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Due to coronavirus-related public health restrictions on large group gatherings, we have rescheduled our Parish Mission with Vince Ambrosetti, originally planned for end of this month. The NEW DATES are October 18-21 - please mark your calendar! May God bless you with peace and good health, the St. Ann Parish Mission Team.

St. Ann Cares is a branch of the Social Justice Committee. Their mission is to provide a safer, warmer, and dryer living environment for the less fortunate. Each year on the first Saturday in May an army of volunteers build, upgrade, renovate and beautify housing for others. ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! Click the title to be taken to their webpage where you can find a volunteer sign-up form to print.

Join the Archdiocese of Hartford at the Pro-Life Pilgrimage, March for Life, from January 23-24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Please click title for poster with more details!

Our Social Justice Scholarship Committee sponsors this popular event and proceeds from the sale go towards the St. Ann Scholarship Fund which donates partial tuition scholarships to deserving urban students attending local Catholic high schools. Please drop off your book donations on Wed./Thurs., January 15-16 from 9:30am to 6pm and Friday, January 17th from 9:30-11:30am. The sale will be: Friday, January 17th from 5-7:30pm (there is a $5 adult admission fee on Friday evening only), Saturday, January 18th from 9am-6pm and Sunday, January 19th from 8am-12:45pm.

This event is free and open to all high school teens, regardless of school, town, denonimation or faith, and is multi-town event presented to you by St. Catherine of Siena Youth Ministry and the Jordan Porco Foundation, Hartford, CT. Fresh Check Day/Realities of Life “Carnival” will be held on Sunday, October 6, from 1 – 4 p.m., on the grounds of St. Catherine of Siena, 265 Stratton Brook Road, West Simsbury, CT 06092. Fresh Check Day is a free, nondenominational event open to all high school students. Fresh Check Day is a program established by the Jordan Porco Foundation, and was created to encourage an approachable atmosphere, to engage teens in dialogue about mental health and to help build a bridge between students and the mental health resources available to them in school, their community and nationwide. Fresh Check Day is an uplifting mental health event that includes interactive games and expo booths, peer-to-peer messaging, support and giveaways from local community resources, live music, free food and entertainment, and exciting prizes, and much more.

World Day for Migrants and Refugees is September 29. The USCCB’s Justice for Immigrants program has prepared a very helpful educational piece on Church teaching and migration, called “Welcoming Christ in the Migrant” whose purpose is to give Catholics an opportunity to reflect on the issue of migration through Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching Tradition. Click for link to article.

St. Ann's Cares is once again partnering with Homefront. This year's project is maintenance on a home in Hartford. Come join us in the joy of helping others. There is something for ALL skill levels. Please meet at the Church at 7:00 am on Saturday morning. Questions or information contact Steve Rose at 860-250-5355 or sjrose1088@gmail.com, or Judy Cooke at 860-670-0586 or judyann.cooke@gmail.com

Check out page 21 of the April 19 issue of the Valley Press to read all about St. Ann's Sandwich Sunday event, which took place in February. To read the article click here. The event was a huge success. Thank you to all who participated!

ST ANN CARES, May 4, 2019 Saint Ann's Cares is once again partnering with Homefront, and our project this year is to do some maintenance on the home of an elderly woman in Hartford. This is mostly an exterior project with LOTS of painting, some masonry, and some landscape & yard work. There is something for ALL skill levels. Click title to be taken to the St. Ann Cares Ministry page where you can download a Volunteer Registration Form. Registration can be emailed back to judyann.cooke@gmail.com or printed and left at the Parish Office.

We will begin the Divine Mercy Novena on Good Friday, April 19th. We will pray the Novena in the wing of the church following the 3 p.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion. All are welcome to join us. In His revelations to St. Faustina Jesus requested that a Novena be said for the 9 days proceeding Divine Mercy Sunday. The Novena also includes the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. Jesus also told St. Faustina , regarding Divine Mercy Sunday, that on that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy. (699) The Diary of St. Faustina. Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated here at St. Ann on Sunday, April 28th with a Holy Hour from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Please join us to honor Our Lord’s request that the Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy. Please come and receive extraordinary graces.

Please be aware that parishioners from St. Ann’s, and other local parishes, have received suspicious e-mails and/or calls that claim to be from clergy, church staff members, and volunteers. At St. Ann’s specifically, individuals are receiving e-mails that appear to be from Fr. McHugh requesting that gift cards be purchased for individuals who are sick or otherwise in need. These are fake e-mails in an attempt to scam people out of money. Please note: our parish does not make unsolicited calls or e-mails to request money, the purchase of gifts, or your personal information. Should an individual receive suspicious correspondence of this nature they are advised to not provide any information to the person contacting them or, if possible, to not respond. Civil authorities are aware of this matter. If you are unsure of any correspondence that appears to be from our parish, please call us at 860-673-9858 to verify. Thank you for your vigilance and cooperation.

This weekend our Faith Formation students took home Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowls. What is CRS Rice Bowl? According to the CRS website: "CRS Rice Bowl is Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten program for families and faith communities in the United States who want to put their faith into action. Through CRS Rice Bowl, participants are invited to hear stories about their brothers and sisters in need around the world, and devote their Lenten prayers, fasting and alms to change the lives of those who suffer in poverty." Be sure to check out the CRS app which offers daily reflections, recipes, and a way to track your Lenten sacrifices. The app is downloadable on Apple devices and Google Play: https://www.crsricebowl.org/about Rice Bowls are due back to Avon Middle School on March 31!