church. Let us continue to pray for one another and for our world as we are so in need of God s presence, through us, of God s mercy and love. Knights of Columbus M/ S(, S!" After all Masses Follow Me: Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John Being Catholic takes more than simply believing in God or doing what he asks of us. Jesus wants you to be more than just a believer he wants you to be his disciple and friend. To help you answer this call to deeper friendship with Christ, St. Ann Parish will begin Follow Me: Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John on WBJEBMJ@A, SBNFBOPB? 21, 7:30NO in the Church Meeting Room. You will not only benefit personally from being part of this study; you will also help us to grow in fellowship as a parish as we grow closer to Christ together. For more information or to register, contact: Fr. John Werner jwerner@stannparish.com, Rob Sause or robertsause@yahoo.com, or contact the Church office.

5 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. ANN, RARITAN VOLUNTEER COLLECTION COUNTERS NEEDED Do you have some time to spare on a **S>EJ@A =? M=EJ@A?** Please consider becoming a V=I>EFBB? M=EBA C=>EFB? for the collections of our Church. Interested? Contact Donna at the Rectory Office: We are in need of M?=;:> O8@J9HAA=: for numerous areas (listed below) to make our Basketball Season a success: A D Oversees the Basketball Program such as coordinate the volunteers. S M (multiple) We need 3-4 volunteers for this position. T To maintain the finances for the checkbook, registration & concessions. U A Schedule uniform pickup to record the numbers and sizes; & return the uniforms after the season and straightened up in the bins for the following year. R (multiple) We need 2-3 volunteers. This position can be combined with the uniform accountability. Position entails sending out s & forms, registration announcements in the Church bulletin, collect the registrations & checks, medical forms, keep a master list and get the coaches & Athletic Director to sign the rosters, and create binders for the coaches. Work Bond may be waived for qualifying volunteers. If interested, please contact : Tom Ellis at stannathletics@stannparish.com ST. ANN S PREP (CCD) REGISTRATION ST. ANN PREP PROGRAM BEGINS Thursday, September 15 & Monday, September 19 Be sure you have submitted the Program forms: Honeywell, Photo Release, Parent Handbook Stay connected to the parish website: Faith Formation/Religious Education tab for Calendar & other Program info ST. ANN S PREP MEETING INFORMATION PARENT MEETING for the SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Wednesday, Sept. 14 ~ 6:30 pm ~ School Cafeteria This meeting is the St. Ann Church Sacramental Program. Attending this meeting are Parents/Guardians who have child(ren) that will be participating in preparation to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time. Families should have already received information regarding this meeting as well as an outline of the program. If not, please contact Sr. Phyllis at the Parish Office at PARENT & CANDIDATES MEETING for the SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION Wednesday, September 28 ~ 6:30 pm ~ School Cafeteria This meeting is the St. Ann Church Sacramental Program. Candidates with their Parent(s)/ Guardian(s) that will be participating in this preparation to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation are to attend this meeting. Families should have already received information regarding this meeting and Letter of Intent. If not, please contact Sr. Phyllis at the Parish Office at Candidates Your Letters of Intent are due in the Parish Office no later than Thursday, September 15. A NEW TRADITION AT ST. ANN S PARISH A S P A P-T St. Ann School is looking for an energetic, highly motivated & creative individual to work in our A P. We are looking for an Aide who would assist in daily activities, assisting children with homework, dispensing snacks, outdoor play, crafts, group activities & maintaining a clean environment. Monday through Friday Half School Days: 12:30-6pm Full School Days 2:30-6pm Applicant must be 18 years or older. Please send resume to dbontempo@stannparish.com P-T S B D - Must hold a Commercial Drivers License (or obtain one by Sept). Hours are 6-8am and 2:30-4:30pm for the 180 days of the school year starting after Labor Day and ending in early June. Salary in accordance with industry standard. Pat Tiger at Immaculata High School, Ext. 110 Monday Friday 9AM 2PM or at PTiger@immaculatahighschool.org This year, for the first time, St. Ann s will celebrate the Christmas season by illuminating the buildings of our parish by erecting beautiful six foot real Christmas trees, decorated with white lights. Each tree will be available to be memorialized for someone living or deceased. The trees will be affixed with a large plaque containing the name or names to be memorialized. On Saturday, December 10, after the 4pm Mass, we will gather outside our church for the blessing and lighting of the trees. They will remain lit each evening from 6pm-midnight throughout the entire Christmas season until the Feast of the Epiphany in January. The cost to memorialize one of these beautiful trees will be $200. This will help cover the cost of the trees, the lighting and the memorial donation. ~~ The number of trees are limited ~~ Reservation Forms are located in the back of the church and in the Rectory Office. The brilliance of the light of the New Born Savior will shine in Raritan this year in a new and exciting way. For information, call the rectory at

