MASS SCHEDULE:

Weekdays 7:00 or 9:30 a.m. (Convent)

8:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

Saturday 7:00 or 9:30 a.m. (Convent)

5:00 p.m. (St. Ann Church-Sunday

Fulfillment)

Sunday 8:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

11:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

BAPTISMS: By appointment. (Instruction

classes for Parents and God-parents on Monday

evenings by appointment. Contact the Rectory

early in pregnancy.)

CONFESSIONS: Sat. 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.

WEDDINGS: Prepare for your marriage.

Archdiocese guidelines must be followed.

Contact the Pastor at least 6 months in

advance to assist you. You must be attending

Sunday Mass.

7530 Natural Bridge Normandy, Missouri- 63121

www.stannchurch-stl.org School website: www.sacs-stl.org

Father Bill Kempf, Pastor, ext 855 Pat Marstall, Secretary- 385-5090, ext 851

Mary Jo Reichenbach, Principal School- 381-0113

Anna Hook, Preschool Director- 382-2974 Eileen Engelmeyer, Bookkeeper- 385-5090 ext 852

Parish Center Scheduling and Rental- 385-5090

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK: If you

are unable to attend mass for a prolonged

period of time, call the rectory to arrange for

Holy Communion at your residence. Likewise,

please inform the rectory staff if you

will be hospitalized so we can attend to your

spiritual health.

NEW PARISHIONERS: A warm welcome

to new parishioners. Please stop at the Rectory

and register. If you move, please let us know.

CHILDRENS LITURGY:

Grades K thru 6, Special Liturgy of the Word

at 11:00 a.m. Sunday Mass, Sept-May

BULLETIN DEADLINE: Noon on Tuesday

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS MEETINGS

Knights of Columbus - 2nd Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.

Rosary begins at 7:20 p.m.

Ladies’ Guild-Second Thursday– 8:00 p.m.

Men’s Club - Last Wednesday - 8:15 p.m.

Finance Committee Quarterly - 7:00 p.m.

School Board - 2nd Monday - 6:30 p.m.

Athletic Association - 4th Monday - 8:00 p.m.

Social Justice Committee-4th Monday-7:00 pm

SAPO……………………..1st Tuesday-7:00 p.m.

Fifth Sunday of Easter April 24, 2016

Lector Schedule April 30 and May 1 Saturday, April 30, 5:00 pm: Anjanette Smith Sunday, May 1, 8:00 am: Janet McGee 11:00 am: Heather Gutting

Fifth Sunday of Easter

SANCTUARY LADIES : Friday, April 29, 2016 Rosemary Fischer and volunteer

Learn more about Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at www.archstl.org/adoration.

April 24: Dynamic Catholic, Alive! – The Human Person Christ has commanded us to love one another. As part of BeOne, the Archdiocese is making a special effort to promote human dignity and social responsibility. Each and every human person is endowed with a

spiritual and immortal soul, intelligence, and free will. This is why the Church protects and supports life from conception until natural death. Because we are endowed with free will, freedom of religion and freedom to pursue the good must be protected. Have you embraced the Church’s teachings on the human person? archstl.org/dynamic

St Ann Ladies Luncheon will be Thursday, April 28th. We will meet at 11:30 a,m. in the parking lot. Please contact Maureen Giblin, 383-3832 by Tuesday, April 26th for reser-vations.

The 46th annual Sponsors' Dinner and Auction is Saturday, April 30th. This event is our biggest fund-raiser of the year and it’s not too late to make a contri-bution. There are raffle tickets at the church exits-a $100 ticket prize is $4000 toward tuition for the 2016/2017 school year or $4000 cash if you don’t have a child in school, or 50/50 if less than than 80 tickets are sold. The $10 raffle ticket books have $1000, $500, and $250 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes. Please com-plete the tickets and turn them in with payment to the rectory by Friday, April 29th. If you are interested in helping with set-up for the event, please contact Kate Flatley at flatleyk@gmail.com.

COFFEE & DONUTS NEXT SUNDAY, MAY 1, in the Parish Cen-ter following the 8 and 11 am masses, hosted by the Knights of Columbus. Join fellow parishioners and any guests for refresh-ments and conversation.

