MASS SCHEDULE:

Weekdays 7:00 or 9:30 a.m. (Convent)

8:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

Saturday 7:00 or 9:30 a.m. (Convent)

5:00 p.m. (St. Ann Church-Sunday

Fulfillment)

Sunday 8:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

11:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

BAPTISMS: By appointment.

(Instruction classes for Parents and God-parents

on Monday evenings by appointment. Contact

the Rectory early in pregnancy.)

CONFESSIONS: Sat. 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.

WEDDINGS: Prepare for your marriage.

Archdiocese guidelines must be followed.

Contact the Pastor at least 6 months in advance

to assist you. You must be attending

Sunday Mass.

7530 Natural Bridge

Normandy, Missouri- 63121

www.stannchurch-stl.org

School website: www.sacs-stl.org

Rev. Nick Winker , Parochial Administrator

385-5090, ext 855, frnick@stannchurch-stl.org

Pat Marstall, Secretary- 385-5090, ext 851

Jacob Reft, School Principal- 381-0113

Anna Hook, Preschool Director- 382-2974

Eileen Engelmeyer, Bookkeeper- 385-5090 ext 852

Parish Center Scheduling and Rental- 385-5090

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK:

If you are unable to attend mass for a prolonged

period of time, call the rectory to arrange for

Holy Communion at your residence. Likewise,

please inform the rectory staff if you will be

hospitalized so we can attend to your spiritual

health.

NEW PARISHIONERS: A warm welcome

to new parishioners. Please stop at the Rectory

and register. If you move, please let us know.

CHILDRENS LITURGY:

Grades K thru 6, Special Liturgy of the Word

at 11:00 a.m. Sunday Mass, Sept-May

BULLETIN DEADLINE: Noon on Tuesday PARISH ORGANIZATIONS MEETINGS

Knights of Columbus - 2nd Wednesday…7:30 p.m.

Rosary begins at…7:20 p.m.

Ladies’ Guild-Second Thursday………… .8:00 p.m.

Men’s Club - Last Wednesday…………… 8:15 p.m.

Finance Committee Quarterly……………. 7:00 p.m.

School Board - 2nd Monday……………... 6:30 p.m.

Athletic Association - 4th Monday ………. 8:00 p.m.

Social Justice Committee-4th Monday….. 7:00 pm

SAPO……..1st Tuesday………………….. 7:00 p.m.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 24, 2016

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

LECTOR SCHEDULE JULY 30, 31 Saturday, July 30, 5:00 pm: Anjanette Smith

Sunday, July 31, 8:00 am: Pat Lohe

11:00 am: Kate Flatley

July 24: Dynamic Catholic, Alive!­ – Praying like Faithful Children How often have we encountered a small child persistently asking over and over for the same thing? How often have we ourselves done this with our Heavenly Father in prayer? Perhaps we think we shouldn’t take this approach, and yet Jesus Himself reminds us that persistence in prayer is really important. Pray always—like faithful children, let “Our Father” hear from us our deepest need. Persistent prayer is an act of love and trust in God. (CCC 2742) archstl.org/dynamic

SANCTUARY LADIES : Friday, July 29, 2016 Rosemary Fischer and volunteer

READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 24, 2016

Sunday: Gn 18:20-32/Ps 138:1-3, 6-8/Col 2:12-14/Lk 11:1-13 Monday: 2 Cor 4:7-15/Ps 126:1-6/Mt 20:20-28 Tuesday: Jer 14:17-22/Ps 79:8-11, 13/Mt 13:36-43 Wednesday: Jer 15:10, 16-21/Ps 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18/Mt 13:44-46 Thursday: Jer 18:1-6/Ps 146:1-6/Mt 13:47-53 Friday: Jer 26:1-9/Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14/Jn 11:19-27 o Lk 10:38-42 Saturday: Jer 26:11-16, 24/Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34

From the Parochial Administrator’s Keyboard:

