MASS SCHEDULE:

Weekdays 7:00 or 9:30 a.m. (Convent)

8:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

Saturday 7:00 or 9:30 a.m. (Convent)

5:00 p.m. (St. Ann Church-Sunday

Fulfillment)

Sunday 8:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

11:00 a.m. (St. Ann Church)

BAPTISMS: By appointment. (Instruction

classes for Parents and God-parents on Monday

evenings by appointment. Contact the Rectory

early in pregnancy.)

CONFESSIONS: Sat. 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.

WEDDINGS: Prepare for your marriage.

Archdiocese guidelines must be followed.

Contact the Pastor at least 6 months in

advance to assist you. You must be attending

Sunday Mass.

7530 Natural Bridge Normandy, Missouri- 63121

www.stannchurch-stl.org School website: www.sacs-stl.org

Father Bill Kempf, Pastor, ext 855 Pat Marstall, Secretary- 385-5090, ext 851

Mary Jo Reichenbach, Principal School- 381-0113

Anna Hook, Preschool Director- 382-2974 Eileen Engelmeyer, Bookkeeper- 385-5090 ext 852

Parish Center Scheduling and Rental- 385-5090

PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK: If you

are unable to attend mass for a prolonged

period of time, call the rectory to arrange for

Holy Communion at your residence. Likewise,

please inform the rectory staff if you

will be hospitalized so we can attend to your

spiritual health.

NEW PARISHIONERS: A warm welcome

to new parishioners. Please stop at the Rectory

and register. If you move, please let us know.

CHILDRENS LITURGY:

Grades K thru 6, Special Liturgy of the Word

at 11:00 a.m. Sunday Mass, Sept-May

BULLETIN DEADLINE: Noon on Tuesday

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS MEETINGS

Knights of Columbus - 2nd Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.

Rosary begins at 7:20 p.m.

Ladies’ Guild-Second Thursday– 8:00 p.m.

Men’s Club - Last Wednesday - 8:15 p.m.

Finance Committee Quarterly - 7:00 p.m.

School Board - 2nd Monday - 6:30 p.m.

Athletic Association - 4th Monday - 8:00 p.m.

Social Justice Committee-4th Monday-7:00 pm

SAPO……………………..1st Tuesday-7:00 p.m.

The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

January 10, 2016

Lector Schedule January 16, 17, 2016 Saturday, January 16, 5:00 pm: Lynne Thien

Sunday, January 17, 2016: 8:00 am: Seminarian 11:00 am: Seminarian

The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

SANCTUARY LADIES : Friday, January 15, 2016 Nancy Husmann & volunteer

SOME THOUGHTS FROM FR. RON: Recently Fr Bill asked if I would be interested in writing this column from time to time. I was reluctant, but I told him I would do it whenever he was away for a week or had way too much to do. The issue then became what to write about. But two weekends ago I celebrated Mass at several parishes where, at the request of the diocese, they handed out copies of Matthew Kelly’s Rediscover Jesus. That suggested a topic: Do we have to “re-discover” Jesus? Haven’t we always known him? Many of us, like Christians over the centuries, out of reverence for the divinity of Jesus, have made him remote and distant, someone in heaven with God the Father. As a result people give more attention to the Blessed Virgin Mary or to other saints, who seem closer to us. Or they give more attention to getting the doctrinal teaching about Christ correct: that He is divine and human, the Savior of the world, the Son of God, and so on. Or they focus on the Church and its teachings and rules. Or other people tell us about the Jesus they have met in their lives. We can even read about Him in the Bible. But even when we pray to Jesus, we still don’t know Jesus Himself. What we know when we pray is what we are saying to Him. Think for a minute about your experience when someone keeps telling you about a friend of theirs and how much you would enjoy their company. Your friend describes what his/her friend looks like, what s/he does, and so on. You get infor-mation about the person but you still don’t know that person directly yourself. Many know about Jesus but don’t know Jesus Himself. And yet, knowing Jesus is our salvation. How can we come to know Jesus for ourselves? How can we know Jesus not just as an historical personage, not just a char-acter in a gospel story on paper, not just the subject of a church teaching but as a living person? How do we get to know anyone? We sit with the person. We watch what s/he does. We listen to what the person says. We open ourselves to the other. We ask the person personal questions. We pay attention to how we feel when we are lis-tening to the person. We tell the person about ourselves (and notice whether they are paying attention). Sometimes we just sit quietly with the person. And sometimes we run out of space…more later!

