Pastoral Associate

God is able to look into the hearts of all to see their motivation CATECHETICAL CORNER Our Question of the Week: We/I think the Catholic notion of mortal and venial sin is flawed. All sin is serious, and since it…

October is a Marian month . . . , it is a month set aside for special Marian activities. I love the month of October for many reasons, the changing colors of the leaves and the beautiful color scheme that…

Catechesis is intimately bound up with the whole of the Church’s life . . .  Last weekend, the Church celebrated Catechetical Sunday, a Sunday which is celebrated annually on the second or third Sunday of September in parishes across the…

As Catholics we are called to be merciful, to be of comfort for those that we do not know . . .  This week we celebrated the 18th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks that changed the world as we knew…

This week we celebrate that we honor and remember those 3,000 + people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on a quiet field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. President Kennedy once…

I look forward to working with you and your family this year. Dear Parents, I am writing you today to thank you for registering your child for this year’s 2019-20 St. Ann by the Sea Religious Education Program. If you…

All learning begins with prayer . . . The St. Ann by the Sea Religious Education Program (CCD) is a program with a vibrant Eucharistic spirituality, meaningful catechesis, and mission outreach to the poor, the marginalized and homebound. Our students…

The St. Ann by the Sea Religious Education Program (CCD) is a program with a vibrant Eucharistic spirituality, meaningful catechesis, and mission outreach . . . Thank you so much for your support of our Teen Mission Fundraisers: The Turkey…

. . . we  need simply to trust in God’s Love, and there we will find our Joy!” The early Church saints were witnesses to a living faith and they were regular people that with faith in God they did…

Let my hands be open to God’s Word in my life.” This past week the Church celebrated the Memorial of Saint Martha on July 29th. Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus.  She received the Lord as a guest…