The saints walk with us on our journey with Christ. The stories of

their lives are important to us, but the relationships Christians

have had with them over generations, so often over the millennia,

is an important part of the story too. St. Anthony is a bit of an

odd choice to be the patron saint of lost thing, but as so many of

us know a prayer to St. Anthony is often answered. We can see

this in the example of today’s saint. This Sunday is the feast of

St. Charbel Makhlouf. St. Charbel lived in Lebanon from 1828 to

1898. He was a monk and hermit, basically the last 20 years of his

life he didn’t really interact with anyone. When he died people

knew he was holy, but they began to get an insight into how holy

he was when on the day of his funeral the rain fell everywhere

except around his coffin. Miracles followed! While he was ob-

scure during his life, St. Charbel is called on as a powerful inter-

cessor throughout the world now. When I spent a summer in

Mexico City, this Lebanese hermit’s statue was found in many

churches, and was often arrayed with signs of thanksgivings for

miracles received. While the saint spent much of his time in his

life in solitude and silence, many now consider him their friend in

prayer.

On Tuesday of this week we celebrate the feast of our patron,

St. Ann. We don’t know much for certain about St. Ann’s life, but

we know the stories Christians have shared over the centuries.

The names Joachim and Ann for the parents of the Blessed Virgin

Mary comes from a book called the proto-evangelion of James.

This book is very old, probably written around the year 170. No

one is an under any obligation to consider this story history, but

many saints have read the story and grown closer to God through

it. Many generations of Christians called upon the name of St.

Ann and found heavenly help as we do today. We meet St. Joachim

as an old childless man who goes to serve the temple as priest.

Joachim is publicly rebuked for being childless by the chief

priests. Instead of returning home to his wife he goes off into

the field ashamed of himself planning to live as a shepherd and

fast and pray. Ann is saddened for her husband, and for herself.

She crawls up under a tree in the garden and prays as well. An

angel appears to both of them promising that God has heard their

prayer and they will have a child. Joachim rushes home and Ann

runs out and meets him coming up the path and hugging him

tightly, “hanging about his neck,” she says “Now I know the Lord

has greatly blessed me!” In this tender moment of joy we are

called to celebrate God’s generosity and to imitate their faithful-

ness.

As a separate note: Next week we will have Fr. Daniel McCaffrey

speak on behalf of the missions. I have not heard him speak yet, but I

am excited. He is apparently an amazing speaker. He recently did a

parish mission at one of my former parishes and filled the church. We

are blessed to have such a talented speaker to call us to missionary

COMING EVENTS

St. Ann. Soccer Camp…………………………….…………....Mon-Fri, August 2-5

St. Ann Parish Family Picnic…………………………….....Sat, August 6

Criminal Justice Ministry Trivia Night……..……….Sat. August 20

Please welcome Fr. Daniel McCaffrey next

weekend, July 30/31. He will be preaching and col-

lecting support for the Pontifical Society of St. Peter

the Apostle. Father McCaffrey was ordained in

1958. He holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from

the University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in

Rome. He served for over seven years in Pakistan . In

1968 during the Vietnam Conflict, Father joined the

United States Army Chaplain Corps. During more than

twenty years of active duty he served in Vietnam, Korea,

Germany and Honduras, as well as numerous army instal-

lations throughout the US.

: Our sanctuary ladies are

seeking additional volunteers

to help with light house keeping in the church on Fri-

days (Thursdays when Eucharistic Adoration is sched-

uled that Friday) following the 8:00 am mass. Your

commitment is typically one half to one hour per month.

If you are interested please contact Rosemary Fischer

at 389-7116.

Thursday, July 28th at 11:30 am . We will meet at 11:00

in the parking lot. Please call Carol Giblin, 383-3832 for

reservations by noon Tuesday, July 26th.

FINANCIAL REPORT

For the 3rd week of July ending 7/17/2016 $5,317

Stewardship Goal: $21,300 Actual Monthly Parish Stewardship: $18,973

Money Counters: Monday, July 25: Team D

Next weekend there will be a special collection for

Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle.

