Have A Great Bethany Beach Week!
Stay Safe! Stay Healthy!
As we come to the end of the year, many people close out the year by making charitable gifts. How wonderful it is to think of others, even some that we don’t know. Several suggestions for end-of-the-year giving include: the Annual Catholic Appeal, Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School Tuition Assistance Program, St. Ann Church, the Adoration Chapel Project, St. Vincent de Paul Society. I offer just a few suggestions for your consideration. Providing assistance by lending a hand to a needy brother or sister is certainly letting our faith shine brightly in the darkness.
There is still time to donate to help make the Adoration Chapel a reality. Most items for the chapel have already been spoken for. Any offering is greatly accepted.
For the Holy Year 2025, Fr. Cocco and I will be leading a pilgrimage to Italy. There will be many highlights, I know for sure. Some great places we will visit are Rome, Assisi, Loretto, Sienna, San Giovanni Rotondo, Naples and more. For information call Denise at Grand View Tour & Travel (302) 803-6400.
Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son,
Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled in
our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators of the
seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within
both humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth, when,
with the powers of
Evil vanquished, your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us,
Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace
spread the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To You our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise
forever. Amen.
Amen.
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Click below to learn about the many organizations and activities in St. Ann Parish:
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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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