Lent 2026
2026 Dear Friends, On February 14th every year, we celebrate Valentine’s Day. It is a wonderful opportunity to openly express our love and appreciation to special people who enrich our lives. In the weeks leading up to the festive day, we see red hearts everywhere enticing us to open our hearts not only to family […]
Thank You Appeal 2026
Dear Friends of the Blessed Sacrament and Saint Ann Shrine, On behalf of the Community of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and Saint Ann Shrine, I would like to sincerely thank you for your continued thoughts, prayers, and generous support of Saint Ann Shrine and the Blessed Sacrament! Please know we are so […]
125th Anniversary Appeal for the Blessed Sacrament
Advent – Christmas Time 2025 Dear Friends and Family of the Blessed Sacrament Religious: We are so grateful to God for this special 125th Anniversary Year. It was truly a gifted, Jubilee Year, where we had wonderful celebrations across the United States of which many of you were able to participate and renew […]
Christmas Appeal 2025
2025 DOES CHRISTMAS WONDER EVER CEASE? For Christians and Catholics the world over, Christmas is a sacred and beloved time to celebrate Mystery and Wonder. It is the most joyful and meaningful event the world has ever known. We call in the Incarnation – that incomprehensible moment in time when the invisible God-Creator of the […]
All Souls Appeal 2025
Dear Friend of Saint Ann Shrine, The month of November seems to sneak up on us faster and faster every year, and once again we find our Church listing the names of our parishioners and friends who went home to God in the past year. We happily pray for them at the Eucharist on All […]
Holy Rosary Appeal 2025
Dear Friends of Saint Ann Shrine, October is dedicated to honoring Mary as Our Lady of the Rosary. Not surprisingly, Mary never prayed the Rosary as we know it today, she rather lived the joyful, luminous, sorrowful, and glorious events of her divine son’s life, walking beside him, with her mind and heart ever joined […]
Mary’s Birthday Appeal 2025
Dear Friends of Saint Ann Shrine, BIRTHDAYS ARE FOR CELEBRATING LIFE! Happy Birthday, Mary! Every year on September 8th, the Church celebrates the birthday of Mary, the mother of Jesus our Savior. If anyone ever made a difference, Mary surely did! The poet William Wordsworth said it so beautifully: “Mother, whose virgin bosom was uncrost […]
Saint Ann & Saint Joachim Feast Appeal 2025
JESUS LOVED SAINT ANN AND SO DO WE!! The New Testament Scriptures fail to mention a word about Saint Ann’s life, her family, her marriage or details about her daughter whom the gospels call Mary, the chosen mother of Jesus. Such anonymity has not precluded the attraction Saint Ann obviously radiates across the world religions […]
International Priest Appeal 2025
Sunday, May 11, 2025 Fourth Sunday of Easter – Good Shepherd – Vocation Sunday Mother’s Day Dear Friends: Grace and peace to you in the joy of this Easter Time! I hope that this letter finds you well and in good health. We pray for this in your life. Each year we come […]
Mother’s & Father’s Day Appeal 2025
Dear Friends of Saint Ann Shrine, I would imagine we all have been influenced by our parents in one way, shape, or form. Our mothers and fathers have been a support system to us for our entire lives. They are the foundations upon which our families have been built. Maybe you also learned how to […]