Holy Saturday, April 19th
Blessing of Easter Baskets and Easter Egg Hunt
12:00 NOON
Easter Vigil
7:30 PM - Father Ralph Zwirn and Deacon Gary Michael Miarka
Easter Sunday, April 20th
8:30 AM Mass - Father Patrick Murphy
10:30 AM Mass - Father Ralph Zwirn and Deacon Gary Michael Miarka
In my name, in the name of Father Pat and Deacon Gary Michael, our parish staff, and our Early Learning Center, I would like to extend to you and all those you love our every wish for a Blessed and Very Happy Easter. We welcome to our parish family all of our friends and relatives who are here visiting with us this Easter, and we pray in a special way for those members of our parish family who cannot be here with us this Easter, especially for our sons and daughters who are serving our country in the armed forces.
Our heartiest congratulations to our RCIA Elect, Ahren and Jordan Hawken, who complete their Sacraments of Initiation at our Easter Vigil. Our love and congratulations as well to their parents and to their sponsor who have supported Ahren and Jordan on their journey. And our special thanks to Elaine Bulanda who worked with so much love and devotion to bring them to this special moment. May the love of our parish family support them as they continue their life-long journey of faith with us here at Saint Anne!
Easter is a time when many people “come home” to the church. If you have been away from Saint Anne for a while and are home again with us for Easter, or if you have been away from the church for a while and have found your way to our parish family for Easter, I want you to know from my heart how welcome you are and how glad I am that you have come home to Saint Anne for Easter. I hope that your experience here with us this Easter will make you feel welcome and at home with us throughout the year. Please feel free to contact me personally if there is anything that I can do to make your homecoming a happy one.
I would like to conclude by thanking everyone who has worked so hard to make our parish celebration of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter so very beautiful. Thank you to everyone who helped with the decorating of our church. Thank you to everyone who prepared the delicious food for our Lenten Soup & Bread dinners. Thank you to everyone who helped prepare the Easter Egg Hunt for our children. Thank you to our many ministers who served us at our liturgies. Thank you to our musicians, vocalists and choir members who, under the direction of Bill Rosas, made our celebrations so very moving. And many thanks to Deacon Gary Michael who took vacation days from work so that he could be our Deacon during Holy Week.
May the Grace and Peace of our Risen Lord fill you all with the joy of Easter!