6 TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Dear Friends of St. Ann School, I recently heard a homily about WWJD and WYSIWG. What would Jesus do?, is a common enough acronym. The second one is less common but often spoken and inferred, What you see is what you get? I generally discourage students and teachers from living these infamous words. They insinuate that the speaker does not intend to improve or strive for holiness. It is not a biblical, Catholic or spiritual way to advance the Kingdom of God. But when combined with the guidance of Jesus, Seek and you shall find, there is huge merit. If you are seeking God, you will find Him. If you seek goodness, you will find it. The reverse is also true. If you seek gossip, you will hear it. If you seek trouble, you will find it as well. Now to WYSIWG. If you see with human eyes, you will see the human condition. This is not what I instruct the faculty of St. Ann School to do. We are to see with the eyes of Christ. We are not to see the disheveled child with tomato sauce on his cuffs, holes in his pants, tripping on untied shoe laces as he comes down the hall. We are not to see the girl with an uncombed mop, peeling off glitter tattoos from her arm, and a missing permission slip. We are to see with the eyes of Christ. He sees the man driving the ambulance to the hospital. This man will console you who are the car crash victim as he walks next to the gurney into the hospital. The boy and the man are the same. The boy s experience in Catholic school allows him to grow into the gentle, caring man who just wiped your tears, gave you courage, and brought you hope. The girls is the doctor who meets you in the emergency room. Her compassion elevates her encounter with you from professional, bedside manners to the experience of the divine physician working within her. The Catholic school experience does not deny the human condition of our children. We comb the hair, clean the shirt, tie the shoe, and love of the child before us daily. Yet, our philosophy of education uniquely uplifts our vision. We strive to enable the child to become all God needs and intends them to be. We educate in the present with our eye on eternity. A Catholic school teacher walks with one hand guiding the child and the other hand holding that of Christ. The teacher is the love flowing from God to the little one until the child is able to recognize and grasp the hand of God for himself/herself. The teachers will recommit themselves publically at a Catechetical Sunday Mass. They stand with the other catechists of the parish and receive a blessing, a challenge, and an identity. Encourage them in their work. They are God s A-Team. Though perfectly and thoroughly human, they have a divinely appointed task and calling. They need our help and support. Please pray for them as I do. Use the eyes of Christ to look out into the congregation and world around you. See the children. If you can make it possible for one to attend our school, please do so. They are more than your neighbor. They deserve more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. The formation of the soul and the eventual adult really does take a village, but a village that includes holy men and women. An education without God is as inconceivable as a fish without water or a home without love. Thank you for your continued love and support. God bless you, Sr. Mary Klersey, MPF St. Ann School Principal Sept. 11: Free Breakfast for Grades 1-8 at Knights of Columbus breakfast with adult meal purchase Sept. 18: -Back to School Mass & Picnic -Come & March with St. Ann School at the John Basilone Parade Sept. 21: Back to School Night S. A P Y M G Our St. Ann Youth Ministry Year kicks off next S, S 11 with our monthly meetings in the Church Meeting Room. Junior Youth Group (gr. prek-5) meets 1:15-1:45pm Youth Group (gr. 6-12) meets 1:45-2:15pm Please come with your ideas for events for September, October & the entire year!! For those who wish to sign up but cannot attend the meeting, contact Fr. John at jwerner@stannparish.com or IS SEEKING SINGERS & RINGERS! Enjoy making music in one of these groups & sharing your talent with the church! Children's Choir: Grade 2-5 Rehearses Wednesdays 6-6:45pm in choir loft; Sings 9am Sunday masses Church Choir: Grade 6 through adult Rehearses Wednesdays 7:30-8:30pm in choir loft Sings 10:30am Sunday masses Bell Choir: Grade 3 through adult Rehearses Wednesdays 6:45-7:30pm in church basement Plays at special holiday masses JOIN US WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 IN THE CHOIR LOFT FOR OUR 1ST REHEARSAL! For info contact Carolyn at cthomas@stannparish.com or Mark your Calendar for our MEATBALL MADNESS SPAGHETTI DINNER hosted by St. Ann Parish Youth Group F?DJ@A, OGF=PB? 7 ~~ 5-8NO ~~ SF. AEE C@XBFB?D@ We need.. volunteers to make MB@FP@IIM & IF@ID@E S@>M@ZB donors to donate M=XF J?DE[M, N@NB? Z==JM, P?B@J, M@I@J \ JBMMB?F Contact Fr. John at jwerner@stannparish.com or to volunteer or donate Union Catholic High School Open House Wednesday, October 5-7:00pm Early Bird Tours begin at 6:15pm At Union Catholic, our students share one thing in common a desire for more. Join the UC Community and be inspired to reach your greatest potential. A UC education will open your mind, introduce you to life-changing ideas, provide unforgettable hands on experience with the latest technology and engage you in an extraordinary collaboration. For more information, contact Betsy Thornton at , ext. 302 or bthornton@unioncatholic.org ~~1600 Martine Avenue; Scotch Plains