ear Parishoners and Visitors,
It is hard to believe that the summer season is drawing to a close. Many students are returning to school and soon church activities will be in full-speed-ahead mode, the summer Mass schedule will end, and our town will become a little bit less crowded.
How blessed are we, who live here, to partake of the beauty and wonder of God’s creation. Just living near the beach is a true blessing as we get to experience the reflection of God’s power and majesty through the beauty of His creation. May we never take for granted what God has given to us. May we always realize His loving presence in our lives and share that love with our brothers and sisters.
This weekend we welcome Rami Qumsieh to St. Ann Church. He will be here to share with us the reality of Christians living in the Holy Land. He will be asking for our prayers for our brothers and sisters who are living where Our Lord and Savior walked while here on earth. He will also be selling items made from olive wood by Christians in the Holy Land, after Masses next door in Delaney Hall. I am sure you will welcome him to our parish, that you will pray for true peace in the Holy Land, and support our brothers and sisters by purchasing olive wood items from Rami.
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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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.
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