45 Anderson Street; Raritan, NJ 08869 • Tel. (908) 725-1008 • Fax (908) 707-1915

St. Ann School: 29 Second Avenue; Raritan, NJ 08869 • Tel. (908) 725-7787 • Fax (908) 541-9335

St. Ann Convent: 29 Second Avenue; Raritan, NJ 08869 • Tel. (908) 725-2256

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — AUGUST 21, 2016

P����� R�������� Any new family who has moved into the parish, or adult children 18 and over, are invited to register at our par ish 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 www.stannparish.com, 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������ 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 parish-ioners. 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 parish-ioner that is seriously ill or hospitalized, please call the rectory.

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Inspired by the Holy Spirit, we the Catholic Parish of St. Ann embrace all as family & continue Christ's mission by exemplify-ing the love of God & neighbor as stewards of God's gifts to us.

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

www.stannparish.com Email: info@stannparish.com

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

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — AUGUST 21, 2016

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

In his novel The Magic Mountain, the German author Thomas Mann describes how the visit of a young man to his cousin in a Swiss sanatorium ends up in a seven-year stay as his own health deteriorates. Once in the sanatorium the young man’s perception of space and time alters, and it is only with the advent of the First World War that he is jolted into leaving. Mann’s novel speaks to each of us, for we all seek to find refuge from the reality of life, and once in the security of our refuge it takes a momentous event to jolt us out. In scripture we are given the story of how human beings, through the sickness of sin, are driven from their home. The proph-ets are sent to help the people overcome this sickness, but the people prefer to remain in the false refuge of their sins. It will take a momentous event, the momentous event of human history, to jolt us out of our sin: the narrow door that is the cross of Jesus Christ.

At the time of Jesus there is evidence of various Jewish groups who claimed to be the true remnant of Is-rael, the few from among all those who called themselves Jewish who would be saved. Is this what Jesus came to establish: a small group of the chosen; the few from among the mass of humanity who are to be saved?

At first sight this is what Jesus seems to be say-ing in our Gospel Lesson: “many will try to enter and will not succeed”. Later, however, he refers to the prophetic vision of Isaiah that people from “east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God”. Any attempt to identify a small core or remnant in contrast to the mass of humanity runs against what Jesus is teaching. So how are we to understand the saying about the narrow door?

A door can seem narrow to us for two reasons. Firstly, if the door really is narrow relative to our size. Secondly, if, although the door is wider than our body, we are unsteady on our feet and so cannot get through it. It is in this second sense that Jesus talks of the narrow door of salvation. It is due to the sickness of sin that the door to salvation is narrow, for we prefer to remain in our

sins rather than accept the help of the one who can heal us and bring us through that door. We find ways of living with our sins, of avoiding the reality of our lives, so that when we are invited to enter into reality, to go through the narrow door, we grow resistant. It is with the shock of the crucifixion that we are jolted out of our complacency. We can only know Jesus Christ if we look upon the crucified one, but this is not the final word; for the one who is crucified will rise to new life. Our salvation will bring us to the glory of the heavenly banquet. In the cross the reality of this world is revealed, but that reality is not ultimately one of hopeless violence but of a transforming love, heal-ing us and raising us to new life.

All of us find times in our lives when we need the help of others. It is no different with the life of faith, except that in every moment of that life we need the help of Jesus Christ. The narrow door of our salvation is the help that God sends to each one of us in the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The life of a Christian is one that centers upon Jesus Christ and the help he sends to us.

Through sharing in the life of the Church we receive the help we need to find healing and begin our journey to the kingdom of God. On this journey we are transformed, so that we, as instruments of grace, become the means through which Christ’s healing and transforming presence is given to others. This journey will not be easy, as we will need to face our own frailty and the sickness of this world. Yet we do not do this alone, but through the help of Jesus Christ and those he sends to aid us in our struggles.

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, especially G567 D’A85997:, C;<79 B5<89, N>?@A N>B>85, J:95C; S@>DEB:, M><7> FE9@>. Also, pray for the souls of the faithful departed of our Parish family.

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As we consider our Scripture Lessons for today, let us remember:

… that Jesus tells us that the door of salvation is a nar row door . The reason it is narrow is due to the sickness of our sin;

… that the crucifixion jolts us out of the complacency of our sin; and the final word is not, however, one of violence but of the risen Christ;

… and that our Chr istian lives are to center upon the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ, through which we are given healing for our sins and raised to the glory of the feast in the kingdom of God.

