NEWSLETTER

June 2019

St. Ann Church & National Shrine

1 Priesthood Ordination

2 Ascension of the Lord

Anniversary of Fr. Vincent’s

Ordination

Mission Trip Meeting 6 pm JPII

Room

3 Fr. Billy on Vacation 6/3 – 6/20

Summer Cabbageball begins

Mondays

and Wednesdays 6 pm

3 Adoration 9:15 – 6 pm Chapel

KC Ladies Auxiliary Meeting 6:30 pm

JPII Room

7 School Office Closed for Summer

9 Pentecost

Second Collection – Peter’s Pence

15 Anniversary of Fr. Billy’s Ordination

16 Most Holy Trinity

Father’s Day

Fr. Selva Raj Mission appeal for

Kumbakonam diocese

23 Corpus Christi

24 the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

26 Parish Office Closed – Staff Day of

Reflection

28 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

29 Saints Peter & Paul

Knights of Columbus Morning of

Reflection for Men and sons 7:30 am

Mass

JUNE CALENDAR AT A GLANCE

Eight New Priests Will Be Ordained June 1st

Archbishop Gregory Aymond will ordain eight new priests for

the Archdiocese of New Orleans June 1st at the 10 a.m. Mass of

Ordination at St. Louis Cathedral. The current deacons who

will become priests, are Douglas Busch, David Frank, Andrew

Rudmann, Andrew Gutierrez, Leon Poche Jr., Daniel Darmanin,

Daniel Okafor and Damian Zablocki.

You can find more information on these men in the Clarion

Herald and on the Archdiocese of New Orleans website and we

are also sharing videos on our St. Ann Facebook page.

Father David Frank will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving

on June 23 and Father Dan Darminin will celebrate a Mass

of Thanksgiving on June 30, both at St. Ann at the 11 a.m.

Masses. A reception will follow both Masses so that you

can congratulate them, ask for their blessing, and help

them celebrate their ordination.

https://stannchurchandshrine.org

504-455-7071

Ordination Anniversaries

On June 15, Fr. Billy will celebrate the 34th anniversary of

his Ordination.

Fr. Billy O’Riordan is a native of County Cork, Ireland. He

attended elementary school in Canovee, and secondary

school at De La Salle in Macroom and St. Finbarr’s College,

Farranferris in Cork City. He studied for the priesthood at

Carlow College and then at the College of St. Kieran in

Kilkenny City. Fr. Billy, the oldest of six children, was

ordained to the priesthood in his native parish of Kilmurry,

County Cork on June 15, 1985 by Most Rev. Philip M. Hannan, eleventh archbishop of New Orleans [1965-1989].

Fr. Vincent will celebrate the 1st anniversary of his Ordination on June 2.

He was born and raised in a devout Catholic family in northern Vietnam. In

2010, he came to the US, to learn English and study philosophy and theology

at several seminaries in the Midwest. In 2016, he moved to New Orleans and

was ordained a deacon for the Archdiocese of New Orleans in May 2017. As

he says, “The most blessed day of my life was June 2, 2018, when I was ordained

to the priesthood of Jesus Christ at our historic St. Louis Cathedral.”

St. Ann Summer Seminarian

Please welcome our Summer Seminarian -

Paolo Taffaro is a seminarian of the Archdiocese of New Orleans going into his senior year at St. Joseph Seminary College in Covington, Louisiana. He grew up in Meraux, Louisiana where he was homeschooled together with his eight siblings from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Paolo enjoys playing sports. He plays on the soccer team at St. Joseph Seminary and looks forward to the annual Causeway Cup against Notre Dame Seminary. In addition to playing sports, Paolo loves to play guitar and piano as well as sing. He is a member of the Schola Cantorum, which is the

choir at St. Joseph Seminary. Paolo looks forward to the opportunity to be at St. Ann’s this summer, and is excited to be formed through the life of this community.

“I give you a new commandment: Love one another.” – John 13:34

Arise Mission Trip

There are two spaces left! There will be a meeting on

June 2 at 6 pm in the JPII Room

St. Ann Social Justice Committee is planning a Mission trip

to the Arise Center in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas June

29 – July 6. Develop leadership skills and share your gifts

this summer. Information on Arise can be found at

www.arisesotex.org. Lodging and meals are provided, you

will only have to pay for your transportation. Spaces are limited, please sign up below if you are interested.

