December 20, 2020

St. Ann Page
                                   Lancing, TN                                                                                        December 20, 2020

Remember in your prayers: Dudley Hurst, Frank Boniewski, Pete Roberts, Mary Sexton, Archbishop Kurtz, Helen Lucas, Jo Ellen’s mom, Mary Ellen, Lonnie Howard, Katie Kon, and Mary Beth Norris.   
      
Also remember in your prayers the homebound, those in nursing homes, those who have no one to pray for them,
those in prisons, physical or mental, for priests who speak the truth from the pulpit and for those who don’t,
and those who have unspoken prayer requests.

CALENDARS FOR 2021 and ST. JOSEPH MISSALS for the new liturgical year are both available in the narthex.  Suggested donation is $2 for the calendars and $3 for the missals.


To all Saint Ann parishioners. Greetings and peace. Please find here the Saint Ann Holy Day Mass Schedule through the first of the year. 
God bless you.
 
Saint Ann:
+ Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord: Christmas Eve Mass 7:30 Thursday December 24
+ Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God: 6:00 pm Friday January 1, 2021
 
ADDITIONAL DATES FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
Blessed Sacrament
+ Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord: Christmas Eve Masses 4:00 and 5:30. Christmas Morning 10:30
+ Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God: 7:30 pm Friday January 1, 2021    

REMINDER FROM father michael:  Any authentic electronic correspondence from me will be signed –
father michael – (with no capital letters). My signature in any other format indicates a scam.

           
Happy December Birthday to:

                                     7   Rick Bemis        15   Jenny White        25   JESUS        25  Katie Kon       
                                        30  Barbara Lipford       31   Ruth Ann Hurst        31   Ted Lucas



*Father Michael's "Penny Catechism" (A fun and informative little morsel of Catholic teaching and trivia)*

(Last week’s question along with the answer:)
Question #169: What is general absolution?

Answer: General absolution is very rarely administered. It occurs when a group of the faithful are granted absolution without individual confession. The imminent danger of death, such as on the battlefield, is the most important reason for general absolution.

Another reason is when there is such a large number of individuals that, without general absolution, they would be seriously deprived of the sacraments. In either case, the penitent has the obligation to receive the sacrament of penance at the earliest opportunity.


Question #170: The Church teaches us we are to show great respect for the body of the deceased. After cremation, the Church has a specific phrase we are to use in reference to the mortal remains. What is the proper term we should use? 

(The answer will appear in next week’s page along with a new question)



A Blessed Christmas to one and all!




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