Let us open our hearts to the promptings of the Holy Spirit in our Gospel Lesson, and may God always be pleased with us. Amen!

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. ANN, RARITAN

MONDAY, AUGUST 22 7am D:65?7@: G<5H:<7: G<>?I5 by Caterina Grande 7pm F<>?J M>BB57 by wife & family

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 7am H><<A SB5P5?9 by Mr. & Mrs. Paul Stevens 7pm H:Q><I C:?I:, J<. by Esther SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 9am A?H587?> T><>?H58: by Msgr. Michael Corona 4pm P5:C85 :D B;5 P><79; SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 7:30am G7:P>??> D5F7?> by Mr. & Mrs. Frank DeFina 9am M><J K P5B5 P>I:P>?7 by Parents

10:30am M><7> R:9> D7?>67 by Saverio & Caterina Todarello

12 noon E87L>O5BB> K F<>?@59@: D’A?H58: by son & family

MASS INTENTIONS

Let Us Remember… In our prayers, the men & women serving in our NaJon’s Armed Forces. Pray for the souls of those who have given their lives in service to our country.

May God Bless them & keep them safe.

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

OUR MILITARY

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2016

4pm ALTAR SERVERS: Logan Christ, Georgina Iannetta & John Toolan READER: Cathy Stevens EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Michael Florczak & Rick Stevens

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2016

7:30am ALTAR SERVERS: Joey Sause READER: Rob Sause EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Mary Lou Cirianni & George Gunzelman 9am ALTAR SERVERS: Amanda Sullivan, Angelina Basilone & Sal Wiecenski READER: Rebecca Dryl EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Michael Florczak & Jane Fidacaro 10:30am ALTAR SERVERS: Evan Berry, Sarah Tobia & Andreea Chadwick READER: Sr. Mary Klersey EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Barbara & Tom Ronca 12 noon ALTAR SERVERS: Tyler Gee, Damian Searchwell & Adam Tiongson READER: Kristen McGuire EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Antonietta Falco & Lena Iannetta

Sandra Ay

Patrick Bliss

Amel Bontempo

Yolanda Bontempo

Michael Brennan

Chester Butkiewicz

Joanmarie Carlone

Anna Carra

Albert Charles

Bruno Cirianni

Robert Corcoran

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

Mike Fogorty

Susan Foti

Teresa Galaini

Anthony Gambino

Elizabeth Gecik

Eleanor Giraldi

Angelina Glenn

Angela Grande

Harold Grasso

Ruth Gulick

James & Sadie Holmes

John Hamilton

Doris Kelco

Michael Krupa

Bernadette Laggini

Barbara Langon

Diane Lella

Anthony Luzminda

Eric M.

MaryAnn Mangiaracina

Frank Marrone

Rosalie Marrone Mark Marshall

Bridget Marshall

Giovanna Martini

Patrick Mastice

Louis Mattei

Stanislawa Moskal

Nicoletta N.

Margaret O’Donnell

Olga Orlando

Dottie Pacifico

Frances Peebles

Angie Romano

Loni Rose

Cosette Ruh

Marianne San Filippo Sanbeda Santos

Phyllis Serafin

Mary Shallanberger

Cathy Stinziano

Frank & Lucille Sudano

Dolores Talamini

Scott Tellep

Tommarie Tibaldi

Anthony Tomaro

Gianna Torgrimsen

Anthony Tracchio

Carolyn Trepiccio

Marie Vale

Maria Varvaro

Vincent Viscariello

Theresa Walakonis

Angela White

Ron Wyka

Antonia Y.

Lisa Yoder

This Week of August 21, 2016

WE REMEMBER AND HONOR

Week of August 21, 2016

SPREADING THE WORD “For behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.” Luke 13:30

Our standards in our society are so different from God’s standards. We o"en rate or rank people by what they have, how powerful they are, or how successful they are. Jesus reminds us that God will not judge us by the same earthly standards.

