I will be travelling out of Hong Kong on Maryknoll business from Tuesday, January 28th, through Sunday, February 2nd. 

Please allow me to wish each and everyone one of you a healthy and peaceful opening of the Chinese New Year, and a grace filled Year of the Horse!

Fr. John

Thank you to Grade 1 CCD Class for sponsoring this Sunday's Hospitality table contributions.  

The next Hospitality Table will be Sunday, February 16th hosted by the FHC 2A Class. 

Please contact Celine O'Connor at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to volunteer your support.

Dear music ministry members,

The line-up and schedule for February are below.  Thanks to Stella Woo for the selections.  

We have another keyboard accompanist to re-join the music ministry, Hubie Lem, who will accompany once a month on Saturday evenings.  Welcome back, Hubie!

I have ordered 15 more choir hymnals because we only have 14 hymnals in the cabinet now (we should have over 20 copies).  We need to take good care of the new hymnals because the version that we use, Gather Comprehensive II, is now out of print, and the new version, Gather III, does not match the hymnals in the pews.  If someone has time to help me put book-covers on the new hymnals to protect them, please let me know.  

Cantors for the 11:15 Mass will be Stella on February 2nd and 16th, and Lea on February 9th. 

Music-line-up-2014-02.pdf 
Choir-Schedule-2014-02.pdf

 
Peace,
Peggie

Parents, please join us on Friday mornings from 10-11AM in the Parish Hall as we pray for our children and for the strength to be the parents He wants us to be. 

This week, we focus on "Enjoying a Life of Health and Healing " from The Power of the Praying Parent by Stormie O'Martin.  Let us help our children to understand that one of the things Jesus wants to be to us is the forgiver of our sins and the healer of our bodies.

Contact Karen Brown at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions.

This weekend, January 18th and 19th, twenty-two of our young people are on retreat in preparation for receiving the sacrament of Confirmation. 

Please pray for an outpouring of grace and Spirit upon them, their parents and the retreat leaders.

Thank you to the First Holy Communion 1B CCD Class for sponsoring this Sunday's Hospitality table contributions.  

The next Hospitality Table will be Sunday, January 26th hosted by the Grade 1 CCD Class.  

Please contact Lise Treacy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Erin Sippel This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to volunteer your support.

Parents, please join us on Friday mornings from 10-11AM in the Parish Hall as we pray for our children and for the strength to be the parents He wants us to be. 

This week, we focus on "Being the Person God Created" from The Power of the Praying Parent by Stormie O'Martin.  Empowering our children to understand who HE created them to be will lead them to a fulfilling future.

Contact Karen Brown at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions.

Reminders:

• Sunday, January 12^th - CCD classes resume.  Confirmation Class parents meeting for Confirmation Retreat at 10:00AM in the Parish Hall.
• Saturday, January 18^th 10:00AM - Father John gives church tour for First Holy Communion students in preparation for First Reconciliation
• Saturday, January 25^th - First Reconciliation Ceremony.  Students must arrive by 1:00PM.  Parent volunteers needed to assist with distribution and collection of stoles, coordination of post ceremony reception, and other tasks.  If interested, please email Nini Forino at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Parents of First Holy Communion students who have not been baptized should contact Father John as soon as possible to make arrangements for their children.

Many thanks to Nini Forino for posting photos of the children’s nativity, which preceded the Family Mass on Christmas Eve. 

You can view the photos at:  www.bit.ly/1cg81qq

Four of our confirmation students and some of their parents volunteered at Food Angel this week helping preparing and packaging boxed meals for the needy.

Please continue to pray for these young people as they set forth on this important journey of faith.

Many thanks to members of the the Church Beautification Ministry for all of their efforts to prepare St. Anne's for Christmas!

This Friday, January 3rd, is the First Friday of the month.  A Mass in honor of the Sacred Heart will be celebrated in the parish hall at 7:30PM.

Many thanks to all who did the music for the Christmas services, especially Bruce Ueland, Paul De Guzman, Jennie Li, and Agnes Lee. 

The music ministry wishes everyone a blessed Christmas and happiness in the New Year! 

Next Sunday, December 29th, is the 5th Sunday of the month, and so there will be a mass in Tagalog at 7:15am in St. Anne’s Church.  The celebrant will be Fr. Emilio Lim.

On Sunday, December 15^th, the CCD 3^rd Grade Class sponsored the 11:15AM Mass

St. Anne's Hospitality Table resumes Sunday, January 12th, kindly sponsored by the First Holy Community CCD Class 1B.

A Maryknoll Missioner who has been Hong Kong for 50 years has written a book highlighting his experiences, in vignette form, of his past 5 decades in this city.  

The book is for sale at the back of the church for HKD $20; honor system.  Enjoy a few laughs and some points to ponder.

Praying Moms will resume on January 10, 2014

Dear music ministry members,

The line-up and schedule for January are as follows:

• Music-line-up-2014-01.pdf
• Choir-Schedule-2014-01.pdf

Rehearsals for the Christmas Masses will be:

• For the December 24th 5pm Christmas Family Mass - rehearsal at 4pm;
• For the Christmas Midnight Mass - rehearsals at 4pm on December 15th and at 3pm on December 22nd;
• For the Christmas Day 8:45 Mass - warmup at 8:15am;
• For the Christmas Day 11:15 Mass - warmup at 10:30am (in the school music room).

Many thanks to all who will be singing and playing at Christmas, and safe travels to all who will be away.  May I wish you and your families joy at this Christmas season!  

Peace,
Peggie

Please support a bake sale this Sunday, December 15^th, after the 8:45 am Mass, conducted by the Confirmation Class students.  Baked goods are from students and parishioners, and all proceeds will help support various community organizations.