Thanks to all the choirs for singing at the Easter week services. Thanks especially to Ingrid Tsui, accompanist and Bosco Chan, director of the Chinese choir for the bilingual service on Holy Thursday; to Hunmin Kim for accompanying on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, and to the cantors Jam General, Pat Kozyra, Jocelyn La-ab, and Fernanda da Rosa.The music ministry wishes everyone a Happy Easter!

HELP WANTED! We are recruiting singers for two upcoming ceremonies: Confirmation on May 13^th at 10am and First Holy Communion on May 20^th at 10:30am. Most of our regular music ministry members are not free to come on Saturdays, so we need singers from the parish community. Let's come together to sing at these joyous occasions for the youth of our parish. For more details, or to volunteer, please contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

This week, Passion Week, the Stations of the Cross will be held ONLY ONCE, on the morning of Good Friday, the 14th, at 10 AM, followed by an opportunity for confessions.

Please note that there will be no Stations of the Cross on Wednesday evening this week.

Consider joining us on Good Friday morning as we walk the Way of the Cross with Jesus on the day that Catholics around the world commemorate and celebrate His crucifixion.

Are you interested in a deeper study and understanding of the Scriptures? Would you like to experience the life-changing gifts of the Word of God? 

The St. Anne's Men's Bible Study Group has been meeting since 2009 and we always welcome newcomers. 

We now meet in Central/Admiralty on Monday lunchtimes at 12:45pm and will be studying St John's Gospel. 

Please join us for fellowship and study! Please call or email Markus Shaw for more details: 9700 6122, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The next Hospitality table will be on Sunday, 7^th May with shared sponsorship by CCD Kindergarten and pre-K classes. More information in due course. Questions? Email Celine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We will be hosting an Easter Egg Hunt in the church courtyard after the 8.45am Mass on Easter Sunday. Children under 10 years of age are welcome to join in the fun! Questions? Email Cheryl at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This is the second time this year that Taizé music is coming to St Anne's.

The chants are slow, meditative, repetitive and a wonderful way to pray. Come and see!

Dear music ministry members,

The schedule and line-up for April are attached.

Easter is coming soon. The schedule of rehearsals and masses is below. Please let me know which services you can attend.

• April 13th Holy Thursday bi-lingual mass with the Chinese Choir, at 8pm. There will be two rehearsals: the first will be on Sunday April 9th at 12:15 in the music room, and the second will be on Holy Thursday April 13th at 7pm in the church. Ingrid Tsui will be the accompanist and Bosco Chan will be the director. This year we have made some changes to the music and have reprinted the choir booklets. The English mass parts will be changed to the Mass of Christ the Savior (the set that we are currently singing) instead of the Mass of Creation.

• April 14th Good Friday service, at 5pm. Rehearsal will be at 3:45pm in the music room. Hunmin Kim will be the accompanist and Jano Donato will sing the responsorial psalm.

• April 15th Easter Vigil at 7pm. Rehearsal will be at 5:45pm in the church. I will be the accompanist. Pat Kozyra will sing the exsultet, and Pat, Jocelyn La-ab, and Fernanda da Rosa will sing the responsorial psalms.

• April 16th Easter Sunday, rehearsals and mass are as usual for Sundays.

REMEMBER TO BRING FLASHLIGHTS FOR HOLY THURSDAY AND THE EASTER VIGIL!

Many thanks to all of you for your support of the music ministry,

Peggie

Our thanks to CCD Grade 6 & FHC Older class for sponsoring this Sunday's Hospitality table offerings. 

The next Hospitality table will be on Sunday, 7th May with shared sponsorship by CCD Kindergarten and pre-K classes. More information in due course. Questions? Email Celine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

We will be hosting an Easter Egg Hunt in the church courtyard after the 8.45am Mass on Easter Sunday. 

Children under 10 years of age are welcome to join in the fun! Questions? Email Cheryl at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The next Hospitality table will be on Sunday, 2^nd April with shared sponsorship by CCD Grade 6 & FHC Older classes. Parents of this class please refer to email with online sign up link for more details.

Questions? Email Celine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Registration for the 2017-2018 Religious Education Classes will open in late July, early August. 

Please refer to this section and the parish bulletin as we get closer to that time of the year. 

If you are new to Hong Kong or to St. Anne's, please be sure to register as a parishioner in the church office.