TABERNACLE LAMP

� CARMELA RITA � Requested by Frank & Marie Rita

Sunday Is 66:18-21; Heb 12:5-7,

11-13; Lk 13:22-30

Monday 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12;

Mt 23:13-22

Tuesday 2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17;

Mt 23:23-26

Wednesday Rv 21:9b-14; Jn 1:45-51

Thursday 1 Cor 1:1-9; Mt 24:42-51

Friday 1 Cor 1:17-25; Mt 25:1-13

Saturday 1 Cor 1:26-31; Mt 25:14-30

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TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — AUGUST 21, 2016

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Thank you for your generosity to our parish. “...where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” Luke 12:34

We sincerely thank our parishioners who mail, deliver or electronically give your

weekly envelopes to the parish while you are out-of-town on vacations this summer.

As many of you understand, our parish expenses and obligations do not take a

vacation when you do, so it is very helpful to be able to rely on your continued support

even when you cannot personally attend Mass here.

SUMMER ENVELOPES

~~FINAL CALL FOR RESERVATIONS~~ Call NOW for LAST MINUTE Reservations

St. Ann’s Parish will sponsor a bus trip to the BASILICA OF REGINA PACIS

in Brooklyn Saturday, September 10 Bus leaves St. Ann’s at 10am &

returns around 5pm

Regina Pacis was built by Italian immigrants and completed in 1950. It is historic, and in 2012 was designated a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI. Because of its beauty and history, it was given permission to have a Holy Door for this Jubilee Year of Mercy. Those pilgrims who visit and pass through the Holy Door can receive a Plenary Indulgence.

During the visit, the priests at the basilica will give a tour, be available for confession, celebrate a Holy Hour and Mass.

There is a gift shop there with many wonderful religious items as well.

The cost for this trip will be $50. Includes the bus as well as lunch.

There are a **LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS** Call the rectory at 908-725-1008

to reserve your seat.

BUS TRIP TO BASILICA OF REGINA PACIS

Do you like handling your payments on a mobile device?

If so, now is a great time to try out our N��C����� O����� D ���� � Option

We are excited to announce the release of a newly rede-signed online donation pages. With a new, modern and fully responsive design, all the features donors love about NetCharge will now be easily accessible across all mobile devices and desktop computers mak-ing it easier than ever to make dona-tions to our church.

To get started, visit the church website and click on the online giving link.

NETCHARGE UPDATES

A NEW TRADITION AT ST. ANN’S PARISH

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 through-out 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, so look for the Reservation Form in the bulletin

in the next couple of weeks to reserve your tree.

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 908-725-1008.

We would like to thank FRANK KERR for being the coordinator at our parish for the Interfaith Hospitality Network in Som-erset County for the past 24 years.

We would like to

welcome MARILYN KARG

as our new coordinator.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. ANN, RARITAN

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St. Ann School is looking for an energetic, highly motivated & creative individual to work in our Aftercare

Program. We are looking for an Aide who would assist in daily activities, assisting children with home-work, 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

We are in need of C><79; P:8E?B55<9 for numerous areas (listed below) to make our 2016-2017 Basket-ball Season a success:

We would like to get multiple people to help. Your choice to volunteer will have a positive impact on the children of this school & St. Ann’s Parish. Volunteering will help instill pride in our children, they will know (maybe not right away) that you are doing this so they can be involved and have confidence knowing you are around and a part of their program in some fashion. This athletic program raises funds for the school, through registration & concessions. These funds help maintain the school gym and help with improvements such as a new scoreboard, reversible uniforms, flags and refinishing the stage floor. This program & this school has a lot to offer its players but volunteers are necessary to make it happen.

Work Bond may be waived for qualifying volunteers.

If interested, please contact : Tom Ellis at stannathletics@stannparish.com

Do you have some time to spare on a

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Interested? Contact Donna at the Rectory Office: 908-725-1008.

VOLUNTEER COLLECTION COUNTERS NEEDED

R����� C��� St. Ann is in need of a R�.� �/ C 0 to work 4 days a week to prepare evening

meals for our clergy. Interested? Please contact the Rectory: 908-725-1008.

You are cordially invited to celebrate your …..

25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary 25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary 25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary 25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary Renew your marriage vows with….

Bishop James F. Checchio at a special Evening Prayer Service in…..

The Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen

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For an application, contact the parish office or log on to: www.diometuchen.org

Click on EVENTS tab (top of page)–Scroll over to EVENTS BY CATEGORY (left side of page) & Click on MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT–Click on SILVER & GOLD ANNI-

VERSARY CELEBRATION–Click on REGISTRATION FORM. This form can be typed on and printed out but cannot be forwarded. If you wish to keep the infor-mation, it must be SAVED AS a word document in your computer.