Readings for the Week of April 24, 2016 Sunday: Acts 14:21-27/Ps 145:8-13/Rv 21:1-5a/Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 Monday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14/Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17/Mk 16:15-20 Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Ps 145:10-13, 21/Jn 14:27-31a Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Ps 122:1-5/Jn 15:1-8 Thursday: Acts 15:7-21/Ps 96:1-3, 10/Jn 15:9-11 Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Ps 57:8-10, 12/Jn 15:12-17 Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Ps 100:1-3, 5/Jn 15:18-21 Next Sunday: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29/Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8/Rv 21:10-14, 22-23/Jn 14:23-29 ©Liturgical Publications Inc

From the Pastor’s Pen: Voices in the rectory after hours. Lights in the parish center after dark. People armed with scissors and staplers and fabric in the school cafeteria. The ringing of the doorbell. The smell of new wax wafting up through the church air returns. And extra loads for the postman. It all adds up to one thing. The St. Ann Sponsor’s Dinner Dance must be just around the bend. This coming Saturday, April 30th, marks the 46th Annual Sponsor’s Dinner Dance. What a gift that evening is to our parish community. And what a village it takes to pull it off. People who solicit gifts and sponsorships and auction items. People who give gifts and sponsorships and auction items. The Men’s Club members who help Alan Zagurski with the yearly stripping and waxing of the floor. Jennifer Bahan and her amazing creativity to create the ambiance for the night – assisted by a cast and crew of volunteers working late one Thursday night in the school cafeteria. Kate Flatley (this year’s chair) and her mom Pat, cataloging the items for the program. Randy Cosby who prints the auction book. Sean Leahy, joined by my nephew Peter Kempf, working on the computer programs which will tabulate the bids, and keep track of everything. Newman Center students, staff and volun-teers who take tickets and run the computers and serve as go-fers during the evening. Pat and Eileen receiving the items and answering doorbells and taking reservations and doing countless small tasks on ground zero we call the rectory. It does take a village to raise a Dinner Dance. I have three hopes for what happens around the entire pro-cess. First, that people are empowered to use their gifts of time and talent and treasure for the good of the parish and school. Second, that all who help and all who attend strength-en the bonds of friendship, love and community that exist al-ready among us. And third, that we are successful in meeting our financial goal for the good of our parish and school. What a gift ALL of those outcomes are and hopefully will be. THANKS, one and all, for all you have already done, and will continue to do this week as we prepare for the 46th install-ment of our Sponsor’s Dinner Dance. ___---___---___---___---___---___---___---___---___---___ A blessing and a challenge: The Newman Center is the recipient of a grant for the next five years to help foster lay vocations in service to the church. A portion of those funds are ear marked for an intern – some-one who volunteers two semesters worth of his/her time and talent to our Newman Center – assisting with outreach and retreat work, all the while discerning how God might be calling him/her to a life of service in the church. That is the blessing. The challenge is the grant did not include a housing stipend. That is where YOU come in. I am looking for someone who might have a spare room in their house who would be willing to open it up to our intern. (we are interviewing next week – two guys and one girl candidate). He/she would live with you (or watch your house if you are going to be gone for an ex-tended period) but serve our community. So I ask you to think and pray about that possibility. And then let me know if you have a solution to our challenge…

YWCA Woman’s Place will offer Parenting without Power Struggles: A personal empowerment workshop, on Satur-day, May 21, 2016, 9:30-11:30 a.m. 8300 Morganford Rd, behind St Mark Church. Discover a unique approach to par-enting that can help eliminate drama, meltdowns and power struggles while staying cool, calm and connected to your children using concepts from the book Parenting without Power Struggles by Susan Stiffelman. Pre-registration is required by calling 314-645-4848. All YWCA Woman’s Place programs are free of charge. Serving the community from two locations: 8300 Morganford Rd in Affton and 4116 McClay Rd in St. Charles YWCA Woman’s Place is proud to be a new program of the YWCA Metro St. Louis, working to end racism and empower women.

St. Ann Church April 24, 2016

MONDAY, April 25 7:00 am Ang & Bac Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Rev. Leonard Zamborsky

TUESDAY, April 26 7:00 am John Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am James Aloysius Burke

WEDNESDAY, April 27 7:00 am Maria Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:20 am Maggie Jost

THURSDAY, April 28 7:00 am John Ngoc Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Bud Frank

FRIDAY, April 29 7:00 am Joseph Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am William Bove’

SATURDAY, April 30 9:30 am Maria Nhai Nguyen (Good Shepherd Conv) 5:00 pm Maggie Jost

SUNDAY, May 1 8:00 am The People of St. Ann Church 9:30 am Maria Bac Lac Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent)

11:00 am Jim Gutchewsky

FINANCIAL REPORT

For the 3rd week of April ending 4/17/2016

$5,555 Stewardship Goal: $21,300

Actual Monthly Parish Stewardship: $25,158 Money Counters: Monday, April 25: Team D

There is a second collection next weekend to benefit our St.

Vincent De Paul Society

All volunteers and employees who work with children at St Ann par-ish must be in full compliance with the Safe Environment Pro-gram. This includes attending a Protecting God’s Children workshop (there is one scheduled in our Parish Center on Tuesday, September 15 at 6:30 pm) undergoing a background check updated in even-numbered years, AmericanChecked background check if you have lived outside of Illinois/Missouri within the past five years, and signing the Code of Ethical Conduct. The program is the Church’s attempt to ensure the suitability of all adults who work or volunteer around your children. If you have any questions or to register for the workshop, please contact Pat Marstall (385-5090).

Did you know the Archdiocese of St. Louis includes a restaurant with a mission? When you dine at McMurphy's Cafe at St. Patrick Center, you make a difference for clients in this employment training program. Come for breakfast or lunch, Mon-Fri 7am-2pm at 800 N. Tucker Blvd And celebrate the cafe's one-year anniversary Sept. 25, with FREE Starbucks Coffee and a special all-day buffet at McMurphy's Cafe, 7am-2pm. Eat well, do good. ww.mcmurphyscafe.com

James Alexander

Katie Alexander Patrick Barry Alex Befort Dorothy Birdsong

Mary Leigh Britt Carl Brown Don Buchholz

Marie Buechert Marcia Buterin Jerry Buterin

Walter Chadwick Helen Craven Fr. Jim Edwards Rose Ann Emma

Elaine Fitzgerald Kathleen Fitzgerald Marie Gagnepain

Bruce Gardiner Julie Garcia Dominic Gaulden

Fritzi Goodman Wallace Goodwin Emily Habel Amy Habel

Shannon McLaughlin Healy

Mary Hof Cindy Hogan Chris Holmes

Mike Hubbard Betty Husmann James Jakle

Levi Jennings Michael Jost Jack Klein Pauline Lawler

Barb Lynch Kirk Markuly Dan McGraugh

Bob Merritt MaryLouise Montgomery Peggy Murry

John Nikonowicz Jack Niland Sheila Nunes Anne Parker

Kevin Putnam Marcia Putnam Vi Rodgers

Carol Ruth Roszhart

Kimberly Ryan Maria Sanchez Joan Schroeder Rose Marie Schroeder

Al Schulte Blain Selvidge Stephanie Selvidge

Raymond Sharp Fred Shea Michael Shea

James E. Smith Barbara Ten Eyck Martha Ten Eyck Sarah Trzeciak

Vincent Wallace Joe Welsch Nancy Whalen

Barbara Williams Theresa Zlotopolski iAlfred Zlotopolski

Equillaa Zenon

Please Pray for the safety and well being of all Those serving In Our Military, especially the family members and friends of our St. Ann parishioners:

Keith Campbell Dylan Hilliard Andrew Spilling Brandon Klink Justin Scott Robert Spilling And pray also for those who are sick, home bound and nursing home residents:

BULLETIN NOTICES should be brought to the office, dropped in the basket, or emailed to patatstann@gmail.com by noon on Tuesdays to assure publication for that weekend’s bulletin.

COMING EVENTS - MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Sponsor’s Dinner Dance/Auction………...…………...Sat Apr 30 Last day of 2015-16 school year……………………..Fri, May 27 8th grade Graduation………………………………….Fri, May 27

Mon-Wed, Apr 25-27: Audrey Quinlisk & Federica Sullivan Thurs-Fri, April 28, 29: Tahj Henderson and Jayme Ferris Sat, Apr 30, 5:00 pm: Ryan Klohr and Logan McNack Sun, May 1, 8:00 am: Rebecca Williams and Estella Bahan Sun, May 1, 11:00 am: Lydia Dieckmann & Justin Reese

Altar Servers

Sat., May 7: Project Rachel Retreat Project Rachel is offering a one-day retreat for any woman who has been affected by an abortion experience. The retreat is a wonderful time of healing and prayer. It is led by a woman who is post-abortive along with others specially-trained to work with women who have had an abortion experience. The retreat is judgment-free. To learn more or to register, call the Project Rachel line at 314.792.7565.The services of Project Rachel and Project Joseph are available to anyone who has been wounded by an abortion experience and is seeking healing. Ser-vices include: free, confidential, professional counseling, monthly spir-itual support group meetings, healing retreats, spiritual direction, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Project Rachel Spiritual Support Group Thursday, April 28, 7:00. Contact Marisol at (314) 792-7451 for details. Project Joseph Spiritual Support Group Monday, May 2, 7:00 pm Contact Chuck at (314) 974-6787 or by email for details.

The Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) is underway. This year the appeal is called “The Courage to Love.” Your pledge helps fund needs and programs in our Parish and school (with teach-er and tuition support), the UMSL Newman Center, and else-where in the St. Louis area. Please pick up your pledge card in the back of church and return it in the collection basket in the following weeks. Your support is truly appreciated.