Caritas is currently undertaking its annual campaign appeal in Hong Kong.  St. Anne's has been asked to participate through the sale of raffle tickets.  During my years in the UN and in parishes around the world I have seen the effective and responsible use of funds by Caritas in making a real difference in the lives of people both locally and internationally. 

Please consider supporting Caritas and their clients by purchasing a raffle ticket at weekend masses during the month of October.  Thank you.  – Fr. John

A single ticket is HK$20, a half book of tickets is HK$100, and a full book of tickets is HK$200.

Mr. Ken Ward has generously volunteered his time and talents for the position of Barbeque Coordinator.  Thank you, Ken and family! 

Ken and others will be contacting those who have offered their services for the barbeque, and may be seeking new recruits as well. 

The barbeque will held at St. Stephen's on Sunday, December 8th.  Each of us doing a little both before then and on the day itself will ensure a memorable and worthwhile occasion for us all.

Does life seem to be a blur, rushing here and there, meeting quotas or deadlines, checking off to-do lists? Why not give yourself an hour of meditative peace once a week? Learn to quieten your mind and draw close to your inner self. The St. Anne's Meditation Group practices the John Main method of Christian meditation. We listen to a short tape on an aspect of meditation and then try to tame our minds in the ensuing silence.

Please come and join us every Tuesday at the priests' chapel in Maryknoll House at 7:00PM.  For more info, contact Vivian Lee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Dee Mulligan: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

There will be a mass in Honor of the Sacred Heart held in the Parish Hall this coming Friday, October 4th, First Friday, at 19:30 hours.

Generation Life is a movement of young people traveling the world, encouraging a lifestyle of respect of self and the dignity of others. 

This Thursday night, October 3^rd, they will hold a discussion on healthy dating and both the internal and external pressures to chastity.  The event is being held in Wanchai, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, #1 Star Road, from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. 

You can register online at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Visit the Generation Life Website

Various Christian communities in Stanley have joined forces to present a brand new choir tour entitled “Beautiful Africa : A New Generation”, featuring vibrant, original African music and dance routines.  It is produced to celebrate the beauty of Africa and the transformational power of the love of Jesus.  

The show will be on 24 October (Thursday) from 8:00-9:30pm at Tang Shiu Kin Hall, St. Stephen’s College.  Free Admission by Ticket.

For details, please check poster and flyer.  For free admission tickets, please contact the Parish Office.

Dear Parishioners and Friends at St. Anne's,

I was just 4 days short of packing my bags to return to HK, when my plans, my shoulder and my hip were shattered.  I'm now in a wonderful nursing home, surrounded by my family and friends in Ohio.  I am on schedule with therapy, but it will be a long time, so my return to HK has no date yet.  I was really looking forward to seeing many of you for my 84th birthday this Sunday, but my wonderful family will be taking over and many will gather here at the nursing home to help me celebrate.  We will be thinking of you, and I hope I can someday have a rain check.  I still miss all of you very much.  I thank God for the wonderful way you treated me for so many years.  I am learning that our plans can also be changed, sometimes causing a lot of unhappiness, but I am in the hands of the Lord, of my family and of a wonderful Christian community here.  Let's patiently wait the Lord's plan to be carried out.

With Love and Prayers, Fr. Elmer

Sr. Wu, a member of St. Anne’s pastoral team, has just safely returned to the Parish from a visit with her family in India. 

Please join us in wishing Sr. Wu a warm welcome!

We have received word from Maryknoll that Fr. Elmer Wurth had a bad fall at his family's home in Ohio last Thursday.  He broke both his hip and his collarbone in the fall. 

Fr. Elmer has already undergone surgery for a hip replacement, and will need a period of therapy to regain his ability to walk properly again.  There was nothing the doctors could do for the collarbone, so that will be a long, natural healing process.  

According to Fr. Elmer's nephew, Gary, despite his painful injuries and surgery, Fr. Elmer remains in good spirits. 

Please keep Fr. Elmer and his recovery in your prayers.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be held after Mass each Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.  (The Thursday mass, in English, is scheduled weekly for 9:00 am).

Applications closed.  Successful applicants who have received an email from the Parish Office should please collect their car park labels on or before 30 September 2013.  Labels unclaimed after 30 September 2013 will automatically go to those on the waiting list.

Beginning on September 3rd, weekday Mass in English will resume at St Anne’s Parish Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9AM and on Saturdays at 11:30AM

This Friday, September 6th, is First Friday.  There will be a mass celebrated in honor of the Sacred Heart in the Parish Hall (upstairs) at 19:30.

Information regarding Fr. Ed's farewell party on September 8^th has been put up at the back of the church. 

All parishioners are invited to come and say thank you and good bye to him.  Please sign up to be a volunteer and bring a dish to share. 

Please note that this is a parish event only.

We have very limited Sunday car parking space at St Stephen’s College this year and if you wish to apply, please contact Fr. John or our parish secretary, Lisa.

Rarely does an institution’s health depend on a single event for its wellbeing and its effectiveness for the rest of the year.  But St. Anne’s is an exception.

There is an event that we conduct once a year that determines our ability to provide quality pastoral care and outreach ministries: Service Sunday. 

Next weekend, August 31 and September 1^st, we will ask parishioners, young and old, to offer some service for specific activities and ministries that will be carried out during the rest of the year.  Participation from each family in this endeavor is critical to the quality of our common parish life.  Some needs have relatively small time commitments and do not require experience. 

If you can’t be there next weekend, please contact me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., our parish secretary, to let us know that you are willing to offer service in some way.  Thank you for your prayerful consideration of responding to our needs.

Fr. John

St. Anne’s would like to thank Fr. Gabriel Altamirano, MG, for his service to the Parish over the past two months, and we offer our very best wishes to him as he assumes his new position as Assistant Parish Priest at St. Teresa’s Parish in Kowloon Tong.

All drivers please be reminded:

Effective 2 July, 2013 - all vehicles illegally parked at Hoi Fung Path will be towed away.

St. Paul speaks about how the gifts of each person build the Body of Christ.  I think this is very clear at St. Anne’s by the various talents that we have. 

Peggy Fitch and her musical group bring so much joy to us when we pray.  Our Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers who help facilitate the Mass each Sunday.  My minor leaguers and major leaguers who assist me at Mass as Acolytes and who will be our Lectors and EMs in the future.  All those who nourish our young children in the CCD program.  The various public and private prayer groups on Thursday and Friday that pray for all of us.  Our communication person who does the Sunday bulletins as well as the parish web site. Our great teenagers who ask the deeper questions about themselves, relationships, church and faith and how to live in the modern world.  The many acts gently done by the Philippine community.  Finally, the gifts of joy, laughter, love and wonderment by your children call all of us as adults to be better so that they will grow healthily and faithfully.  

Thank you for sharing all those gifts with me.

-- Fr. Ed

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be offered for the last time before the summer holiday this Thursday morning 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.  The devotion will be temporarily suspended for the summer months but will resume again in September.  Anyone interested in helping with the devotion or for more information, please contact Sally Helfer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..