On the 17^th of March, the Parish gathered to recognize Dominic Chau, our parish Facilities Manager, on the occasion of his retirement. 

Please join us once again in thanking Dominic for his many years of faithful service to St. Anne’s Church!

Download the Image:   Retirement of Dominic Chau

On Easter Monday there will be no English Mass. The only Mass offered will be in Cantonese at 7:15 am at the Carmelite Monastery.

Friday, March 22nd
St. Anne's: Confession Service (Chinese) at 8PM

Palm Sunday, March 24th
St. Anne's: 8:45AM, 11:15AM, 6:00PM (English), 9:45AM (Chinese)

Holy Thursday, March 28th
The Lord's Supper
     St. Anne's: 8:00PM (Bilingual)
     Carmelite Chapel: 6:30PM (Chinese)

Good Friday, March 29th
Stations of the Cross
     St. Anne's: 9:00AM (Chinese), 10:00AM (English)
Liturgy of the Lord's Passion
     St. Anne's: 3:00PM (Chinese), 5:00PM (English)
          Confession Service (English) before and after the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
          Confession Service (Chinese) after the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
     Carmelite Chapel: 3:00PM (Chinese) 

Easter Vigil, March 30th
St. Anne's: 6:00PM (English), 8:30PM (Chinese)
Carmelite Chapel: 8:00PM (Chinese)

Easter Sunday, March 31st
St. Anne's: 8:45AM, 11:15AM, 6:00PM (English), 10:00AM (Chinese)
Carmelite Chapel: 8:00AM (Chinese)
Parkview: 10:00AM (English)
Shek O: 9:00AM (English)

St. Anne's is pleased to support the efforts of the Hong Kong Committee of Girl Scouts on Girl Scout Sunday next Sunday, March 10th.  

Girls all over the world will mark Girl Scouts Sunday by wearing their uniform to their family's worship service, and we encourage all of our Girl Scouts to participate.

The purpose of this special day is to reflect upon the importance of the words, “to serve God”, in the Girl Scout Promise.

This is a question that many people ask. Join with Nita Ng of the Jesuit Retreat House to explore and experience different ways of praying. It will invigorate you.

The workshop will take place on Sunday March 10^th from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm in the parish hall.

Step away from all the rush and stress of your life and spend a few hours to explore inner peace.

During the period of Lent, we use mainly leaves with a little bit of purple statice. 

We withhold the delight expressed by colourful flowers until Easter comes, except for the 4th Sunday of Lent, when the Gospel is about having joy for the returned son.

A First Communion banner is a special family project in which the children of the First Communion Classes have the opportunity to work with their parents to create a visual sign of what First Communion means to them as well as the ways in which they experience God’s love.  These banners will be displayed in the church on the day of the First Communion Masses and will remain in the Church for one week thereafter.  

Each child is required to have a banner with his or her first and last name displayed on it, along with any of the many symbols of the Eucharist or God’s love for us.  Banners must be completed and brought to class on or before Sunday April 14th, 2013.

Instructions and banner kits will be available for purchase from the CCD office during CCD classes for a fee of $80HK through March 3rd.  Exact change would be much appreciated!  BANNERS must be submitted to the teachers on or before Sunday, April 22nd. Once again, thank you for your cooperation.

DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW!

FHC Banner Instructions

FHC Banner Templates

Many thanks to the Church Beautification Ministry

and our team of young volunteers, who assisted with the decoration of St. Anne's for the holidays!

Welcome to St. Anne’s Church and to our vibrant faith community!

We hope that this small booklet can help newcomers and parishioners alike to understand the many ministries and services offered through the St. Anne's parish. 

May it also serve as an invitation to you to offer your services, using the gifts with which God has blessed you.

Download your copy:  St. Anne's Welcome Book

Welcome to St. Anne’s Church and to our vibrant faith community!

We hope that this small booklet can help newcomers and parishioners alike to understand the many ministries and services offered through the St. Anne's parish. 

May it also serve as an invitation to you to offer your services, using the gifts with which God has blessed you.

Download your copy: St. Anne's Welcome Book

Thanks to all who have made use of our online CCD Pre-registration system.  The system has now been closed in anticipation of final registration at St. Anne's.

Final registration will take place on August 12, 19 & 26 between 8:30AM and 12:15PM, at which time you will be asked to pay the necessary fees and to collect your child(ren)’s books.

