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THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD AUGUST 6, 2017

ICON - Beginning Monday, July 24th through August 14th, St. Ann's Church will be hosting the Holy Family icon, sponsored by the Msgr. Dewson Council of the Knights of Columbus as part of their national and diocesan efforts to pray for and strengthen Catholic families. The icon has been blessed by Pope Francis and, during the parish's upcoming novena, will be displayed below the statue of our Lady. Visit the Knights of Columbus website for more information and prayers.

2018 Mass Intentions - We are now accepting Mass requests for the calendar year 2018. Since the earliest days, Holy Mass has been offered for the dead. Our prayers, but especially Holy Mass, assist those who have passed on attain heaven. Also since its earliest days, the Church has offered Mass for the intentions of the living, especially the sick. Many of you ask for Masses to be said regularly for deceased loved ones, and some ask that these Masses be offered on specific dates. Your special requests will be honored to the extent possible and we do our best to accommodate you, but we ask for your patience and understanding in this regard. Scheduling begins in late October so it is important that requests be received by October 16, 2017. If you would like to be informed of the dates and times of your scheduled Masses, please include a self- addressed stamped envelope, a phone number or an email address so that we can contact you. Thank you and God bless you. There are some openings between now and the end of year if you are wanting to schedule Mass Intentions for your loved ones. The recommended stipend per mass is $10.00. To check availability, email the rectory office at [email protected] or call 654-5519.

Offertory Update – For the month of June 2017, offertory contributions were $50,855 which was $855.00 over budget. The same time period – June 2016, contributions were $47,865. Year to date (fiscal year started in July 2016) actuals were $617,206 which was $17,206 over budget. The same time frame in 2016 - actual totals were $594,141. As always, thank you for your contributions to St. Ann’s Church.

Feed My Lambs, Feed My Sheep Food Collection Expanded - The Food Collections in Saint Ann are normally for Thanksgiving and during Lent. Someone has been leaving bags of food just about every week since Lent of this year. The Knights have taken the food to Saint Paul Parish "Feed the Hungry" Food Bank. The Lord might be reminding us that those less fortunate need to eat all year round. Thus, a Knights of Columbus bin will be placed in the Vestibule of our church for anyone who may wish to donate food at any time. The Monsignor John DEWSON Council 13821, Knights of Columbus, will collect the donated food weekly and take the food to Saint Paul Church "Feed the Hungry" Food Bank. The Food Collection at Thanksgiving and during Lent will continue with special emphasis.

Collection for The Cathedral – The Cathedral of Saint Peter is in need of our help. The weekend of August 19 & 20, a special collection for the maintenance and preservation of the Cathedral of Saint Peter will be taken up in all parishes in our diocese. Please be as generous as you can. For more information about the Cathedral, please visit the Cathedral’s website at www.cathedralofstpeter.com. For a video tour of the Cathedral, special video message from Father Klein the Cathedral’s Administrator, and a tour of the Cathedral’s 99 year-old organ, visit the diocesan website at www.cdow.org. Together, we can help assure that our Cathedral will remain a place of beauty and prayer for generations to come.