Readings for the Week of January 10, 2016 Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11 or Is 42:1-4, 6-7/Ps 104:1b-4, 24-25, 27-30/Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7 or Acts 10:34-38/Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 Monday: 1 Sm 1:1-8/Ps 116:12-19/Mk 1:14-20 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20/1 Sm 2:1, 4-8/Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Ps 40:2, 5, 7-10/Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11/Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25/Mk 1:40-45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a/Ps 89:16-19/Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a/Ps 21:2-7/Mk 2:13-17 Next Sunday: Is 62:1-5/Ps 96:1-3, 7-10/1 Cor 12:4-11/Jn 2:1-11 ©Liturgical Publications Inc

January 10: Dynamic Catholic, Alive! – Baptism In today’s Gospel, we heard about John the Baptist and the Bap-tism of Christ. Baptism takes away original sin, all personal sins and all punishment due to sin (Compendium, 263). The Church teaches that a baptized person belongs forever to Christ. After His Resurrection, Christ commanded His Apostles: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Mt 28:19). Do you know the date of your Baptism? archstl.org/dynamic

BULLETIN NOTICES should be brought to the office, dropped in the basket, or emailed to patatstann@gmail.com by noon on Tuesdays to assure publication for that week-end’s bulletin.

Save the Date for the 2016 Dinner Dance and Auction St. Ann’s annual Dinner Dance and Auction is scheduled for Saturday, April 30th. Please reserve the date on your calen-dars today! And remember, post Christmas sales are a great time to find wonderful deals on items to donate! If you are interested in volunteering in some capacity with this, our major fundraiser of the year, contact Pat at the rectory (385-5090.)

The 2016 Catholic Men for Christ Conference is sched-uled for Saturday, February 6, and will feature Tom Peter-son, Steve Bollman, Msgr. Eugene Morris, and David Wil-liams, along with emcee Zip Rzeppa. This year's conference will be held at the Peabody Opera House (1440 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63103.) For more information and to register, please visit the Catholic Men for Christ website catholicmenforchrist.org.

Worn out from the holidays? Are you looking for a way to avoid the winter blahs? How about a special weekend just for the two of you that will reinvigorate your marriage? At-tend a Marriage Encounter weekend on February 5-7 or April 22-24 and find the way to make your good marriage better. To learn more, click on www.stl-wwme.org or call 314.649.7317.

The St. Louis Review is a publication that provides Catholic information and news. The subscription price is $30 per year. There is an yellow envelope in your packet, or you may write ‘St. Louis Review’ on a blank envelope and drop it in the collection basket or mail it to/drop it off at the rectory.

Sunday evening masses (8:30 pm) at the Provincial House Chapel on the UMSL South campus resume Jan-uary 24th, 2016. All are welcome.

St. Ann Church January 10, 2016

MONDAY, January 11 7:00 am John Ngoc Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Bob Lacey TUESDAY, January 12

7:00 am Maria Bac Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Juliette Murray

WEDNESDAY, January 13 7:00 am Maria Nhai Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:20 am Bob Lacey

THURSDAY, January 14 7:00 am John Ngoc Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Helen Sullivan

FRIDAY, January 15 7:00 am Maria Nhai Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 8:00 am Judy Murray (living)

SATURDAY, January 16 7:00 am John Ngoc Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 5:00 pm The people of St. Ann Parish

SUNDAY, January 17 8:00 am James Knop 9:30 am Maria Nhai Nguyen (Good Shepherd Convent) 11:00 am Juliette Murray

FINANCIAL REPORT

For the 1st week of January ending 1/03/2016

$8,352 Stewardship Goal: $7,100

Actual Monthly Parish Stewardship: $8,352 Money Counters: Monday, January 11: Team B

WEEKDAY MASSES Mon-Wed, Jan 11-13: Tahj. Henderson & Ethan Bulard Thurs, Fri, Jan 14-15: Aiden Quinlisk & Estella Bahan SATURDAY, January 16: 5:00 pm: Ryan Klohr & Audrey Quinlisk SUNDAY, January 17: 8:00 am: Rebecca Williams & Lydia Dieckmann 11:00 am: Jacob Bird & Justin Reese

FREE!!! There is a stack of campfire wood (mostly syca-more) on the edge of the parking lot by the cemetery (near the dumpsters.) If interested please help yourself.