1. St. Anne’s Church, its pastor and assistant pastors, its secretary, its ministries and its parishioners (including those who run or do things for its ministries) may from time to time, directly or through the parish website at stannes.hk, collect and use personal information about parishioners, their families and others who have an interest in the activities of the parish.  In this document, such information is called Personal Information, those who collect or use Personal Information are called Collectors, those about whom Personal Information is collected are called Participants, the parish website is called the Website and the pastor for the time being of St. Anne’s Church is called the Pastor.
2. Personal Information will be used in order to keep records of Participants, to register and facilitate the participation of Participants in parish activities, to facilitate communication among Participants, and otherwise to maintain and improve the services provided to Participants by St. Anne’s Church, its ministries and the other Collectors.
3. Personal Information provided to any one Collector may be transferred to and used by any other Collector, but will only be transferred to those who need to know and use it in order to achieve the purposes for which it is collected as set out in paragraph 2 above.   The Pastor may establish and from time to time amend procedures for the conduct of such transfers.
4. In order to provide personalised online services, the Website permits Participants, at their option, to register their identities and establish unique usernames and passwords using basic information such as their real name, email address, gender, date of birth and location.  Registered users of the Website can elect, at their option, to contribute additional Personal Information to their online profile.
5. Except as indicated in the foregoing paragraphs, Personal Information will not be disclosed in a form that would identify any Participant.
6. Participants have the right to request access to their Personal Information and to have it corrected if it is wrong.  Personal information contributed to the Website may be directly modified or deleted by the Participant at any time.  Requests for access, correction, or deletion of Personal Information should be addressed to the Pastor.
7. The Collectors recognize their obligation to comply with the standards for the protection of personal information and privacy established by the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
8. Personal Information collected by the Collectors will be limited to that necessary in order to achieve the purposes set out in paragraph 2 above.
9. Collectors will only retain Personal Information for so long as is necessary in order to achieve the purposes for which it is collected.

Acknowledgement by Participant

By using the Website, you agree that the Personal Information that you supply may be used for the purposes and otherwise as contemplated by the above statements.

On Sunday, Feb 19, was the continuation of the lector training sessions we provided from last Fall. So far there have been 6 sessions, and 39 lectors of the 55 on the roster have attended. Some lectors have come twice as they have found the training very useful. Two new readers joined us. Lectors are given an overview of the Mass, and the important role the Liturgy of the Word is explained. Lectors are asked to reflect on their roles as the "mouthpiece" of the Word.  Markus takes them through the mechanics of good public speaking, and participants practice reading the same passage and are given feedback on their individual readings.

We will continue to provide lector training as some lectors have not attended. The aim of the training is to produce good reading and ultimately raise the quality of the Spoken Word at St. Anne's.

Coordinators VIVIAN LEE at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or MARKUS SHAW at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Download below a recently produced audio recording by Fr. Elmer P. Wurh, Pastor of St. Anne's.

Fr. Wurth shares some of the history of St. Anne's and introduces visitors to our Parish Church.

Download:

Welcome Audio Recording

 The following appreared in the April 25th Bulletin of St. Michael Catholic Church in Kalida, Ohio. You can visit the St, Michael website at : www.kalidastmichaels.org

Fr. Elmer Wurth was born and raised in Kalida and has been a Maryknoll priest for 54 years. Of those 54 years, he has spent 37 in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is currently the pastor of St. Anne’s Parish (Hong Kong), which is an international parish, comprised of parishioners from 52 countries. Fr. Elmer said that he has a problem that every priest should have: his parishioners in Hong Kong are really good to him and his hometown friends are equally as good to him. He hasn’t retired because the people in Hong Kong don’t want him to, and he still greatly enjoys coming home to see his family and friends.  (...Continued)

This article by parishioner Peter O’Malley was first published online at www.catholicexchange.com.

In many respects the Faith in Asia is alive, vibrant and deep. As a banker who travels entirely too much, I am blessed to go to daily Mass in many different cities.

I notice that in the large Asian cities, Mass is often in the poorer part of town and attended by those less well off –at least from a material perspective. It is here, in the back streets of Asia, that one truly feels the Catholicity — the universality — of our beloved faith.

For instance, when I have the blessing to participate at the 7AM Mass at St Joseph’s in Beijing, joining a congregation with many humble, poor people, I truly sense the Spirit and feel Christ among them. Since my Mandarin is minimal, our communication is limited to reverent nods of "hello" and scores of smiles. Many mornings I am moved to pray the unity prayer "that we all be one."  (...continued)

Location and Map of St. Anne's Church