To Everyone at St. Ann's - I can't begin to adequately thank all of you for your kindness and support during my assignment at St. Ann's. My time at the parish will always be remembered with great fondness and warmth, and not only will everyone be remembered in my prayers, but everyone will also be remembered in prayer at the National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia, where, as a sign of my appreciation, I have enrolled the entire parish perpetually in the St. John Neumann Guild. The spiritual benefits include remembrance in 50 Masses offered every year at the Shrine. The exact wording I submitted was "The parishioners, priests, staff, employees, students, teachers, and families of St. Ann Church and school in Wilmington, DE, living and deceased, past, present, and future." Thank you again, and may God bless you abundantly! ---Fr. Dan 302ann1 Taking a Vacation??? No need to miss your contribution to St. Ann’s. Signup for our Parish Saturday August 5 Online Giving program and your donation will 8:00 A.M. Christopher P. McClafferty automatically be deducted from your account. It’s 5:00 P.M. The Faulkner family simple…convenient… and safe! For more info or to Sunday August 6 signup, visit our website stannwilmington.com and 7:30 A.M. Eileen Orga click on Parish Giving – EFT or call the rectory at 9:30 A.M. Dr. John S. Asta (302)654-5519. 11:30 A.M. Parishioners Monday August 7 Summer Program – It’s still not too late to sign up 6:30 A.M. Frances Como for the last weeks of St. Ann’s School Summer 8:00 A.M. Anne Schmidt Camp. The program is designed for our younger Tuesday August 8 campers - ages 3 to 5 years old. The cost is 6:30 A.M. Mia Shorteno Fraser $225.00 per week. The schedule will be 9am-3pm 8:00 A.M. Francis Menton daily with before and after care provided at an Wednesday August 9 additional cost. Weekly themes will include Under the Sea, Animals, Stars & Stripes, Fairytales, 6:30 A.M. Clifford Hemphill Pirates, Rainforest, Beach Week, Camping and 8:00 A.M. Kathy Godley the Circus. To register, visit Thursday August 10 www.stannsummercamp.weebly.com. 6:30 A.M. Rev. Msgr. Paul J. Taggart 8:00 A.M. Paul Bradley Bible Study – During Part 1 of the study of Acts, Friday August 11 the focus was on the work of the Holy Spirit through 6:30 A.M. Ryan Sebastian the apostles after Pentecost. In Part 2, the focus 8:00 A.M. Teresa Pisano will be more on the work of the Holy Spirit through Saturday August 12 St. Paul and the message to the Gentiles. If you’ve 8:00 A.M. Joana Matlusky ever wondered what Acts is really about, how the 5:00 P.M. Henry, John & Jimmy Mauk Early Church relates to the church today or about Sunday August 13 your role in the Kingdom of God, join us for Acts: 7:30 A.M. Braun & Mooney families The Spread of the Kingdom. Acts: The Spread 9:30 A.M. Joseph Maddams, Jr. of the Kingdom is a Bible study which explores the 11:30 A.M. Parishioners story of the Early Church in light of the Holy Spirit Pray for the sick, shut-ins and elderly of our and demonstrates how this story is important for all Parish. Disciples of Christ. Enrich and deepen your faith. Learn how the Church accomplishes the The Chapel of Divine Mercy is open 6am to monumental task of teaching, preaching, healing 10pm, 7 days a week with the Blessed Sacrament and restoring outcasts with the Holy Spirit working exposed. Can you offer an hour of your time? Visit with and through Her, and how you are also called www.adorationchapel.org to sign up. You can to participate in the Kingdom of God. The Bible also call Chris at 584-1422 or Nan at 656-8438. Study will continue beginning in September at 6:30pm and will continue for 10 weeks. For more ST. ANN’S PRAYER LINE – to place a name or info or to register, call Connie Winner Varone at special request on the prayer line email Joe/Shirley 765-9864 or email [email protected]. Ackerman at [email protected] or 384-7513. Catholic Forum – Listen to Catholic Forum every Hospital Visitations – Make sure to call the Sunday morning at 10:05am on WDEL 101.7FM, Rectory at 654-5519 if you are in the hospital and 1150AM and www.wdel.com. Next Sunday, August would like a priest to visit. 13, Father John Solomon, Associate Pastor of Holy Cross Church in Dover and co-chairman of the th BULLETIN ADVERTISERS – Have you taken a Diocesan 150 anniversary Pilgrimage committee, look at the patrons listed on the back on the will discuss the pilgrimage to Rome and Annecy bulletin? It’s because of their support that we can that will take place in April 2018. Like us at provide this bulletin at no cost to our parish. www.facebook.com/catholicforum. If you would like Please visit these businesses and don’t forget to to listen to past episodes of Catholic forum online, tell them where you saw their ad! visit cdow.org/communications or search Catholic Forum on apple Podcasts. 302 ann2 Worldwide Marriage Encounter – Only YOU can Need to register for St. Ann’s? Visit our set marriage fires! Want to find out how to keep website www.stannwilmington.com and select yours burning? Take each other on a Worldwide the parish registration button. You can either Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next weekend print the form and drop off to the rectory or fill out is November 3-5, 2017. To receive more info or to online and email it back to us. apply, call Tony & Linda Massino at 302-220-9833.