The students of the First Holy Communion class sponsored the March 12 Mass and participated in their Rite of Enrollment.

They will be welcomed to the Lord's table on May 20th, 2017. 

If you are thinking of making sacrificial almsgiving a part of your Lenten practices this year, St. Anne's will again be collecting for direct assistance to Middle-Eastern Christians as almost all of them struggle to remain in the Middle-East; many of them waiting in refugee camps for repatriation back to their home countries, while a smaller number build new lives as immigrants.

There will be a special box for alms for this purpose at the back of the church after each of the weekend masses throughout Lent.

Confessions will be heard throughout Lent on Saturday afternoons at 5pm. 

Appointments can be made for other times until Wednesday of Holy Week.

Stations of the Cross will be prayed in English on Wednesday evenings during Lent at 8:00 pm. 

The Stations will be followed by a communion service, and opportunities for confessions.

The next Hospitality table will be on Sunday, 19 March sponsored by CCD Class Grade 5 (Teachers: Mrs. Nicholls & Mrs. Brewster). Parents of this class please refer to online sign up for more information.

Questions? Email Celine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Why you might consider The Anawim Way to deepen your prayer life this Lent:

1. "What was that all about?" If you've ever asked yourself this question by the end of the Gospel reading at Mass (or wondered if there was even a link between the readings), The Anawim Way can lead you to a clearer, more personal understanding of the daily Mass readings.

2. In the reflections both simple and powerful, hear God's message FOR YOU each day. (Happy warning: It can get quite personal!)

3. For the price of a cup of coffee that may tide you over for 4 hours, the Anawim Way will keep you nourished for 40 days!

Limited copies are now available at the church office. For further information, please contact Gigi Tse at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.(9318-8212).

Dear Lectors,

Thanks to all who had informed your availability in April, this has been very helpful for us to put together a heavy schedule for, admittedly, a very busy holy month :).

Please find attached our April 2017 schedule.

Blessings to all,

Maria 

Dear music ministry members,

The schedule and line-up for March are attached.Thanks to Jam General for all the selections.

This Wednesday, March 1st is Ash Wednesday.We will have music for the 8pm mass, with Hunmin Kim as the accompanist.Please join the choir if you are able to come that evening. Rehearsal will be at 7:30pm.

Reminder: during Lent, we do not sing the Gloria, and we will change the Gospel acclamation to be the Lenten Gospel Acclamation.

Congratulations to the Legion of Mary who are celebrating their 27th Anniversary today, and thanks to many of their members who sing at the 8:45 mass on Sundays.

Peace,

Peggie

Our thanks to the USA Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts of America and Cub Scouts of St. Anne's parish sponsoring the Hospitality table this Sunday.

The next Hospitality table will be on Sunday 5 March sponsored by CCD Class Grade 4 (Teacher Ms Williams & Ms Foster).Parents of this class please refer to the sign up circulated and teacher email for more information.

Questions? Email Celine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Dear Lectors,

Please find attached the reading schedule for March. If you are unable to make your assigned time, please ask for someone to replace you in good time.

Visitors from other parishes have remarked that our readings are loud and clear. Its always good to hear we are taking our ministry seriously, and get complimented on it. Keep up the good work!

Vivian

The Season of Lent will soon be upon us, beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 1st. 

Lent is a time of special prayer, fasting and sacrificial almsgiving. This applies both communally and privately, and in appropriate ways from the young to those advanced in age. 

Ash Wednesday is a day of Fast and of Abstinence; abstinence from the consumption of meat, and fasting in the amount of our food intake on that day. 

There will be two English language masses for Ash Wednesday. Ashes will be distributed at both masses. The first mass will take place at the Carmelite Sisters at 7:15 AM. The second mass will take place at the parish church at 8:00 PM. 

Also during Lent, the Stations of the Cross will be prayed on the following Wednesday evenings at 8 pm, followed by a communion service: March 8, 15, 22, 29 and April 5 and 12. 

If you are thinking of making sacrificial almsgiving a part of your Lenten practices this year, St. Anne's will again be collecting for direct assistance to Middle-Eastern Christians as almost all of them struggle to remain in the Middle-East; many of them waiting in refugee camps for repatriation back to their home countries, while a smaller number build new lives as immigrants. There will be a special box for alms for this purpose at the back of the church after each of the weekend masses throughout Lent.