St Ann Catholic Church

Lent ends with Vespers on Holy Thursday, and then the Sacred Triduum begins. These are the holiest days of the Church calendar when we observe and pray with the events of the paschal
mystery — the Last Supper, the death, and the Resurrection of Our Lord. Please consider coming and praying with us for these liturgies.
Thursday, April 6th
Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 p.m. Adoration until 10:00pm
Friday, April 7th
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion at 7:00pm. Confessions afterward
Saturday, April 8th
Easter Vigil at 8:00pm
Easter Sunday, April 9th
Masses will be celebrated at 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am. There will be no 5:00pm Mass on Easter Sunday.
Second Collection on Easter
On Easter Sunday, there is a second collection taken in the Parishes throughout the Diocese to assist the Diocese with the expenses for the care of the retired and infirmed priests.
This collection will be taken immediately after the first. We thank you for your continued generosity in this important collection.

The next regular business meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 12th at 7:00pm in the parish center. All members are encouraged to attend.
Interested in Becoming A Knight?
The Council is seeking to increase its membership. Any practicing Catholic man 18 years of age or older wishing to join the Knights should contact Grand Knight, Christopher Buckley at 918-406-6199 or email Chris at Chrisbuckley80@gmail.com. For additional information about the Knights of Columbus, visit our website at www.kofc.org.

“A Bed for Every Child!”
Since January, our Faith Formation students have been selling Hilliard’s candy bars to raise money for the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless – A Bed for Every Child Program. Just like last year, we hope to meet our goal of purchasing 30 beds that will be targeted at children in our area. Currently, we are halfway there!
Here are some ways you can help us with this project.
1) We will be selling candy bars after Mass. Each bar is $2.50 ($1.25/bar goes to build a bed) You can purchase a box of 40 candy bars for $100. These would make great candy for Easter baskets.
2) Consider helping by making a monetary donation. Checks can be made out to St. Ann’s Church, please write Build a Bed donation on the memo line and/or the front of the envelope.
3) Sign up to help build the beds in our parking on April 29th from 8:30 -10:30 a.m. Sign-ups will begin on March 27th, please check our website.

As part of the Lenten Season, please join us in the St. Ann’s Parish Center on Monday, March 27th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm for a presentation from Cheryl Schondek on The Greater Boston Food Bank and the positive impact on our local food pantries. Refreshments will be served.

The American Red Cross is experiencing a severe blood shortage. To help, the St. Ann’s Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Thursday, March 30th in the Parish Center. The drive is from 2:00pm to 7:00pm. Appointments are required. Please visit www.redcrossblood.org and click on “Donate Blood” and then “Find a Blood Drive”, or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
Or follow this link: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Raynham

Please contact John Donahue by email at john.donahue64@gmail.com or phone (508) 822-6015 with any questions or for help with registering for an appointment.

St. Ann’s Pro-Life committee and St. Ann’s Knights of Columbus invite you to join us to pray the Rosary every Saturday at Angell Park in Attleboro from February 25th to April 1st. We will meet at St. Ann’s parking lot and leave at 6:30am Saturday mornings and travel together, or meet us at Angell Park, 150 Emory St, Attleboro. We should return to St. Ann’s by 8:15am.

Please click here to read information about the Season of Lent

A reminder, the church is open daily from 8:00am to 3:00pm for you to stop by and pray.  Daily Mass is live-streamed on our Youtube and Facebook at 7:30am each weekday, 8:00am Saturdays, and holidays.
On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/StAnnsParishRaynham On Facebook, visit: https://www.facebook.com/stannsraynham and the livestream appears under the Video section.
The live stream video is compatible with all desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

If you are a volunteer here at St. Ann’s and have not yet completed the online Safe Environment Training required by the Diocese of Fall River call Joan at 508-824-9021 or Deb at 508-823-9833 in the office with any questions. CORI forms may also be completed.