Happy New Year!  Registration for CYO volleyball for grades 4-8 is now open.  Here is the link to register.

Here is some information about the season:

• The registration fee is $100 and will stay open until Friday 2/2.
• Practices will begin the week of February 6th, and the season runs through the end of April. You can expect two practices during the week and one match each weekend (could be Saturday or Sunday).  The days/times of practices for individual teams won’t be known until we get closer to the start of the season and have coaches in place.
• 4th grade volleyball is co-ed. For grades 5-8, we’ll have separate boys and girls teams.
• Volleyball players will be required to purchase their own knee pads.

Please reach out if you have any questions.

Go Celtics!

Colin Gallagher (cyosports@stannesea.org)

Volunteer Parish CYO Athletic Director

Hallow | Alpha | School’s Pre-K and Kindergarten Info Night

The choirs of St. Anne and of Sacred Heart are combining to give a concert on January 7th at 1 pm. Christmas is too busy, so we decided to wait for the Magi and make a present of our singing. St. Anne and Sacred Heart will be singing some of our favorite Christmas (and Epiphany) music. We will have some special guest singers. We hope you can join us and finish the season with some musical cheer!

Two Holy Days of Obligation back to back means TWO Masses – more opportunity to pray!

4th Sunday of Advent:
Saturday, 12/23 – 5PM Vigil
Sunday, 12/24 – 10AM

Christmas:
Christmas Eve, Sunday, 12/24 – at 4PM with Children’s choir AND 10PM
Christmas Day (Holy day of obligation), Monday, 12/25 – at 10AM

Looking forward to the Advent season, here’s our calendar of events!

You have until MIDNIGHT to help us reach our Giving Tuesday goals! #igiveCatholic

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Please come join the community in prayer for the repose of the soul of Tim Moriarty, who passed away on Thanksgiving.

Our condolences to the Moriarty family, founding members of St. Anne Parish.

Funeral Mass: Friday, 12/1 at 11AM
Funeral Reception: Immediately following Mass in Banchero Hall

Got questions? Email info@stanneseattle.org

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Learn more about The Vigil Project by clicking the image to go to their website!

Click the image to go to the RSVP Page

Parent Meeting

Sunday, September 17^th, 9:15 AM—Assembly Room

All parents with children ages 4-14 are encouraged to attend our introductory session for our Faith Formation program. We will go over the details of the program and answer any questions. Please join us Sunday in the Assembly room. Please bring your registration form if you have not sent them in. If you di not receive a registration form, please contact Mike—mikeborte@stanneseattle.org  Our program begins on Sunday, September 24^th.

Children’s Liturgy Planning Meeting

Sunday, September 17^th, 11:15 AM—Assembly Room

We will have a gathering of all those interested in getting our Children’s Liturgy program up and running again. This program takes place during the Readings, Homily, Profession of Faith, & Prayers of the Faithful. This allows the youth to celebrate these parts of the Mass at their own level and for parents to actually focus on these parts without distraction. We need a variety of volunteers to spread out the tasks of this ministry. Hope to see you on Sunday. If you have questions, please contact Mike—mikeborte@stanneseattle.org

True Heart Platform

The ministries we are training for are:

• Lector
• Sacristan
• Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion
• Usher
• Greeter
• Chorister

Attending this training does not require you to serve. But our next training won’t be until December!

School parents, get trained now! These opportunities will also fulfill your school service hours throughout the year.

Questions? Email us at info@stanneseattle.org

As you know, we are planning a full clean up project of St. Anne storage spaces (including the House of Prayer) starting on June 24th.

We are still seeking parishioner input on items we might have in storage. In particular, we are looking for pertinent information such as historical context as we look forward to the actual clean up. You can find the form on our webpage.

Do you (or someone you know) love organizing, bringing order to chaos, or helping clean up old things? We are in need of many volunteers to help us out as we tackle organizing the St. Anne storage spaces.

Here are a couple of needs that we have for the weekend of June 24-25:

• Help moving things out of storage spaces on Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25
• Food and supplies

If you are unable to volunteer physically, please consider signing up for one of our food/supply volunteer needs.

In addition to volunteers, we are also looking for some items to help with the process.

• large plastic storage bins
• hand trucks, dollies, wagons, rolling carts
• tarps
• painter’s tape, construction garbage bags, cleaning supplies
• moving/cardboard boxes for donations

If you are able to help, please sign up here. Once you sign up, we will email you with next steps.

Call for volunteer for the following will come mid-week:

• Help sorting through items during the week of June 26
• Help moving things back into storage once the sorting is complete
• Cleaning the storage spaces before things are put back in
• Hauling things for donation (especially if you have a larger vehicle)

If you have any questions, please reach out to JESSICA or BRIGID.

We are so appreciative of any help or interest in our big summer project. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

The music department is sponsoring a SPRING CONCERT on JUNE 11TH, 1:00PM. It’s an opportunity for the St. Anne music crew and friends to sing and play beautiful music for everyone. We’ll feature the choir, solo singers, and instrumental solos; an eclectic mix of things we like and want to share with you. The concert is free, but we will be having a good will offering to benefit St. Vincent de Paul. Hope to see you there!

– Charlie Hiestand, Music Director

Synod Moment of Prayer

When is the moment of prayer?
The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops has invited the Church throughout the world to a “moment of prayer” for the Synod on Friday, May 31, 2023, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Why a moment of prayer?
The purpose of this moment of prayer is threefold:
• To pray for the Synodal Process and to place the work of the General Assembly in October under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
• To make the People of God aware of the importance of the Synodal Process and to encourage all to accompany this process with prayer
• To engage lay, religious, and clergy in prayer for the Synod

Please check back later and/or keep your eyes on bulletin announcements and FlockNote mailings for updates on the Q&A session. 

What was it?: Synod Listening Session Results AND Q&A

When was it?: Saturday, May 6th after 5pm Vigil Mass AND Sunday, May 7th after 10am Mass

Listening Session Summary Report 04-27-23

Wednesday, March 29th 
7pm – 8pm
St. Anne Church

Bach, as all Baroque composers, attempted to express a single emotion with each piece. The Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection in two books of 96 different pieces, four in each key. It was frankly revolutionary for its time, and is still revered by pianists, organists, and composers. With so many opportunities to give musical garb to emotion, there is a lot to choose from.

The idea of doing a Stations of the Cross with Bach’s music acting as the commentary came from the famous fugue in C# minor from the first book. Tradition has it that the theme is in the shape of a cross and so it is often played on Good Friday. It is also one of the most emotional pieces of music I know, while simultaneously being one of the most intellectual. It wasn’t hard to go through the books and find other pieces suitable for the other stations.

The result is more of a concert than a traditional stations, but for this pianist it is a work of devotion and prayer. Your listening is your participation in the prayer.

Charles Hiestand

Altar of Remembrance

For All Souls Day, we will again have our Altar of Remembrance under the crucifix. Everyone is invited to bring pictures of their loved ones who have died to be placed on this Altar. These pictures can then remain there for all of November until Advent and be a sacred place in the midst of our community. Our parish Book of the Dead will also be beside this Altar for you to enter the names of those who have died.

6:30 pm Service of Reflection

7:00 pm All Souls Day Mass

If you have questions about the Altar of Remembrance, please do not hesitate to call Carol Ford (206-281-5920) or Monica Bradley (206-286-7694)

Join us for a Presentation on the Rosary

Sunday, October 23^rd after 10 AM Mass