Welcome back everyone.  We are excited to start the new year with your children.  Please be aware of the following:

• Classes will begin on September 7^th.
• An email will go out this week with class assignments.  Please be on the lookout for it.
• Books will be distributed on the first day of class.

We are still in need of a few more teachers.  If you are willing to teach, please let the CCD Team know ASAP. (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 9104 9467). 

Blessings.

The Hospitality Ministry seeks volunteers to join a team of parents supporting CCD class teachers to coordinate and provide oversight of their hospitality sessions.

Hospitality occurs once or twice a month after the Sunday 8.45AM Mass on a pre-determined schedule linked to the religious education class timetable.

Please consider signing up for this Ministry on Service Sunday, September 7th or email Celine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

Looking for an important and fun way to serve your parish community? Join the Acolyte (altar server) Ministry! Acolytes must be at least 10 years of age and must have celebrated their First Holy Communion.

For further details, please contact Moka Quinlan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Asia Society Hong Kong Centre will be organizing a special workshop at St. Anne’s for children aged 6-12.  The workshop will focus on the mission to China of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci.

Sunday, September 14th, 2:00PM to 4:30PM, in the CCD classroom.

Exploration, trade, and Jesuit missions brought Italians to Asia as early as the late 1200s.  Italian Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci was one of the most notable pioneers in European-Chinese cultural dialogue.  In the year that Caravaggio painted the second Supper at Emmaus (exhibited recently in Hong Kong), 1605-1606, Ricci was also leaving marks of Christ’s teaching in a book of woodcuts for Chinese officials for which he was asked to provide visual illustrations.

Through age-appropriate arts and crafts activities, this interactive workshop will provide students with fun opportunities to revisit Ricci's journey to the East, recreate inventions he brought about, and understand how Ricci paved the way for the two nations to inspire and influence each other for hundreds of years to come.

For inquiries and sign up, please email Irene Jackson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Volunteers needed please to help with the children's craft! 

Attached is the calendar of classes and events for the 2014-15 CCD class year.

Download your copy here:  Calendar 2014-15

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the CCD leadership team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Pope Francis is appealing to all dioceses worldwide to offer special prayers for Christian communities which are being persecuted in different countries. In particular, he has mentioned those Christian communities in northern Iraq which are defenseless. The Holy Father is also calling on the international community to protect and give all necessary assistance to those who are affected by violence or have been homeless.

In response to the appeal of the Holy Father, our Diocese has donated some emergency relief funds through Caritas-Hong Kong in aid of those concerned. Furthermore, Cardinal John Tong will preside at a special prayer meeting on Wednesday, 20 August, at 8:00PM, at the Cathedral, Caine Road.

The CCD Team welcomes back all of our parish families. We would also like to remind you that registration for this year's program closes on August 29^th. Classes start on September 7^th.   Class books will be distributed by teachers on first day of class

Payment is due by August 31^st in order to complete the registration process.

Class fees for the coming year will be HKD 500 per student, except First Holy Communion (YOB 2007) and Confirmation Classes (YOB 2001), for which the fees will be HKD 1,000.

The cheque should be payable to St. Anne’s Church and bear student names and dates of birth on the back.  

Payment of Fees by Mail

Please mail your cheque to:

CCD Program
St. Anne’s Church
1 Tung Tau Wan Road
Stanley, Hong Kong

Payment of Fees In Person

Parish Office Hours:   Sunday 8:30-1:00; Monday 3:00-5:30; Wednesday 1:00-5:30; Thu-Sat 9:00-12:00, 1:00-5:30

Father John has been asked to participate in the General Chapter of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers in New York. He will leave the parish on August 25th and will return on October 1st.  

Fr. Ed Phillips, Pastor Emeritus, will conduct all liturgical affairs during Fr. John's absence.

All business requiring the attention of a priest or the pastor should be directed to the Parish Office, from whence it will be redirected to a priest or church authority already on standby. 

St. Anne's has again been graciously given a very limited number of parking labels by St. Stephen's for Sunday morning parking during liturgies from September 2014 through June 2015. 

Interested parishioners should fill in an application in the Parish Office, with the understanding that not everyone may be accommodated.

As an expression of our solidarity with our brethren suffering from the earthquake that took place in Yunnan on August 3^rd, Cardinal John Tong is appealing to the faithful to pray for them and the rescue workers. The Cardinal is also appealing for our generous support for the emergency relief efforts to be undertaken with the collaboration of Caritas - Hong Kong and the partnership of the Church in Mainland China. St. Anne’s will take up a second collection during Masses August 16^th & 17^th. 

