Rarely does an institution’s health depend on a single event for its wellbeing and its effectiveness for the rest of the year.  But St. Anne’s is an exception.

There is an event that we conduct once a year that determines our ability to provide quality pastoral care and outreach ministries: Service Sunday. 

Next weekend, August 31 and September 1^st, we will ask parishioners, young and old, to offer some service for specific activities and ministries that will be carried out during the rest of the year.  Participation from each family in this endeavor is critical to the quality of our common parish life.  Some needs have relatively small time commitments and do not require experience. 

If you can’t be there next weekend, please contact me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., our parish secretary, to let us know that you are willing to offer service in some way.  Thank you for your prayerful consideration of responding to our needs.

Fr. John

St. Anne’s would like to thank Fr. Gabriel Altamirano, MG, for his service to the Parish over the past two months, and we offer our very best wishes to him as he assumes his new position as Assistant Parish Priest at St. Teresa’s Parish in Kowloon Tong.

All drivers please be reminded:

Effective 2 July, 2013 - all vehicles illegally parked at Hoi Fung Path will be towed away.

St. Paul speaks about how the gifts of each person build the Body of Christ.  I think this is very clear at St. Anne’s by the various talents that we have. 

Peggy Fitch and her musical group bring so much joy to us when we pray.  Our Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers who help facilitate the Mass each Sunday.  My minor leaguers and major leaguers who assist me at Mass as Acolytes and who will be our Lectors and EMs in the future.  All those who nourish our young children in the CCD program.  The various public and private prayer groups on Thursday and Friday that pray for all of us.  Our communication person who does the Sunday bulletins as well as the parish web site. Our great teenagers who ask the deeper questions about themselves, relationships, church and faith and how to live in the modern world.  The many acts gently done by the Philippine community.  Finally, the gifts of joy, laughter, love and wonderment by your children call all of us as adults to be better so that they will grow healthily and faithfully.  

Thank you for sharing all those gifts with me.

-- Fr. Ed

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be offered for the last time before the summer holiday this Thursday morning 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.  The devotion will be temporarily suspended for the summer months but will resume again in September.  Anyone interested in helping with the devotion or for more information, please contact Sally Helfer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

There will be no English daily Mass from Monday through Saturday of this coming week, May 6th – 11th. The only Mass offered will be in Cantonese at 7:15 am at the Carmelite Monastery.

The Diocesan English Youth Group will have a gathering and Mass at St. Teresa'a Church, Kowloon, on Sunday, May 12^th. The gathering is from 1:45 pm to 4:30 pm.  More information is available on the parish bulletin board.

As an expression of our solidarity with our brethren suffering from the earthquake in Sichuan on 20 April, Cardinal John Tong is appealing to the faithful to pray for them and the rescue workers, as well as for our generous support in today's second collection for the emergency relief efforts to be undertaken with the collaboration of Caritas-Hong Kong and the partnership of the Church in Mainland China.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be held at St. Anne's Church on Thursday mornings, 10:00AM-12:00PM.

All are invited for a quiet prayer experience in this devotion to the Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

The parish website is undergoing a facelift, and we are actively seeking photographic images depicting parish life, the many activities of our parish ministries, and, of course, the various special events that take place throughout the year. 

Please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  to contribute!

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)

A Retreat conducted by Fr. Chad Boulton, Senior Chaplain of Ampleforth College in the UK (a co-educational Catholic boarding school for 13-18 year olds)

The programme includes an introduction to the Rule of St. Benedict (written in the 6th Century), monastic prayer, discussion about how Benedictine principles for living in community guide school and family relationships.

We will begin with a light lunch, and end with Mass.   The Retreat is designed for parents of teenagers, who are interested in learning about monastic principles in relation to raising teenagers into responsible and spiritual young adults.

Saturday March 23^rd from 12pm - 5pm at PIME House, 843 Clear Water Bay Road, Silverstrand, HK

Suggested donation: $200 per person to cover our costs and lunch.

Please register with Carla Basto Clark: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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.

CWC2013 will be held on Saturday, March 9^th, at the high school campus of HKIS in Tai Tam.  The keynote speaker is Sandra Gillard from England, who will speak on the theme “Complete in Him” based on Colossians 2:6-10.  

Visit the CWC website at www.cwc.org.hk for more details and for Sandra's bio. 

Contact Ha Gavlik for more information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.