The EPC will meet this coming Tuesday, April 14th, at 7:45 pm in the parish hall.

Interested parties can bring issues to the council either in person or via a council member, especially the Chair, Mr. David Lamb, or the pastor, Fr. John.

ACTS Hong Kong is an exciting new initiative for the English-speaking Catholic community of Hong Kong. It is a charity established in partnership with Ampleforth College, UK, to bring the faith formation programmes of Ampleforth to Hong Kong teenagers.

The Spiritual Director, Fr Chad Boulton OSB, is visiting Hong Kong from 26 March to 1 April. As Senior Chaplain of Ampleforth College, Fr Chad oversees the spiritual formation of 600 girls and boys from 13 to 18-years-old, and conducts programmes for adults. He will be conducting a series of retreats here for teenagers and adults, over his 5 day visit.

Please go the website: www.acts.hk to find out more and sign up. There are limited places.

Finally and most importantly, please keep the mission of ACTS Hong Kong in your prayers.

A Lenten Film Showing focusing on the message of the Divine Mercy of our Lord will be shown on March 27th, Friday at 7:30 pm in the Parish Hall.

The 65-minute DVD "Ocean of Mercy - One Vision - No Limits" tells the true story of three Polish saints: Saint Faustina, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Saint (Pope) John Paul II.

Find out the stories of

• Jesus appearing to Sister Faustina with his message of the endless and merciful love of God towards all people
• Fr. Maximilan Kolbe who volunteered to die in the place of a stranger at the concentration camp and
• the beloved Pope John Paul II.

Contact Vivian Lee (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Sally Helfer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 

Confessions will be available every Saturday during Lent from 5:00 to 5:30 pm in the parish church, as well as by appointment for other times.

Stations of the Cross will be held in English during Lent on Wednesday evenings at 8:00PM in the parish church.

For those who wish to make almsgiving a part of your Lenten practice, you may wish to join other parishioners in donating to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association.

This is a papal agency for humanitarian and pastoral support of Middle Eastern churches.

During this time when Middle Eastern Catholics and their families are being martyred for the faith, and when Christian villages and neighborhoods are under pressure and attack, their need for assistance and support from us is greater than ever.

During the remaining 3 weekends of Lent there will be a special box in the back of the church to receive any donations you may wish to make for the pastoral and temporal needs of Middle Eastern Catholics and other Christians.

We will consolidate your offerings and make one single gift from St. Anne's.

Thank you for your generosity. Yours, Fr. John 

Today, there will be a second collection in support of the Hong Kong Diocesan Central Council of Catholic Laity.

The collection will be used in carrying out the work of the Council in Laity Formation and Evangelization.

The Council serves each of us. Kindly contribute generously. Thank you.

Beginning Sunday, 15^th March 2015, we will be holding a marriage enrichment course, using Paul David Tripp’s video-based material, “What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage.”  The group will gather Sundays at 6:30-8:00pm at the function room of Pacific View, 38 Tai Tam Road, Hong Kong for supper together. Depending on responses, the meetings could be on Sundays or Saturdays.

Preliminary dates are 15^th, 22^nd March; 12^th, 26^th April; 10^th, 24^th May; 30^th August; 6^th, 20^th September; 11^th October and 8^th, 15^th November 2015.  This Bible-based series is intended for married couples, but is also excellent material for those who are engaged or intending to marry.  Couples and individuals, parishioners and non-parishioners, Catholics and non-Catholics are all welcome.  Even if your spouse cannot make it, please join us as he will experience God’s grace in you in a different way.

“There is never a moment in our marriage where we are not in need of the rescuing, enabling, delivering grace of the Redeemer.” – Paul David Tripp.

For more information, please contact Paul and Irene Jackson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Daniel and Vivian Lee at 6100-0880.

FEAST   FELLOWSHIP   FOUNDATION

This coming Wednesday, February 18^th, is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.  There will be three masses during which ashes will be distributed: on Tuesday night, the 17^th, at 8pm in the parish church; on Wednesday, the 18^th, at 7:15am in the Carmelite Sisters; and again on Wednesday, the 18^th, at 9am in the parish church.  Please take home the printed schedule available in the back of the church. 

Because Ash Wednesday coincides with Chinese New Year the faithful of the Diocese of Hong Kong have been dispensed from having to observe fast and abstinence on that day.  Individuals are free to choose another day for the Ash Wednesday fast and abstinence. 