James Alexander

Katie Alexander Patrick Barry Alex Befort Dorothy Birdsong

Mary Leigh Britt Carl Brown Don Buchholz

Marie Buechert Marcia Buterin Walter Chadwick

Helen Craven Fr. Jim Edwards Rose Ann Emma Elaine Fitzgerald

Kathleen Fitzgerald Marie Gagnepain Bruce Gardiner

Julie Garcia Dominic Gaulden Fritzi Goodman

Wallace Goodwin Emily Habel

Shannon McLaughlin Healy

Mary Hof Cindy Hogan

Chris Holmes Betty Husmann James Jakle

Levi Jennings Maggie Jost Michael Jost Jack Klein

Pauline Lawler Barb Lynch Kirk Markuly

Dan McGraugh Bob Merritt W.D.M. MaryLouise Montgomery

Peggy Murry John Nikonowicz Jack Niland

Sheila Nunes Anne Parker Kevin Putnam

Marcia Putnam

Vi Rodgers Carol Ruth Roszhart Kimberly Ryan Joan Schroeder

Rose Marie Schroeder Al Schulte Blain Selvidge

Stephanie Selvidge Raymond Sharp Fred Shea

Michael Shea James E. Smith Barbara Ten Eyck Martha Ten Eyck

Angela Tutt Joe Welsch Nancy Whalen

Barbara Williams Theresa Zlotopolski Alfred Zlotopolski

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF ALL THOSE SERVING IN OUR MILITARY, especially

Matthew Collins Keith Campbell Dylan Hilliard Brandon Klink Justin Scott Robert Spilling Andrew Spilling and the sick, the hospitalized, home bound and

nursing home residents:

Saturday, January 16, 2016 - Trivia night (Super Hero theme) to benefit Our Lady’s Inn, being held at Chaminade College School Atrium, 425 South Lindbergh. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., trivia starts at 7:00 p.m. Cost is $25 per person /$200 per table of 8. Price includes 2 free drinks per person! Light snacks will be provided. For more information or to register visit: www.ourladysinn.org or call Amy Rager @ 314-736-1544. All proceeds from the event will benefit Our Lady’s Inn, an emergen-cy shelter for homeless pregnant women and their children.

The next meeting of the Social Justice Committee will be held in the rectory library on Tuesday evening, January 19th, beginning at 7 pm. Anyone interested in joining this group is welcome to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Barry Buchek at 314-385-1231.

The RLA is looking for individuals born in 1973 or after to partici-pate in the Rose Procession at the Annual Roe v. Wade Mass on Saturday, January 16 at 9:30 AM at the Cathedral Basilica. Individuals carry a rose during the entrance procession, represent-ing the approximately 1 million children who lost their lives to abor-

tion during that year. Participants must be able to arrive at the Cathedral before 8:45 AM.

If you are interested, please contact Stephanie at stepha-nieto@archstl.orgor 314-792-7038 to sign up.

COMING EVENTS - MARK YOUR CALENDARS! MLK Day of Service……………………...……..….Mon, Jan 18 St. Ann School Open House……………..………...Sun, Jan 31 CNC’S Wines Around the World……………...…..….Fri, Feb 5 St. Ann School/Preschool Trivia Night…….………..Sat, Feb 6 SAPO Progressive Dinner……………………….…Sat, Feb 20

The new Men’s Club officers will be officially installed on Tuesday evening, January 19, 2016 with appetizers at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 pm in the Parish Center. All parishioners are welcome, especially any men who may be interested in join-ing this august institution. The cost is $5.00 per person. This year for your convenience we will offer free babysitting in the assembly room so that more couples may attend. If you are planning to bring children please notify Pat at the rectory (385-5090) with the child(ren)s’ names and ages. If you any ques-tions please call Bob Reid at 599-8433 or Bill Hook at 382-5786.

REMINDER: The first meeting for the Confirmation can-didates is TODAY, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10TH in the Par-ish Center from 9:30-10:45 a.m. The group will then at-tend the 11:00 a.m. mass together.