Knights of Columbus Council #3465 Ladies’ Auxiliary

Greetings! I am excited to report that we have made it to 40 Charter Members of our organization! New members are always welcome. Please invite prospective members to join! We will gather for our next meeting this coming Tuesday, June 4 in the Parish Ministries Center (behind the Shrine). There will be light refreshments and drinks starting at 6:30, with a brief meeting at 7:00. We will discuss upcoming events, including the following:

Saturday, July 27, Installation of Officers at 5:00 pm (after the 4:00 Mass) Saturday, August 17, St. Michael's Spaghetti Dinner (fundraiser) in the Cafeteria, 5-8 pm (we will have sign-up sheets at the meeting for donations for auction, donations of desserts, and volunteers to help with setup and to work the event.) We will have KC members present at Tuesday's meeting to discuss what is needed from our organization for this event. Annual dues of $18.00 will be collected at this meeting (which includes the end of the Fiscal Year and all of the new year, which begins July 1st). If you have already paid $3.00 in dues for the current year, your balance will be $15.00. Cash or checks accepted. I look forward to seeing you there! God bless-- Bonnie Jones (504) 908-5292

“Be the Difference That Makes a

Difference”

Tharuka is an Altar Server at St. Ann and one of our past Altar Server of the Year recipients. His family is from Sri Lanka and he has felt called to raise money to help the victims of the recent attacks on Catholic churches.

These funds will be directed toward supporting children who have lost both parents, school scholarships for children whose breadwinner of the family has been killed, counselling and support through “Seth Sarana” and “Caritas” team of the Church, with the support of qualified psychologists, and supporting the communities in the affected parishes.

Click here to Be the Difference That Makes a Difference - You can help by donating and sharing his Go Fund Me to help get the word out.

Tuesday Adoration Every Tuesday at St. Ann we have Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel following the 8:45 a.m. Mass until 6:30 p.m. We are in need of adorers to commit to an hour with the Lord. Several people have either moved away or had other circumstances that prevent them from continuing in this ministry, so we need some new people to help fill these time slots. The Blessed Sacrament can never be left alone while it is exposed. If you can spend some time with our Lord, you can sign up here: https://stannchurchandshrine.org/adoration-society or contact the parish office.

Order of St. Louis Medallion

2019 Recipients

Congratulations to St. Ann Order of St. Louis recipients:

Ed Elam and Brian & Diane French. Thank you for your many

years of dedicated service to St. Ann Parish and the Archdiocese

of New Orleans. They received their medals from Archbishop

Aymond on May 19th. The Order of St. Louis IX award was

established in 1975 to honor those members of the laity who

have contributed their time and talents to the church. In the past

44 years, more than 10,000 men and women have received the

medallion as a token of thanks for their Christ-like service to the

church.

Mrs. Susan Kropog & Mrs. Lynelle

Gumpert Retiring from St. Ann School

The students said farewell to the Mrs. Susan

Kropog our Principal and Mrs. Lynelle Gumpert

our Vice-Principal on Friday. We will continue to

pray for them and wish them well as they begin

their retirement. Thank you for your many years of service to St. Ann School.

Father’s Day – June 16th

Missionary Appeal – Diocese of Kumbakonam – Rev. M.S. Selva Raj

The Propagation of the Faith office of our diocese has invited

the diocese of KUMBAKONAM, India to speak to us about

their missionary activities and challenges. Accordingly Rev.

M. S. Selva Raj will be speaking to us during all the Masses

on the weekend of June 15/16. This diocese, started in

1899 in the State of Tamil Nadu, India, has an area of 7823

sq. km and a Catholic population of 213,000 (6% of the

population). It is served by 210 diocesan and 63 religious

priests, 588 nuns and 15 trained lay catechists. The diocese

has certain concrete and meaningful goals for a New Evangelization in the III millennium, like:

1) Establishing 10 more new parishes, each with a new church and rectory. At present, this diocese is 93 parishes and 618 mission-stations. Many of the missions are so large that they have to be made independent parishes with a resident priest. Most Catholics have no vehicle to travel to the main parish church for Sunday Mass. But the people are unable to give financial support, for such pressing pastoral projects.

