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The catechumens and candidates in St. Ann's RCIA will be joining the Catholic Church on Saturday, May 30, at the 5 p.m. Mass. God, please continue to sustain and be with the catechumens and candidates as their journey finally leads them into Your fold. May they always follow your will and draw upon the grace you will give them in the sacraments of initiation to lead them to life everlasting! Amen.

Bishop Zurek has given permission to begin public weekend Masses the weekend of May 30-31, 2020.**Strict protocols and distancing requirements will be required.** Please see the May 24 bulletin for diocesan and parish protocols for returning to public Masses, available on the Bulletins webpage: https://stannsofcanyon.org/bulletins

The diocesan Totus Tuus program will be making its return to St. Ann's on June 6!  Due to social distancing rules and the large number of kids the Totus Tuus program usually attracts, this summer the team will be making a direct effort in creating and building Discipleship Groups with the High School youth. The team will be at our parish from June 6-July 2, creating and maintaining groups that will encourage teens to not only grow in their faith but encourage one another to become disicples every day. These groups will meet three times per week from 7:30-9 p.m., in person if possible (outside, in a large room), with social distancing guidelines in place, but online if not possible. For more information, please contact Joshua Dutchover at jdutchover@stannsofcanyon.org or Adrian Johnson at ajohnson@stannsofcanyon.org

All graduating high school seniors are invited to participate in the Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday, June 7, at 9 a.m., as we celebrate their graduation. If you plan on attending the Mass, please email Joshua Dutchover at jdutchover@stannsofcanyon.org or call the parish office at 655-3302.

There will be a short meeting for ALL Music Ministers this Wednesday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the church. We will discuss protocols and scheduling for returning to public Masses. If you have any questions or cannot attend the meeting, please contact Cindy Good. Thank you for your patience and sharing your talent with St. Ann's!

Bishop Zurek will come to confer the sacrament of Confirmation on the students on Friday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m. Please pray for the confirmandi as they prepare to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Confirmandi and sponsors must be at the church no later than 5:45 p.m.)

First Reconciliation for students preparing to receive First Communion has been rescheduled for June 9, 10, and 11 at 6:30 p.m. A sign up link has been sent out via email. If you have not received it, please contanct Adrian Johnson at ajohnson@stannsofcanyon.org.  First Communion has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, for First Communicants and their families only. Limit is 10 people per child (including the child).

All students who were in Faith Formation this year (2019-2020) may come and pick up their textbooks on Tuesday, May 26 through Friday, May 29, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the parish hall. In order to ensure the least amount of contact, parishioners should pull up to either side of the parish hall and wait in their cars for someone to come out and get your name. The volunteer will then bring your children's textbooks out to you and you can be on your way! Contact Adrian Johnson with any questions or concerns. Thank you!

Visit the I Heart Canyon Facebook page to see how the churches in Canyon are working together to help our community during this pandemic.

St. Ann's parishioners are asked to help Catholic Charities in placing donated jars in the food barrel located in the Chapel. Each month a different food theme will be chosen to help with the food pantry at Catholic Charities. This month: peanut butter and jelly.

Palms will be blessed at next Sunday's Palm/Passion Sunday Mass and be made available for your drive-by reception. Fr. Scott and the deacons will be in front of the church next Sunday, April 5, from noon to 1 p.m. to hand out blessed palms and offer a blessing to those who drive up (moving north to south), weather permitting. Please do NOT exit your cars. Starting at 2 p.m. than day, blessed palms will be available in barrels for your taking in front of the entrance to the chapel, as well as next to the mailbox in front of the rectory. Please take only enough for you and your family, and save some for others.

Because of the latest "shelter-in-place" restrictions put into place in Amarillo and Canyon, and subsequent instructions from the diocese, we will not have scheduled Confessions until further notice. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:  "Where the individual faithful find themselves in the painful impossibility of receiving sacramental absolution, it should be remembered that perfect contrition, coming from the love of God, beloved of all things, expressed by a sincere request for forgiveness, (that which the penitent is at present able to express) and accompanied by the firm resolution to have recourse, as soon as possible, to sacramental confession, obtains forgiveness of sins, even mortal ones" (cf. CCC, no. 1452).

Anyone in need of assistance (someone to go to the grocery store, food, cleaning items, etc.) can call our parish office and we will make sure that we have one of our Knights of Columbus or parish volunteer connect with you. Please call the parish office at 806-655-3302 for assistance or to volunteer.

Parishioners and friends of St. Ann's can now make one-time or recurring gifts directly on our parish website. It's simple and secure. You can even turn your tithe into an automatic gift that gives when and how often you'd like with your own online donor account. Visit stannsofcanyon.org/give by clicking on "Online Giving" above to see how easy it is! While we will be unable to gather as a community for Mass, St. Ann’s still needs your financial support to pay bills, salaries and offer support to other parishioners who may be in great need during this time. If you have not signed up for online giving please consider doing so. Parishioners can make weekly one time payments our automatic payments at stannsofcanyon.org/give If you would still like to give by check or cash we are asking that envelopes be dropped off in the curbside mailbox in front of the Rectory, or be sent to the parish P.O. Box. 59, Canyon, TX 79015.

All Masses have been suspended until further notice due to the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) protocols enacted by Bishop Zurek.

All Faith Formation classes have been suspended until further notice due to the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) protocols enacted by Bishop Zurek.

St. Ann's has a parish subscription to FORMED. You can sign up for Formed by going to formed.org/signup on your PC or laptop and entering "St. Ann's Catholic Church" into the search bar.  It will say "St. Ann's Catholic Church, 605 38th Street, TX" and that is our parish. (You must sign up with a PC or laptop before you do so on a mobile device.)  Please click on the article title to connect to the FORMED sign up page.

First Reconciliation for all First Communion students will be next Saturday, March 21, at 11 a.m. OR Saturday, March 28, at 11 a.m. If you have not signed up, please contact Adrian Johnson, DRE, at ajohnson@stannsofcanyon.org.

St. Ann's parishioners are asked to help Catholic Charities by placing donated cans in the food barrels locaetd in the northwest corner of the narthex (near the mosaic). Each month, a different food theme will be chosen to help with the food pantry at Catholic Charities. This Month:  Canned noodles.

In conjunction with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, special protocols for Masses have been put into place by Bishop Zurek until further notice. These protocols will be read before each of this weekend’s Masses. Some things to note before you come to Mass: • Please do not come to Mass or to any large gatherings of people if you are sick, elderly, have a compromised immune system or chronic illness. It is not wrong to miss Mass in these circumstances and in light of the current pandemic. • Please plan to avoid handshaking and close contact at the liturgies until further notice. • Feel free to spread out in the church if possible in order to put some distance between each other. • Come with clean hands and a plan to cover your mouth and nose if you need to cough or sneeze. • Please note that the parish staff and Ushers will be wiping down door handles and other surfaces between Masses. • Exercise thoughtfulness and courtesy, especially as we seek to do our own part to protect not only ourselves but others who might be more vulnerable. Lord, take care of your people, especially those who are sick and vulnerable as well as those health care workers and scientists who seek to cure and care for those struck by disease. Help us in this time of need to live cautiously but not fearfully, remembering your everlasting care for your people. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.