Pastoral Associate

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…

The miracle in Sunday’s Gospel reveals the extraordinary resources of life within each of us.” This past week the 2019 St. Ann by the Sea Vacation Bible School took place here in our parish hall. The theme of this year’s…

“Virtue can not take root without the help of temptation…Faith hope, charity, chastity and patience and every virtue must be tried. Otherwise there would be no virtue.”   Fr. Peter Semenenko What is virtue and how is it acquired? Virtue is…

When we pray a novena to St. Ann we are enlisting the aid of one of our most beloved saints.” This month on July 26th the Church celebrates the feast of St. Ann and St. Joachim. It was in the…

At any time we can adore the Blessed Sacrament and join the Lord’s self offering to God for the life of the world.” Christ Jesus is always present to His Church, “especially in her liturgical celebrations… in the poor, the…

God, the Creator of our lives and our freedom, enables us  by our free will to act or not to act, to shape our lives by our own response to Him.” How is your memory? If it is like mine,…

we find that we are given a choice, not an easy one, but a decision to focus on the beauty of the Church, a beauty that is all love, truth and goodness Recently I had heard that a beloved Boston…

Betrayal can break our hearts and shatter our sense of what is real and true. Have you ever noticed how The Old Testament and the New Testament present us time after time with family conflict and betrayal? Take for example…