Additional donation methods include the following:

By Crossed Cheques:  Cheques from parishes and individual donors should be made payable to “ Caritas - Hong Kong ” (with indication “ Yunnan Earthquake Victims “ at the back) and sent to the Finance Office, Caritas- Hong Kong, Room 407, Caritas House, 2 Caine Road, Hong Kong. Please indicate donor’s name and address if receipt is needed.

By Direct Bank-in:  Donations may be credited directly in to Caritas- Hong Kong’s account at ICBC ( Asia ), Current Account No. 721-010-001606. If receipt is needed, please send the bank-in slip with donor’s name and address written at the back to the Finance Office of Caritas - Hong Kong.

Dear Music Ministry members,

I hope you're all having a good summer.  Thanks to everyone who came to sing for the St. Anne's Feast Day bilingual mass at 10:30 last Sunday.  We had a such a good turn-out, with singers filling the choir area as well as the first three rows of pews. Also thanks to Agnes Lee and the choir members who sang for the broadcast mass that same morning at 8:45.

The line-up and schedule for August are here:

August line-up
August schedule

Peace,
Peggie

Please join the choir for the St. Anne's Feast Day bilingual Mass on July 27^th.  

Rehearsal will be at 9:00AM in the school music room, and the Mass will be at 10:30AM.

There will be Cantonese, English, and Tagalog music, and all members of the community are welcome to join the singing. 

On Friday, July 11, 2014 it was announced simultaneously in Rome and in Hong Kong that:

1. The Holy Father Pope Francis did not accept Cardinal Tong's resignation on his 75th birthday, and instead extended his term for 3 years as Bishop of Hong Kong.
2. The Holy Father Pope Francis then further announced that he had named three new Auxiliary Bishops for Hong Kong: Fr. Michael Yeung, the current Vicar General of the Diocese; Fr. Stephen Lee of Opus Dei, and Fr. Joseph Ha of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

Let us join with these Bishops in heart and in prayer as they begin to shepherd us and the Diocese of Hong Kong. 

The YAC Yoga Program for Filipinas begins in the Parish Hall on July 13^th at 2:00PM. 

The program will continue every second Sunday of the month at 2:00PM and every fourth Sunday of the month at 4:00PM. 

For more information please contact Lorenda Rafanan at 9107 9805 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

This Sunday, July 6^th, members of the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council will be at the back of the church to greet people, tell of their activities and services, and to elicit your support.

The Council has been instrumental in keeping many marriages healthy, together, and intact. They accomplish this through couple counseling, mediation counseling, pre-marriage education, marriage enrichment, family planning and sex therapy, and integrated family services.

Please be generous after the Masses this Sunday morning. 

Professional photographs taken of recent First Holy Communion and Confirmation Ceremonies are now available to view and order online. 

Images and order forms can be found at the following links.

First Holy Communion
http://www.mansonlife.com/communion2014am/
http://www.mansonlife.com/communion2014pm/

Confirmation
http://www.mansonlife.com/confirmation2014/

Dear music ministry members,

Click below for the line-ups and schedule:

July Music Line-up
June Music Line-up
Summer Schedule

St. Anne’s Feast will be celebrated on July 27th this year, so remember that we have a bi-lingual Mass at 10:30.  The rehearsal will be at 9 in the school music room. 

Safe travels to all who will be away, and thanks to all who will be staying and making music.  I wish you all a happy summer! 

Peace,
Peggie

St. Anne’s will celebrate the 5^th Sunday Tagalog Mass on June 29^th at 7:15AM.  The Celebrant will be Fr. Emil Lim.

As this is almost the end of the school year, I'd like to take this chance to thank all of the people who volunteered their service and talents in the music ministry this year.  In particular, thanks to the following musicians:

• Stella Woo for helping choose the music line-ups.
• Jennie Li, Hunmin Kim, Agnes Lee and Hubie Lem for their keyboard accompaniment.
• Cantors/Soloists Pat Kozyra, Stella Woo, Jam Melendez-General, Lea Faigmani, David Helfer, and Hannah Kraebel.
• Paul de Guzman and Bruce Ueland for their guitar accompaniment.
• Amar Bhardwaj (trumpet) and Mary Byrne (violin) for their instrumental accompaniment.

Thanks to all the friends of the music ministry who help out on special occasions such as Christmas, Easter, and the May ceremonies.

And, last but not least, to all the regular members of the music ministry, especially the Legion of Maryand theFilipino choirs, who come to sing every week. You are the backbone of the music ministry - thank you all so much.

-- Peggie Fitch

This Friday, June 6th, is the First Friday of the month. A Mass in honor of the Sacred Heart will be held in the Parish Hall at 7:30 in the evening.