Farewell, and Blessings to you - Saint Anne Parishioners!

06-28-2020Pastor's LetterMsgr. Gregory W. Gordon

With this June 28th 2020 bulletin, I offer my final bulletin message to you, my dear Saint Anne family. All of you have been a blessing to me these past 6 years as your pastor, generously sharing your faith, as we together have grown in the Lord. There have been so many highlights and blessed events of my tenure as pastor here, too many to mention individually.

As we continue celebrating our Father’s Day Novena, let me say ‘Thank You’ for allowing me to be your spiritual Father, alongside Father Gregorio, Father Paul, Father Mugagga, and Father John. I thank God for all the times I was blessed to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with you, share the Holy Eucharist, Christ’s Body, our spiritual food. I am humbled how the Lord used me to share His mercy, absolution and healing with you in the sacraments of confession and anointing. And how truly blessed I feel to have been able to celebrate your baptisms, marriages and funerals.

While I begin serving in diocesan administration full time at the Chancery this week, I pray that there will be many opportunities to come back to Saint Anne’s to pray with you again, and just say ‘Hi’. Father Miguel and Father Gregorio, call me whenever you like!

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Bishop George Leo Thomas’ Statement on the Killing of George Floyd

06-04-2020Pastor's LetterBishop George Leo Thomas

I join the growing chorus of U.S. Catholic Bishops speaking in one voice as we express our deep sadness over the heartbreaking death of Mr. George Floyd. We urgently pray for the cessation of the violence and destruction which has so sullied the memory of a man who lost his life under tragic and unnecessary circumstances.

We are broken-hearted, sickened, and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our eyes. The senseless taking of life defies the fundamental principles of justice and respect for human life. We must recognize the fact that all lives are sacred. As Catholics, it is not enough to relegate our concern to only thoughts and prayers. Our Church, at every level, must speak out unequivocally and work against the sin of racism.

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