St. Ann Church July 24, 2016

James Alexander Katie Alexander Patrick Barry Alex Befort Marty Beglin Dorothy Birdsong Mary Leigh Britt Carl Brown Don Buchholz Marie Buechert Marcia Buterin Jerry Buterin Walter Chadwick Helen Craven Fr. Jim Edwards Rose Ann Emma Elaine Fitzgerald Kathleen Fitzgerald Bruce Gardiner Julie Garcia Dominic Gaulden Fritzi Goodman Wallace Goodwin Emily Habel

Amy Habel Shannon McLaughlin Healy Mary Hof Cindy Hogan Chris Holmes Mike Hubbard Betty Husmann James Jakle Levi Jennings Jack Klein Pauline Lawler Barb Lynch Kirk Markuly Dan McGraugh Bob Merritt MaryLouise Montgomery Peggy Murry John Nikonowicz Jack Niland Sheila Nunes Anne Parker Kevin Putnam Marcia Putnam Reft Family

Vi Rodgers Carol Ruth Roszhart Kimberly Ryan Maria Sanchez Joan Schroeder Rose Marie Schroeder Al Schulte Blain Selvidge Stephanie Selvidge Raymond Sharp Fred Shea Michael Shea James E. Smith Barbara Ten Eyck Martha Ten Eyck Sarah Trzeciak Joe Welsch Nancy Whalen Barbara Williams Debbie Winkler Henry Wright Theresa Zlotopolski Alfred Zlotopolski

Altar Servers Mon-Fri, July 25-July 29: Jacob Bird and Max Vogt

Sat, July 30, 5:00 pm: Lucille and John Dunker Sun, July 31, 8:00 am: Jack Garrett and Maria Thornton

Sun, July 31, 11:00 am: Aiden and Cullen Quinlisk

MONDAY, July 25 7:00 am (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Dolores Toppmeyer TUESDAY, July 26 7:00 am (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Don Muckerman WEDNESDAY, July 27 7:00 am (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Gerald Quinlisk THURSDAY, July 28 7:00 am (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am William Bove’ FRIDAY, July 29 7:00 am (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Clayton A. Philipp SATURDAY, July 30 9:30am (Good Shepherd Convent) 5:00 pm Bud Frank SUNDAY, July 31 8:00 am The People of St. Ann Parish 9:30 am (Good Shepherd Convent) 11:00 am Gerald Quinlisk

Please Pray for the safety and well being of all those

serving in our Military, especially the family members

and friends of our St. Ann parishioners:

Keith Campbell Dylan Hilliard Brandon Klink

Justin Scott Robert Spilling Paul Phillips III Pray also for those who are sick, home bound and in nursing homes:

From Death to New Life

In you charity please pray for the repose of the soul of parish-

ioner, Paul Graff. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful

departed rest in peace

THE ANNUAL to benefit our school is seeking a

New Coordinator. It would be great if this wonderful

fund-raiser and opportunity to clean

our homes for a good cause could con-

tinue. If you are interested in volunteer-

ing for the job, please contact Pat or Eileen at 385-5090.

beONE Concert Series Contemporary Christian Music with Matt Maher,

an evening of prayer and spirit-filled praise.

August 12 at 7:00 p.m. at Assumption Parish,

403 N Main St, O'Fallon, MO.

Matt performed at the Youth Concert in Brazil in

2013 and in 2015 was awarded the Songwriter of the Year by

the Gospel Music Association. Tickets may be purchased at

the door or online at assumptionbvm.org. For more information

please call the parish at 636-240-3721.

COCA THEATRE COMPANY SUMMER MUSICAL Set in the underground dance clubs,

radio stations and recording studios of 1950s Memphis, this hot musical

bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a

tale filled with laughter, soul and rock & roll! Parishioner, David Hubbard is appearing in this Tony Award winning play. Tickets available: COCA Box Office 314-561-4877 or online co-

castl.org. Friday July 29 at 7 pm, Saturday, July 30 at 2 pm & 7 pm at

the Edison Theatre—Washington University Campus

Use Scrip Cards for all your Back to School needs. Cards are

sold after all weekend Masses and Monday through Friday at the Parish Office 8:30 am—3:00 pm

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