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Normally a Holy Day of Obligation, this year, the Solemnity is being celebrated on Monday, December 9. Our Bishop, in following others, has decided that the Solemnity is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation this year. We will have a 9 a.m. Mass on Monday, Dec. 9, to celebrate the Solemnity.

Make plans to join us for a special Corpus Christi morning for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ on Sunday, June 2. St. Ann's will be hosting a Corpus Christi procession between the Masses on Sunday, June 2, at the old courthouse on the Square. After the 9 a.m. Mass, we will all arrive for coffee and donuts around 10 a.m. and begin the procession around the courthouse at 10:30 a.m. We will then come back for Mass at 11:30 a.m

Make plans to join us for a special Corpus Christi morning for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ on Sunday, June 11. St. Ann's will be hosting a Corpus Christi procession between the Masses on Sunday, June 11, at the old courthouse on the Square. After the 9 a.m. Mass, we will all arrive for Journey Coffee and donuts around 10 a.m. and begin the procession around the courthouse at 10:30 a.m. We will then come back for Mass at 11:30 a.m.

Divine Mercy Sunday is April 16, 2023. This is a wonderful time for conversion, inviting others to return to the Church, and growing closer to Christ's merciful heart on this feast. Please note the following opportunities at St. Ann's to celebrate this feast and receive the special plenary indulgence decreed by the Church: Extra Confession hours: Saturday, April 15, from 3-4:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 22, 3-4:30 p.m. Please note that Confession for the indulgence may occur twenty days before or after the Feast of Divine Mercy. Praying the Our Father, Apostles' Creed, and a special Hail Mary for the Pope after all the weekend Masses of April 15-16. Encouragement of all to practice works of mercy and charity, especially inviting inactive Catholics back to the practice of their faith. The spiritual and corporal works of mercy are: Feed the hungry; Instruct the ignorant; Give drink to the thirsty; Pray for the living and the dead; Shelter the homeless; Comfort the sorrowful; Visit the imprisoned; Bear wrongs patiently; Care for the sick; Counsel the doubtful; Bury the dead; Admonish the sinner; Clothe the naked; Forgive offenses. In addition, we will have Divine Mercy materials such as holy cards and the Divine Mercy Novena available in the narthex, place an image of Divine Mercy in the sanctuary for this feast, and gather at St. Ann's at 3 p.m. that Sunday to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

We will celebrate Holy Eucharist and the Signing with Ashes at 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the church. A Liturgy of the Word and Distribution of Ashes will occur at 12:10 p.m. in the church. Please remember that Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation but is a day of abstinence (no meat) and fasting (one full meal and two small meals).

To do our part to keep folks at home during the dangerous cold on Thursday, our parish office will be closed and our staff will be working from home. Also, our Thursday daily and Friday daily Masses are canceled and the parish office is closed on Friday for a long Christmas weekend. **Thanks to the huge response to today’s plea for helpers to decorate the church, “Hanging of the Greens”’is also canceled. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND PATIENCE. STAY SAFE AND WARM!

Our Thanksgiving Day Mass will be at 9 a.m. on Thursday, November 24. Parishioners are encouraged to bring a food item (bread, bottle of wine, or pie, ...) to be blessed that they will then share with their families.

Candles and Reading of Names will take place at before each weekend Mass on November 5 & 6. We will read the names of those whose funerals have taken place at St. Ann's since last November 1 and light a candle in memory of each person. Table of Remembrance. Next weekend, November 5 & 6, lease bring pictures of loved one who have died to place on the Table of Remembrance near the baptismal font in the front. Please put your name on the back of the picture so it doesn't get lost. These can be taken home the weekend of November 19 & 20. Visit and Blessing of Cemeteries will be on Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m. Our parish deacons will be present at both Dreamland Cemetery (in front of the little wooden chapel) and Memory Gardens (In front of the Holy Family statue on the west side) to pray the prayers for visiting the graves of loved ones from the Church's Book of Blessings. Holy Water will also be blessed at the cemeteries for visits to the graves of loved ones.

All Masses in November will be offered collectively for those you wish to remember. Envelopes will be available on the glass table in the narthex and in the parish office if you didn't receive one attached to a bulletin. Please place the envelopes in the offering basket or bring them to the parish office before the beginning of November. While it is customary to include a donation for the priests who offer these Masses, all envelopes will be included whether a donation has been included or not. The envelopes will be placed in a special basket in a place of honor in our church sanctuary for the entire month of November. May God grant eternal life to those who have died and comfort those of us who remain.

