On Sunday, May 5^th, the First Holy Communion 1A class will be sponsoring the Hospitality Table.  The Hospitality table will not be in session after May 5^th, and we look forward to welcoming you back in September when all the Religious Education classes are back in session. 

The Hospitality Committee would like to thank all the families who contributed food and beverage items and especially their time throughout the year.  A very special thanks goes out to the following Hospitality Committee members who were instrumental in helping to coordinate the Hospitality Table this year: Tricia Nichol, Tricia Armstrong, Sarah Eckert, Maureen Ocanham, and Annette Faldyn.

Thanks to the students of the Pre-Confirmation class who sponsored the 11:15am Mass last week. Special thanks to their teachers, Judith and Anthony Evangelista, for preparing the students.

Dear Music Ministry Members,

The line-up and schedule for May are attached.

We are coming to the end of the school year and there is a lot going on in the month of May.

On Saturday May 4th, the 6pm Mass will be sponsored by the Youth Band.  Thanks to Hannah Kraebel  for selecting the music and leading this group, and thanks to Jennie Li for accompanying.  If you know of any youth guitarist or pianist who might be interested, please invite them to join the group.  There will be one more Youth Mass on June 1st, after which there is a break for the summer, and the group will resume again at the start of the next school year.

The 8:45 Mass on May 5th will be broadcast on RTHK Radio 4.  The Filipino choir will be singing, and this time there will also be violin and trumpet  accompaniment.   Thanks to our youth instrumentalists Amar Bhardwaj and Aisling Quinlan for joining.

May 12th is Mothers' Day, and we should prepare a song or instrumental piece for when the roses are distributed.  A good one might be 'Hail Mary, Gentle Woman', p. 779, but each group can have their own choosing.

The Rite of Confirmation will be held on Saturday, May 18th at the 6pm Mass.  Reverend Brian Barrons will be the celebrant.  We need singers for the choir!  Please join if at all possible, and please ask your friends from the parish to join also.  Rehearsal will be 4:30pm.

There are two ceremonies for First Holy Communion; both will be held on Saturday, May 25th.  One is at 11:30am and one is at 3pm.  Again we need singers!  Please join the choir and ask your friends too.  Rehearsal will be at 10:15am.  We will break for lunch after the first ceremony and return again for the 3pm ceremony.

The May Crowning will be on Sunday May 26th at the 11:15 Mass.  Can the Filipino choir select a song in praise of Mary for the crowning?

The schedule for the 11:15 cantors will be May 5th –Stella,  May 12th – Jam, and May 19th –Lorna.  Please let me know if the schedule is ok for you.

Peace,
Peggie

Downloads:

Choir Schedule For Sundays in May
Music Line-Up For Sundays in May
Music Line-Up for Confirmation
Music Line-Up for First Holy Communion

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.

Please join us in thanking the following Acolytes for their service at Mass this weekend:

• 6:00pm:      Eliza Sherry, Ethan Sherry
• 8:45am:      Aisling Quinlan, Robert Poon, Jason Poon, Lauren Vallace
• 11:15am:    Natasha Hirt, Jessica Tan, Kenna Argetsinger, Ying Ying Tse
• 6:00pm:      Erlinda Borje, Guia Sedon

Thank you very much for serving your parish community!  Please contact Moka Quinlan for information about this important ministry: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thanks to the children of class 5B who sponsored the 11:15am Mass last week. Special thanks to their teacher, Paul Donnelly, for preparing the students.

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.

To commemorate the month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Filipino Catholic Group (FCG) is hosting a film showing on Sunday, April 28 starting at 1:30 p.m.  

The movie is called "The 13th Day" (75 mins).  Based on the memoirs of the oldest Seer, Lucia Santos, and many thousands of independent eye-witness accounts, "The 13th Day" dramatizes the TRUE story of three young shepherds (Lucia, Francisco & Jacinta) who experienced six interactive apparitions with a “Lady from Heaven” between May and October 1917, which culminated into the final prophesied Miracle. More than 70,000 witnesses watched the sun spin in the sky before plummeting towards the earth, in an extraordinary prophesied event, which became known as 'The Miracle of the Sun.

"Mary, the Mother of God" (49 mins), from Fr. Robert Barron's Catholicism series will also be shown after the movie.

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

Please join us in thanking the following Acolytes for their service at Mass this weekend:

• 6:00pm:        Juliana Provenzale, Pierce O'Malley
• 8:45am:        Keelin McNicholas, Aisling Quinlan, Hannah Tan, Jessica Tan
• 11:15am:      Ryan Argetsinger, Zoe Forino, Kate Vallace
• 6:00pm:        Olivia Weise, Sam Weise

Thank you very much for serving your parish community!

Please contact Moka Quinlan for information about this important ministry: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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!

Thanks to the children of the 4th grade class who sponsored the 11:15am Mass last week. Special thanks to their teacher, Virginia Horton, for preparing the students. Thanks also to the members of the Church Beautification Ministry for preparing flower baskets for the Offertory.

Due to the upcoming renovation work about to begin in the school area attached to St. Anne's Church, please be aware of the following change in the CCD Class Schedule.

Last Day of Class

May 19th:  First Holy Communion (all);
May 12th:  Confirmation
May 5th:  All Others

Please join us in thanking the following Acolytes for their service at Mass this week:

6:00pm:     Owen Tucker, Emma Tucker
8:45am:    Mariella Evangelista, Abigail Evangelista, Isabella Hirt, Natasha Hirt
11:15am:    Keith Choa, Monica Francis, James Francis
6:00pm:    Reina Mandadero, Rodel Vital

Please contact Moka Quinlan for information about this important ministry: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We welcome all of our young parishioners after next Saturday’s Mass to join us for Pizza, Friends, Fellowship, Mario Kart and Cookie Decorating!

Saturday, April 20^th, 7:10PM

St. Anne’s Parish Hall

Do you wish you could spend three days off to rediscover your faith and the life-enhancing power of the Holy Spirit? If the answer is "YES" (or even "maybe"), the Walk to Emmaus retreat is for you.

The Walk to Emmaus is a 3-day residential weekend retreat held at Maryknoll House. It is an ecumenical retreat linking Christians from many churches in Hong Kong. You will spend three busy but very enjoyable days in study, prayer, worship and discussion, centering around 15 talks given by laity and clergy. Many St. Anne's parishioners have taken part in a Walk to Emmaus retreat and have found it to be a life-changing experience.

The upcoming Spring walks will be held on May 9-12 (Women) and May 16-19 (Men). Catriona Woodrow from Union Church is Lay Director for the Women's Walk and Markus Shaw from St. Anne's Church is Lay Director for the Men's Walk. Application forms are available online at hkwalktoemmaus.org

For questions, please contact:

MEN: Markus Shaw This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Dennis Montecillo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

WOMEN: Vivian Lee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Aissa Montecillo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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.

The next Youth Mass is April 6^th !   Please encourage your child/teen to read, sing and participate with their friends:  April 6 / May 4 / June 1. 

If you would like to be a Lector, contact Karen Brown at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and if you would like to join the youth choir, contact Hannah Kraebel at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..