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PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
A worshiping community that lives and proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
St. Ann Parish is a Catholic Christian community centered in the northern section of Washington County. We seek to live and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as individuals and as a community through our liturgy, education, stewardship, service, and in our pursuit of justice. As an evangelizing community of faith, hope and love, we encourage all to share our vision and invite them into the life of our community.
Welcome Fr. Marty!
St Ann Life Teen attended their high school retreat this winter. Many of the teens helped make up these video`s as part of the "Joyful Noise Retreat" ! Check out how talented our teens are !
http://www.youtube.com/user/StAnnHagerstownMD
MASS TIMES
Saturday ~ Confessions @ 4 pm Mass @ 5:15pm
Sunday ~ Mass @ 9 am & 11 am
Monday, Wednesday, Friday ~ Mass @ 11:30 am
Tuesday and Thursday ~ Mass @ 7:30 am Communion Service @ 11:30 am
Holy Days ~ Mass 7:30 pm Vigil & 12:15 on the Holy Day
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CATHOLICISM? Maybe RCIA [Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (and teens) is for you. Join us to learn more about the Catholic faith. All are welcome! For more info, contact the parish office 301/733-0410.
BAPTISM is regularly celebrated during one of the Sunday liturgies or can be scheduled at 12:30 pm on the first Sunday of the month. Parents are required to participate in a pre-baptismal class before registering the child for baptism. This class is held on the first Tuesday of every other month at 7:30 pm in the Galilee Room. We strongly encourage parents to attend the class prior to the birth of the child. Please call the Parish Office to enroll.
RECONCILIATION: Confessions are heard on Saturdays from 4:00-4:45 pm and by appointment. Communal Reconciliation Services are held during the Advent and Lenten seasons
A Note from Fr. Marty Nocchi
I wanted to use this weeks “Pastor’s Corner” to give you some idea of how I envision church life. This is something I shared with the staff earlier this week and they thought it would be good to share with the entire community. It is something to hold each of us accountable to as we grow together in faith…
The “heart of the community” is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of parish life. Just as the Eucharist is the heart of the parish, the parish is the heart of the community, where everything flows to and from. It is the place where both life and death are celebrated; it is a place where mature Christians gather to share story and meal, with a sense of openness and trust, and a certain degree of vulnerability.
The parish cannot stand on its own and be something that only happens on Sunday. It plays an integral part within the life of the community and needs to take an active role in promoting justice for all; for our faith and living the gospel goes beyond parish boundaries, nationalities, color, race and creed, and any other form of label.
We are called to be people of gospel simplicity and to be stewards of what is given to us, knowing that all is gift and nothing is possessed by us alone.
The path to oneness is a slow and steady one; mistakes are expected and welcomed as long as they are avenues of growth and not opportunities for judgment and condemnation.
We are needed to be people of prayer, silence, contemplation and meditation on a daily basis in order to become what we have been created to be and to live the Will of the One who sends us into the world, with open arms, to be instruments of His love, peace, and forgiveness.
Fr. Marty
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PLEASE PRAY for our military who serve both home and abroad. May God protect them and keep them. Ssg. Christopher Walker, Army, stationed at Yongsan, Korea; Spc. Matthew C. Shearin, Army, stationed in Fort Campbell; LTJG Jennifer Louzon, Coast Guard, Baltimore, Maryland; Sgt. Mandie Conway, Army, Chaplain Assistant, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and her brother, Sgt. Mathew Conway, Marine Corps, stationed in Camp LeJuene N.C. and their uncle, MSG Michael Conway, Air National Guard, Afghanistan; Zachary R. Sanders, LCPL., Marine Corps, stationed in Okinawa, Japan; FC2 Christopher Rand, Navy, USS Gettsyburg, stationed in Jacksonville, FL; Spec. Barton Jetter, Army, stationed in Ft. Huachuca, AZ; Sgt. Brett DeOrio, Marine Corps, stationed in Camp Lejeune, NC; Edward Stewart TACP, Fort Bliss, TX; Lt. Mark Noe, U S Navy, stationed at Pentagon; CPT Annelies T. Hickerson, US Army, Kandahar, Afghanistan; Marine Lance Corporal Cade McCarty, serving in Afghanistan; PVT Devin Griffin, Redstone Arsenal, AL; PVT 1st Class Michael Griffin, Fort Leonard Wood; Michael Johnson, Afghanistan; 1st Lt. Justin P. Ridgely, Army, Kandahar, Afghanistan; Alexander Ongay, Airman, NG, Lackland, TX. Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen
RESPECT LIFE CORNER
Pope Benedict XVI Quote: “The daily devotion and continuous commitment to serving sick children is an eloquent testimony of love for human life, particularly for the life of those who are weak and dependent on others in all things and for all things.”
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How the Parish Began
St. Ann Parish was established on June 11, 1966, by Lawrence Cardinal Shehan to serve "Roman Catholics living north of the Western Maryland railway tracks running adjacent to Prospect and Manila Avenues and north of the Pennsylvania tracks leading to Harrisburg" and in Maugansville. Prior to St. Ann`s establishment as a parish, Catholics of northeast Hagerstown and Washington County were served by St. Mary`s Parish. They gathered for Mass as St. Maria Goretti High School after its construction in 1955 under the leadership of the later Msgr. J. Francis Leary. Then the group worshiped in the "gymnatorium" after its completion in 1965 under the direction of Msgr. Daniel M. McGrath. The late Fr. Paul Dolan, our first pastor (1966-74) and the late Fr. Kloman Riggie, the first associate pastor (1967-73), led the approximately 500 families that composed St. Ann at its beginning. Today the parish has over 1200 families. Members live within and outside its boundaries including southern Pennsylvania and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Impetus for building St. Ann Church came from brothers, John and Thomas Pangborn, of Hagerstown who together donated $373,000 of its total cost of $826.000. The design was largely determinded by Cardinal Shenhan and the architects, Gaudreau and Gaudreau of Baltimore, taking advantage of the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
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Baptism: Infants are regularly baptized at St. Ann Parish at liturgy or at 12:30 PM on the first of every month. Preferred celebration of the sacrament in the parish is at masses, but special arrangements can be made for another time. A pre-baptismal class is held on the first Tuesday of every other month. Please call Wendy in the office to register 301-733-0410 ext. 10.
First Eucharist and Reconciliation: First Reconciliation and First Eucharist are taught during the second grade school year beginning in September. Contact the church office to register your child.
Daily Mass: The Eucharist is regularly celebrated in the Resurrection Chapel on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 a.m.
Reconciliation: The sacrament is regularly celebrated individually Saturdays: 4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Communal celebrations are scheduled during Advent and Lent. Private appointments for the sacrament can be arranged by calling the parish office at 301-733-0410.
Anointing of the Sick and Dying: If you are going to the hospital, it`s fitting to be anointed before you go. Please call the parish office to make an appointment. In case of an emergency, call the parish office or rectory anytime. The only way we know you are in the hospital is if you or a member of your family informs us. Due to privacy laws, hospitals cannot inform us automatically of your hospitalization. Don`t wait till the last moment to have your loved one anointed when in danger of death.
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