Ordinarily August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a holy day of obligation. But not this year. Most dioceses in the western United States do not require Mass attendance when such holy days fall on a Saturday or Monday. While it is not obligatory, we will have a Mass for the solemnity on Monday, August 15, at 8 a.m. in the church. Come celebrate all that God's grace has accomplished in the life of Mary - the same grace that can accomplish great things

Divine Mercy Sunday is next Sunday, April 24. Please note the following opportunities at St. Ann's to celebrate the feast and to receive the special plenary indulgence decreed by the Church. Extra Confession hours: Saturday, April 23, from 3-4:30 p.m. ; Tuesday, April 26, from 6-7 p.m.; Saturday, April 30, from 3-4:30 p.m. Please note that Confession for the indulgence may occur twenty days before or after the Feast of Divine Mercy! Praying the Our Father, Apostles' Creed, and a special Hail Mary for the Pope after all the weekend Masses of April 23-24. Encouragement of all to practice works of mercy and charity, especially inviting inactive Catholics back to the practice of their faith. In addition, we will have an image of Divine Mercy in the sanctuary for this feast, and gather at St. Ann's at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

The Confirmation Mass has been scheduled with Bishop Zurek's office for Saturday, May 21, at 5 p.m. Please pray for our Confirmandi as they approach the reception of this Sacrament.

Visit the St. Joseph Table in the church narthex today, March 19, to honor the Solemnity of St. Joseph. At the table, you will find blessed cookies, holy cards, and an opportunity to give thanks to God and contribute to the care of the poor with a box for the poor.

We will celebrate Holy Eucharist and the Signing with Ahses at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the church. A Distribution of Ashes service will occur at 12:15 p.m. in the church. Please remember that Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting (one full meal and two small meals) and abstinence (no meat).

St. Joseph, defender of life, pray for us! is the theme of the annual Respect Life Mass and Walk on Saturday, January 22. Activities begin with a Diocesan Respect Life Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, 1200 South Washington, celebrated by priests of the Diocese of Amarillo. Following Mass, the Walk for Life will begin with prayer and a procession to 15th and Taylor, where the Rosary for Life, Marriage and Family will be prayed at Sanborn Park

Thanksgiving Day Mass will be at 9 a.m. on Thursday, November 25. Parishioners are encouraged to bring a food item (bread, bottle of wine, or a pie) to be blessed that they will then share with their families and friends.

St. Ann's is celebrating All Saints Day and All Souls Day beginning with Candles and Reading of Names, the Table of Remembrance, and All Saints processions at all of the weekend Masses next weekend (October 30 & 31). The Visit and Blessing at Cemeteries will be on Sunday, October 31, at 2 p.m. All Saints Day Mass will be at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 1. A Mass to celebrate the Feast of All Souls will be on Tuesday, November 2, at 6 p.m. Please click on the article title for more details on each of our celebrations commemorating All Saints Day and All Souls Day.

The 10th Annual Red Mass will be celebrated at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 19, at St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral with Bishop Patrick J. Zurek as celebrant. Following Mass, the Honorable Eva M Guzman, former member of the Texas Supreme Court, will be the keynote speaker. A reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will follow in the Monsignor Smyer Reception Room. Judges, lawyers, public officials, law faculty members and the community are invited to the Mass and reception.

If you would like to learn more about and contribute to the planning of our Holy Week liturgies, join us this Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the parish office for a liturgical planning meeting focused on Palm Sunday and the Sacred Triduum (Holy Thursday + Good Friday + The Easter Vigil). Your ideas might be just what we need to consider as we seek to make our liturgies beautiful, meaningful, and worthy of God. In addition to our deacons, musicians, decorators, and staff, you are most welcome to help us "put it all together" for this year's celebrations.

Please help us next weekend (March 6 & 7) with your Mass attendance. Due to the use of the parish hall for our Czech Sausage Dinner, there will be NO overflow seating available for the Sunday morning Masses on March 7. We urge as many parishioners as possible to attend Mass on Saturday, March 6, at 5 p.m. Overflow seating will be available for that Mass. Thank you for making some adjustments to ease the pressure on Sunday morning crowd size next week.