Thanks to our Confirmation team, Ellen Nightingale, Brendan Barnes and Bobby Kinkela who helped chaperone and coordinate the Presence Lite retreat at St Marys on February 19th!  We lead over 120 youth through a retreat that included a rosary, Adoration, speaker talks, Exposition by Bishop Bradley and a live praise band.  Thanks to the Confirmandi for coming out and spreading time with the Lord. (CLICK FOR PICTURES)

Father Dave celebrated First Reconciliation during February!  We had 10 children make their First Reconciliation!  Thanks to the catechists and parents for working through the steps to the Confession and the all important examination of conscience.  Afterwords, they were given gifts including metals which Father Dave was able to bless. (CLICK FOR PICTURES)

Religious Ed and Adult Ed was kicked off on September 1st with our Come and See program.  Father Tom spoke to adults about keeping our families in the church- his talk can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/StAnnChurch Catechists were met with children to cover lessons in the Good Shepherd Atrium, and also in our Prayer and Scripture classes.  Our monthly September parent guide is on the mass and 7 sorrows  https://stannaugusta.org/family-resources).   For those who missed it- you can see the St Ann RE parent intro 2021 video by Bobby which talks about a free online program available through Francisican University of Steubenville : https://bit.ly/3BdROCf

Prayer Hike through the sanctuary Using the July guide on the catechism (bit.ly/3kd6EUi or https://stannaugusta.org/family-resources), we prayed through the 4 parts of catechism.  We got to the lake pretty easy, but after we reflected on life in Christ and climbed a hill, the path was full of obstacles and we got turned around a bit!  Luckily Biak (like a good catechist:) was there to forge ahead and showed a path back for the rest of us to understand and follow.  Good conversation and laughs were had along the way.  Our hike was 1.03 miles long.  The land is open for those parishioners who want to explore