Religious Vocations –One day, each of us will share the transfigured life of the Lord in the The Very Very “Second” St. Ann School Kingdom of God. Until we get there, though, Musical Ever - We are looking for adult volunteers religious women, religious men, deacons and to help with producing the second musical for St. priests attempt to keep us focused on that new life Ann’s School. The show will be Disney’s Beauty through lives of holiness and service. Is God and the Beast Jr. and would be performed in calling you to serve the Church in one of these March of 2018 in our social hall. Auditions for the vocations? If so, please call or write Father Norm show would be held in late October or early Carroll, Diocesan Director of Priestly and Religious November of 2017 with music rehearsals beginning Vocations ([email protected] or call 573-3113). in December 2017. Children eligible to tryout, would be any 4-8th grader enrolled in St. Ann Pilgrimage to Annecy, Rome and Assisi – April School for the 2017-18 year, St. Ann’s PREP 16-26, 2018 as part of the Diocese of Wilmington’s children in the same grades, or any child who is a 150th Anniversary celebration. Annecy, the parishioner of St. Ann’s in grades 4-8. For more birthplace of Saint Francis de Sales, patron saint of info or to volunteer, call Jane at the rectory at 654- the Diocese of Wilmington, is an alpine town in 5519 or email [email protected]. southeastern France, where Lake Annecy feeds into the Thiou River. It’s known for its cobbled Daily Stories on the Dialog’s website… streets, winding canals, and pastel-colored houses. In addition to the newspaper edition of the dialog Rome, Italy’s capital, is a sprawling, cosmopolitan that’s available in church every two weeks, the city with nearly 3000 years of globally influential art, newspaper’s website www.thedialog.org is updated architecture and culture on display, including every weekday with stories from the diocese and ancient ruins such as the forum and the colosseum. round the world, including many that don’t appear It is the home of Vatican City, headquarters of the in the newspaper due to space considerations Stay Roman Catholic Church, St. Peter’s Basilica and on top on national and international issues of the Vatican museums, as well as the burial place of concern to Catholics, each Sunday’s scripture Blessed Pope Pius IX, the diocese’s founder. reading commentaries by Dialog columnists and Assisi in a hill town in central Italy’s Umbria region. the work of the church in the nations and world by It was the birthplace of St. Francis, one of Italy’s visiting www.thedialog.org. patron saints. For more info, go to www.cdow.org/anniversay-pilgrimage. Coming Up: 8/7 7pm Athletic Assn. Mtg. SH Rediscover the Love in Your Marriage – Do you 8/8 7pm Knights of Columbus Mtg. feel lost, alone or bored in your marriage? Are you 8/14 5:30pm Vigil frustrated, hurt or angry with your spouse? 8/15 Holy Day – Assumption Retrouvaille may be the LIFELINE that you need. Masses at 6:30am, 8am 5:30pm the loving relationship in your marriage. Tens of 8/18 10am Kentmere Mass thousands of couples have successfully saved their 8/24 5pm Ice Cream Social Pre-K marriages by attending a Retrouvaille weekend and 8/28 7pm Coaches Mtg. the sessions that follow. The next program begins 9/4 9am Daily Mass – Labor Day the weekend of August 11-13 at the Family Life 9/4 Rectory Closed Center in Malvern, PA. For more info or to register, 9/5 First Day of School (1/2 day) visit www.HelpOurMarriage.com or call 1-800-470- 2230. All inquiries are kept strictly confidential. Thirty days until the first day of school!!!

Catholic Charities – Do you have household items to donate? Bring them to the Wilmington Thrift Center, 1320 E. 23rd St. in Wilmington. Store hours are Monday-Friday from 9am-4pm. 302ann3