Forms must be signed by your priest, pastoral minister or deacon & will be returned to the Family Life Office by the parish office.

~~ DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 ~~ A confirmation letter with further details will be sent once your

application has been processed. For further information, please contact Family Life Office:

732-562-1990 x4573 or amatos@diometuchen.org.

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 and concessions.

U����� A���%���'����� Schedule uniform pickup to record the num-bers and sizes; and 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 emails and forms, registration announcements in the Church bulletin, collect the registrations and checks, medical forms, keep a master list and get the coaches & Athletic Director to sign the rosters, and create binders for the coaches.

SILVER & GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

A ����� � ��� � � S���� D� ��…..

Birthdays come and birthdays go but the joy that brought many fond memories will last

a true life time.

I’m most grateful to all of you for your many kind wishes and lasting memories.

Please accept my many “Grazie Tanto” and

humble prayers always.

God Bless You All, Love,

Sr. Dolores

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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, 908-722-0200 Ext. 110 Monday—Friday 9AM—2PM or email at PTiger@immaculatahighschool.org.

Dear Friends of St. Ann School,

I write a letter of welcome to teachers and families every year. This year I used a phrase that has been resounding in my soul every day since. I avoided the common welcome back, see you in September, and some of the other school clichés that are popular. With all sincerity, I sent a welcome home letter.

We call ourselves a school family. This is not just because we hang out together every day. We do not just dine together or share a common faith heritage. We form a family not by accident or because children grace our doorstep. No, we form a family by choice and by our actions.

So while each of us went away from home this summer, what is the welcome home going to be like. It is always marked by great excitement and joy. Teachers are happy to see one another but even happier to see the return of the children. They plan diligently for their arrival.

I remember the first few times I returned home from college. My father would meet me at the airport. A stoic gentleman, our hug was firm but gentle. The ride home was quiet. I held back tears of joy and he held back tears of the same. A big grin on his face, he would take the long way home from the airport. I think he was relishing his time with me before my mother would take over and monopolize my time until I had to leave again. We would stop for ice cream and tell stories of old times. It would suddenly seem as if I had never left. The old stories restored our bond. Life was good.

Mom had made my favorites for dinner. She would rush to the door as soon as she heard the car drive up. All the letters I had sent home were on the end table in the living room. They had been read many times. She bursts into tears and can barely talk as she hugs me. I am marked with the typical tiger stripe of her lipstick. We talked endlessly about everything. And life is good, yes indeed, good.

So it is with coming home to school. The teachers are all aglow at the thought of the coming of their beloved children. Recharged by the absence, the heart has grown fonder indeed. Teachers prepare all that will delight the returning ones. They have treats and surprises hidden in the alcoves of the classroom. All they can talk about is that first day, what it will be like, how wonderful the time is going to be.

Yes, the family is getting back together again. Yes, indeed, all is good, very good. For a little time, we all exclaim that all is right with the world. If you know someone for whom this is not true, consider inviting them home to our families. There is always room for one more at our table.

God bless you,

Sr. Mary Klersey, MPF St. Ann School Principal

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — AUGUST 21, 2016

ST. ANN SCHOOL

♦ Fully Accredited by ♦ Full-Day Kindergarten—8th Grade ♦ Full & half day PreK ♦ Religious Education & Sacrament Preparation ♦ Traditional & Advanced Math, Phonics & Language

Arts Programs ♦ Technology enabled curriculum utilizing the most ad-

vanced and largest SMART® enabled interactive flat panels.

♦ Computer Coding Program ♦ Distance Learning ♦ Spanish (K-8th) ♦ After Care Program until 6pm

TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE THE SCHOOL contact Kelly at

908-725-7787 www.stannparish.com/school

2016-2017 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: www.stannparish.com

Faith Formation/Religious Education tab for Calendar & other Program info

PARENT MEETING for the SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Wednesday, September 24 ~ 6:30 pm ~ School Cafeteria

This meeting is the 2016-2017 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 out-line of the program.

If not, please contact Sr. Phyllis at the Parish Office at 908-725-1008

PARENT & CANDIDATES MEETING for the SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

Wednesday, September 28 ~ 6:30 pm ~ School Cafeteria

This meeting is the 2016-2017 St. Ann Church Sacra-mental 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 908-725-1008

Candidates – Your Letters of Intent are due in the Parish Office no later than Thursday, September 15.