Next week Chinese New Year will be celebrated.  The pastoral staff of St. Anne's wishes all our families and each of our parishioners a blessed New Year of the Ram, filled with health of body and peace of heart.

Cardinal John Tong has requested the faithful of the Diocese Hong Kong to respond to a questionnaire (found in the back of the church or online HERE) in preparation for the ongoing Synod on the Family.  

Responses can be submitted either on paper, by e-mail, or online.  To assist you in answering the questions, please first read pages 11 and 12 which detail the aim of each question.  The faithful are asked to offer responses to any group of questions that pertain to Category 5: Individuals/Individual Families.  The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2015.

All members of the St. Anne’s community are invited to join the Memorial Mass for Fr. John Liu on January 10^th at 3:00PM.  The mass (in Cantonese) will be celebrated by His Eminence, Cardinal Tong. 

Fr. Liu, the founder of St. Anne’s Parish, was a much loved and admired priest. He was the first pastor in Stanley and was active there for 33 years –from 1945 to 1978.  During that time, he built the church and the school, served as the headmaster of St. Teresa’s School, and also undertook the chaplaincy of Stanley Prison.  His varied duties included being the Rector of the District of Tai O, Cheung Chau and the Neighboring Islands; serving as the Rector of the Blessed Martyrs of China Chapel in Shek O (1979-1989); serving as the Spirit Director of Hong Kong Catholic Students’ Association. 

Fr. Liu passed away 25 years ago, on Jan 10, 1990.

And holiday party pictures!

A big “Thank You” to all who came to the BBQ, to the donors, and to the volunteers.

The rain stayed away and we had a great reunion with Father Wurth as there were many smiles among the 800+ who attended.

Again, many thanks.

Ken Ward, BBQ Coordinator

Fr. John will be out of Hong Kong from Sunday evening, November 16th, until Friday evening, November 21st, for Maryknoll business.

During that time, Frs. Bill Galvin and Adam Gudalefsky will cover the mass schedule and any other contingencies. They can be reached at the Maryknoll House, Stanley: 2813-0357. 

Tickets go on sale November 8th!  They will be available after Mass on Saturdays and Sundays and at the Parish Office during regular office hours.  Tickets are:

• $100 each for adults
• $50 each for domestic workers, children under 12, and seniors between 65 and 75.

Children under 3 and seniors over 75 are admitted free. Prices will increase by 50% after December 1^st, so buy your tickets early!  For details, please pick up a flyer at the back of the Church.

More volunteers needed! Please contact Ken Ward at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Donations for Lucky Draws and White Elephant Gifts can be dropped off at the Parish Office with Jacqueline and Desmond during regular office hours on Saturdays (9:30-12:00, 1:00-5:30) and Sundays (8:30-2:00, 3:00-4:30)

Live Performance for the BBQ - Calling all musicians, dancers, thespians, magicians, and other entertainers of all ages...we need your talents for this year's parish BBQ on December 7! If you are interested in performing at the BBQ, please contact Maureen Canham at 6447 7265 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A Boy Scout with BSA Hong Kong Troop 1 and a parishioner here at St. Anne's is currently working on a service project to attain his Eagle Scout rank.

He has chosen St. Anne's to be the beneficiary of the project, which will consist of upgrading our courtyard. With the help of other Boy Scouts, his confirmation classmates, family, friends and other parishioners, he will be cleaning up and painting the courtyard. As the project needs to be self-funded, he needs to raise funds for supplies.

On November 23rd, we will be conducting a bake sale after Mass. Your help will be very much appreciated. You can help by baking goods so we can sell them. All monies will go towards the purchase of paint and supplies for the project.

Of course, you can also help by buying some baked goods or making donations. Thank you in advance.

During the month of November, the Church remembers in thought and prayer all who have gone before us in life and in faith.  There is a lavender box in the rear of the Church in which to deposit names of those deceased you wish to be prayed for.  Names only, please.  We request that you do not place any monetary offerings in the box.

“I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you and the faithful of St. Anne’s Church for the generosity of heart and commitment to support our little deaf brothers and sisters in Christ, to let them continue to receive Catholic Education in a sign bilingual and co-enrolment model which we believe, based on research, will benefit them most.  On 11 & 12 October 2014, we gathered $18,116 worth of donation from the compassionate faithful of St. Anne’s Church through Second Collections.”  -- Gladys Tang , Director of Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong