Please consider donating books that you have previously read or do not plan on reading and donate them to our Annual Book Sale. Proceeds help provide partial scholarship to Hartford students attending local Catholic High Schools. Please click for more information!

Mass times for All Saints Day will be 9am, 12:10pm and 7pm

Do you know...The connection between Queen Esther in the Old Testament and Queen Mary in the New Testament? Or that Fatima was named after a Muslim princess? To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Fatima, parishioner, Elaine Atiyeh, will give a talk on Fatima and show a video which presents a synopsis of the apparitions prefaced by such well-known figures as Malcolm Muggeridge, Dr. James Hitchcock and Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand who recount world events taking place at that time. This video is considered the best presentation on Fatima! October 15, 2017 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm or October 17, 2017 at 9:30am - 11:00am in Fr. Bennett Hall

The St. Ann Clothing Sale is fast approaching. It will be held on November 3rd and 4th. You can help in three ways. Please gather gently-used clothing, shoes, and accessories to donate on November 1st and 2nd. Volunteer to help organize, prepare, and assist at the sale. Come to shop for bargains and tell all your friends to come, too. All proceeds go to the St. Ann Scholarship Program which provides partial tuition support for deserving urban students to attend Catholic high school. Please see the bulletin for more details and contact information. Thank you!

Do you wish you saw more family, friends and neighbors in church? Watch this brief, inspiring video from Archbishop Leonard Blair - "Duc in Altum: Put Out Into the Deep" - about how to address this issue. Click title to be linked to the video.

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Click title to be taken to: "Laudato Si': On Care For Our Common Home".

9am, 12:10pm and 7pm

Please join the family of Rev. Michael Donahue at a Memorial Service on Saturday, August 5th at 11:00 am. Fr. Donahue is a local priest who served in Bolivia for over 30 years. He passed away in Bolivia earlier this year on May 4th. His obituary will be featured in the Summer 2017 NEXUS which will be mailed this month. The NEXUS is also available right now on our website at: http://www.stannavon.org/documents/2017/7/Nexus_Summer2017-1.pdf A reception will follow in Fr. Bennett Hall

CLICK TITLE TO BE TAKEN TO THE SURVEY. From the Archdiocese: "In preparation for the 2018 Synod on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment, the Archdiocese of Hartford is requesting that all parishes and schools encourage their young people (ages 16-29) to fill out the Archdiocesan Survey for Young People at: https://oeec.typeform.com/to/qPt9f0 . Many dioceses throughout the world are preparing for the 2018 Synod of Bishops and this survey will help Archbishop Blair develop his report on the youth of the Archdiocese of Hartford for that Synod. More importantly, this survey will be beneficial for the Archdiocese, as it strives to hear and respond to the voice of our youth and young adults, who will have the chance to express their thoughts and concerns about their faith and values. Please help us by sharing the link to the survey with all your young people."

Francine Sider, a member of our parish who passed away in 2015, was a dedicated believer in the value of Catholic education. She attended Catholic schools as a young child and went on to teach mathematics at St. Mary School in Simsbury. Mrs. Sider was an initial trustee of the St. Mary School Endowment Fund Trust. We invite current 8th graders who are parishioners at St. Ann and will be attending a Catholic high school this Fall to apply. Deadline is June 12, 2017. Click the title to be linked to the page with the downloadable application and more information.

The name ‘Tenebrae’ means darkness or shadows and it is a Holy Week devotion dating back to the 7th or 8th Century A.D. It is characterized by successive extinguishing of candles as the service progresses. No service during the entire church year is more biblical: Every word of Tenebrae is taken verbatim from the scriptures. The purpose of the service, through prayer and music, is to recreate the emotional aspects of the passion story and the events leading up to Good Friday; it is left unfinished, because the story isn’t over until Easter Sunday. Attending this powerfully moving service will set the tone, introduce the themes and adjust your heart and mind for the great events of the Passion and will help you prepare your heart for an even greater experience of Easter JOY! We will be having Tenebrae on Wednesday, April 12th at 7:30pm.

The Marthas + Marys and Men of Saint Ann are hosting a St. Patrick's Day Party (a wee late) on Saturday, March 18th at 7pm in Fr. Bennett Hall. Tickets are $15 each and will be sold after weekend Masses in March. Click title for more information!