2) Providing the 126 Catholic schools in the missions with better facilities, tools, children’s Bibles, a projector, catechetical materials in the form of DVDs, pictures, text-books and workbooks to improve the quality of religious and faith formation of Catholic and non-Catholic students in mission- schools.

3) Enabling 485 nuns and 2155 Catholic Teachers in charge of catechetical, educational, medical and social ministries throughout this rural diocese, to educate the children in the Catholic faith and to help the people, particularly the poor, for their integral development.

4) Providing buildings and infra-structure to our mission schools in villages since education is a main means of evangelization while the government pays most of the teachers.

5) Education of more young men in the seminary, since the diocese abounds in vocation, to priesthood and religious life so that some could be sent as missionaries to missions abroad where there is a shortage of priests. Note: Every year, an average of 50 young men and women go out of this diocese to other missions in India and abroad to serve God and His people as missionaries.

6) Education of 1000 very poor or orphan children from poor families every year by providing them with free board & lodge. All the above mission projects are 80% dependent on MCP funds. The diocese is trying to materialize these missionary goals, depending on the availability of funds. The mission and spiritual prospects of Kumbakonam diocese are bright but its needs are many and pressing. 60% of its Catholics are depressingly poor. Therefore, your fervent prayers and generous help are earnestly requested for building the Kingdom of God, in and through the diocese of Kumbakonam, India.

Novena to St. Ann 2019

Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. Ann Church & Shrine,

Greetings in the Lord, and in the name of St. Ann,

mother of the Mother of God! School is out and people

are beginning to take some time for vacation and

visiting friends. Well, it’s almost time for St. Ann

Novena 2019 - July 18th until July 26th, the feast day of our Patron Saint.

During Lent, the priest scheduled to do our St. Ann

Novena called to cancel because his Bishop is sending him

to India to speak at a conference. With suggestions from Fr. Jim Marchionda O.P., we called

other priests to lead our 2019 Novena, and after several phone calls, none are available to

do the nine days … With that, Plan C has been put into operation. We will have different

priests from throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans who have experience in preaching

on various retreats and missions. I told them to bring their best sermon to the table. Hence,

we are going with the theme: Potluck Novena.

Generally, we bring our favorite dish to a potluck. In this case, I encourage you to invite

your family and friends to our Potluck Novena. Food unites us, and in many ways we, the

People of God under the patronage of St. Ann, serve as the ingredients for something greater

- brought together in prayer as God’s children to seek God’s reign anew, to acclaim the faith

of Jesus and share in Christ the feast that frees us.

Start saving the date: July 18th - July 26th for our Potluck Novena. More information later!

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Billy O’Riordan

Pastor

Traveling this summer?

Use masstimes.org or the Mass Times for Travel App to find Catholic churches along the way. Make it part of your itinerary to go to Mass and visit churches in the locations you are visiting.

Mass Times makes it easy to search for a Mass by presenting all the possibilities in a geographical area on one page. It provides worship times, church locations, contact information, website links, and maps. There are 117,000 churches in 201 countries/territories.

Traveling this summer and want to spend time in Adoration of Jesus, exposed in the Blessed Sacrament? This link lists churches and chapels across the United States that offer Eucharistic Adoration. He humbly and patiently waits just for YOU. http://www.therealpresence.org/chap_fr.htm

Director of Youth Ministry

Please welcome our new Director of Youth Ministry, Miss Noella Balint. Noella is a recent graduate from Ave Maria University where she majored in Theology. She will be attending Notre Dame Seminary in the fall to continue her studies. You may recognize Noella from her work with our Vacation Bible School last year. Noella will be working with us part-time, focusing on activities involving the youth of St. Ann Parish including CYO. Please welcome her when you see her. If you have

questions regarding CYO or other youth activities, please contact her in the office 504-455-7071 ext. 2229.

Vacation Bible School Registration for VBS 2019 is currently being accepted. Registration for campers and student volunteers are now open! The registration link can be found on the church website: http://stannchurchandshrine.org/vacation-bible-school We will host the events July 1-12 (TWO WEEKS!!!) and participants will have the option of half or full day program. The two options are 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon, or 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. If you have questions, please forward them to David Wilson at 455-7071, ext. 2225