Here we are at the busiest weekend of the summer. Hopefully, when you read this, we will be in the midst of a beautiful holiday weekend. As you know, this weekend we celebrate the birthday of our country. May we all celebrate and travel in safety.
I also want to warmly welcome Fr. Daly and Fr. Palm, back to St. Ann/Our Lady of Guadalupe for the summer of 2025. Both Fr. Joseph and I are delighted at their return and are most grateful for their ministry here. I am sure that you will warmly welcome them and let them know how happy you are to have them back in our parish.
This weekend we are also happy to welcome the Little Sisters of the Poor. We are grateful for the ministry of the Sisters in our Diocese and the good work that they do throughout the world. The Little Sisters are here to ask for our prayerful and our financial support. Please remember the Sisters and those that they serve in your daily prayers. Also, I ask for your generosity to today’s Second Collection which is being taken up to assist the Sisters in their ministry. Please be generous and thank you for your generosity.
Lastly, I recently received a note from the Sussex Pregnancy Care Center for our recent donation of $6,949.16 to their pro-life work. Thank you for your generosity and thank you for your witness to life at all stages. We recognize the dignity of life from conception until natural death, as every person is made in the image and likeness of God.
A Special Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land
Queen of Peace, Chosen daughter of a land still devastated by wars, hatred, violence.
We confidently address our plea to you: Do not allow that Jesus’ cry at the sight of the Holy City, which did not under- stand the gift of peace may, once again, fall into indifference and political calculation.
Look at the afflictions of so many mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children, victims of destructive energies that are blind and without a future. Inspire ways of dialogue, a vigorous will in solving problems and a collaboration of certain hope. Don’t let us ever get used to oppression, to consider the struggles as ‘inevitable’ and the victims they produce as ‘collateral’. Make sure that the logic of aggression does not prevail over good will and that the solution of many problems is not considered impossible.
Amen.
Fernando Cardinal Filoni,
Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
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Online Giving Available
Try our new Online Giving Service— go to our website Online Giving page to set up your account.
Online Giving is the preferred way to make your weekly or monthly contributions to offertory and various other designations. By giving electronically, it minimizes the need to have six parishioners present to count money every Sunday and it also minimizes hours used to post these donations to the donors’ accounts every week. If interested, go to our parish website online donation page; or you can also use your smart phone to scan the QR code for online giving. When scanned with a smart phone, this image connects you directly to the mobile version of our donation page. You can also call the business manager at (302) 539-6449 ext.103 for assistance in setting this up. Thank you for your support!
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Help Your Neighbors
Please remember our parish’s St. Vincent de Paul Society when writing checks. Your financial support, of whatever size, is a lifeline for so many of our needy brothers and sisters. In these strange and difficult times, your generous financial support is a great help to them. Thank you for your support.
If you would like to donate to our food pantry, a list of needed items is listed on the SVdP ministry page here.
You can contribute in many different ways; just click the picture below to find out more.
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There’s more information here about our finances and contributions.
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