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January 17, 2021 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 17, 2021 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Intentions 1/16/21 thru 1/24/21 Church Support for St. Anne Parish January 10, 2021 Saturday, January 16 Weekly Collection Received: $7,533.00 4:30-5:15 Confessions Weekly Budgeted Collection: $6,693.00 5:30 pm William Dowsett Year to Date Collection Received: Sunday, January 17 $168,561.00 10:30 am Dan Schueneman Year to Date Budgeted Collection: Tuesday, January 19 7:30 am Helen Deopere $187,404.00 Wednesday, January 20 Baptism Preparation 7:30 am Kay Bergman Parents seeking Baptism for their child must be Thursday, January 21 9:30 am Pat Freiburg registered in the parish for 4 months and at- Friday, January 22 tending Mass on a regular basis before schedul- 7:30 am Elaine Hunt ing the Baptism. Please contact the parish of- Saturday, January 23 fice at 755-5071. 4:30-5:15 Confessions 5:30 pm Fr. Bruce Lopez Automatic Withdrawal Sunday, January 24 St. Anne Parish does have automatic withdraw- 10:30 am Mary Carmack al available for your Sunday contributions. St. Anne Prayer Chain Contact Numbers Your donation can be withdrawn from either a checking or savings account and there are 755-8815-Mary Lou, 792-2789-Joyce, three different times during the month this can 755-5071-Office be done, at no cost to you. If you are interested Parish web site: in setting this service up, contact the office. St. Anne Parish: www.saintanne-em.org St. Anne Parish is on Facebook Parish phone numbers: Just go to our parish web site St. Anne Parish: 309-755-5071 www.saintanne-em.org and follow the link to Religious Education: 309-755-5071 our Facebook page to LIKE us on Facebook. We promise not to overwhelm you, but will Bulletin Announcements remind you of events each week. Your Submit any bulletin announcements by E-Mail to: feedback is always welcome at [email protected] , fax to 309-755-5343 or mail to [email protected] . St. Anne 555 18th Ave. East Moline by 10:00 AM on Monday. Marriage Preparation Sunday Contributions Arrangements for marriage must be made 8 months before the proposed wedding date. At Please remember that even if you are not comfortable least one of the parties must be a registered, attending mass at this time, you can still mail your con- practicing Catholic member of our parish. tribution to the parish office: St. Anne 555 18th Ave. East Moline, IL 61244 or drop it off to the office and place it in Homebound, Nursing Homes & Hospitals the mailbox at the front door. Thank you! Communion to our parishioners that are homebound, in nursing homes or in the hospi- Prayer Shawls Available tal has been temporarily suspended. If there is A prayer shawl is intended to be a reminder of God's ev- a medical emergency and a parishioner needs er present love. If you would like a prayer shawl to be anointed, please call the parish office at for someone who is ill, grieving, or celebrating a joyous 755-5071. occasion, please call Sally 798-9419 or Corinne 738- 3664. Box Tops~Our Lady of Grace collects Box Tops for Education. Box Tops can be mailed to the school office. January 17, 2021 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Thank You from the Pastor Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord: I’m overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of this parish. Thank you to all of you who have sent me cards, gifts, and food for Christmas. Your gifts are truly appreciated. I hope to send “Thank You” notes to all of you in the near future, but in case I forget to send you one, I want you to know that I am grateful for all your support. Please keep me and the parish in your prayers, as we continue to deal with the pandemic, and other transitions that are occurring in our parish, in our church, and in our country. All For the Glory of God, Fr. Harris St. Anne Parish Website-Help Needed! We are looking for volunteers to help maintain the parish website. To volunteer and learn what would be involved, please contact Steve at [email protected] or 309-230-7988. St. Anne Mass Live Streaming We now have the technical ability to live stream every Mass at St. Anne Parish. However, we need people to operate the Live Streaming. It is operated using a small tablet by a person seated anywhere in the church. To volunteer and learn how, contact Steve at [email protected] or 309-230-7988. Annual Diocesan Appeal (ADA) The 2020 Annual Diocesan Appeal is doing well. To date, we have received 134 pledges totaling $37,424.00 towards our goal of $45,876.00. But we need all of you to contribute. If you have not yet made a gift to the ADA, we invite you to do so today. There are pledge cards at each entrance. Every dollar raised to make our goal supports important diocesan ministries, and every dollar raised over our goal will be kept in the parish. To those who have contributed, we are most grateful. Rosary Broken? Is your favorite rosary broken? Is that special rosary from your childhood missing beads? Deacon Jim can fix that rosary for you. Just put the rosary in a plastic bag with your name and phone number in it and place it in the box that will be in the vesti- bule of the church. You will be called when it will be fixed. Thank you and keep using those rosaries. Card Ministry Do you have a family member, neighbor or friend who can no longer attend Mass at St. Anne? We would like these people to know, that regardless of the reason, they are still a member of this community. We have a card ministry where these people will receive a card from the parish telling them that we are praying for them and they are not forgotten. This is not a solicita- tion for money but one of prayer and support. If you know of anyone who would like to receive a card, please put a note with the person’s name and address in the collection basket or call Michele at the rectory office. Please ask the person first so they will know that a card from the Church will be coming. All names and addresses will be kept confidential. We pray for them and ask them to pray for us. Thank You. Prayer Shawls Since so many of us have had extra time on our hands, our knitters and crocheters have been busy praying and making prayer shawls. If you know of anyone who is recovering from an illness, grieving the loss of a loved one or just is isolated by this vi- rus and needs to know that someone cares and are praying for them, a prayer shawl may be a comfort. If you would like a prayer shawl for them, please call Corinne at 309-738-3664. Leave a message if the call isn’t answered and I will call you back. We can make arrangements of a drop off point so all will be safe. Thank you and keep praying. Warning about risk assumed by parishioners: While our parish staff will attempt to take appropriate precautions consistent with the advice of public health authorities, parishioners and guests should understand that they assume the risk of contracting COVID-19 anytime they enter a public space since such precautions so not eliminate the risk of infection. Those who are sick or who show signs of illness should not come to church. Those who are in the high-risk population or who are vulnerable should exercise prudence by remaining as safe as possible. The faithful continue to be dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass. When in doubt, the ill and elderly should continue to remain at home. End of Year Statements Now that all contributions for 2020 have been entered, if you would like to receive a statement of contributions for 2020, please put your name, mailing address or email address if you would prefer to receive it via email and envelope number be- low and drop it in the collection basket. A statement will be prepared and sent to you. Thank you! NAME:________________________________________________________________________________________ENVELOPE# _________________________________ MAILING OR EMAIL ADDRESS:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ January 17, 2021 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time John Lancaster Spalding Scholarship Fund Protocols and Procedures for 2021-2022 A family applying for Spalding Scholarship assistance must be an active member in good standing of a parish in the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. The student(s) for whom the aid is being sought must be enrolled in good standing (or seeking to be en- rolled) in grades K through 12 in a Catholic school located in the Diocese of Peoria. All scholarship assistance will be based on a family’s financial need objectively assessed. The diocese will use FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment Services to determine finan- cial need. All scholarship assistance will also be dependent upon the recommendation of the pastor that the family is an active member of the parish in good standing. If a student changes schools during a school year, tuition assistance grants will follow the student as long as the student is enrolled in and in good standing in a Catholic school in the Diocese of Peoria and the fami- ly is a member in good standing of a parish in the Diocese of Peoria. All awards are for one school year only.
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