Dear Parishioners, please be aware that if you receive a text or email from Fr. Dela Cruz, our clergy, the Bishop, or anyone from our parish office or diocese asking for a favor or assistance, it is a scam. We will not text or email you any solicitations. Your accounts have not been hacked and ours have not been hacked. Please do not respond to these types of messages. If in doubt, please call the parish office.

We are looking for engineers and architects to form a Building and Grounds Ministry who could share their talents, time, and expertise to help us with some upgrades on our Church and FDC building. We've been running into some issues lately that need to be fixed. If you are willing to help, please contact Fr. Dela Cruz at fdelacruz@churchofsaintann.net. Thank you in advance for your support!

After careful consideration and dialogue, the CYO has decided to cancel the spring sports programs (Track & Field, Soccer, and the Cross Country Meet that had been rescheduled from the fall) due to the ongoing pandemic. This decision was reached after extensive discussions along with the CYO Board of Trustees. The safety of the athletes, coaches, and families remains the primary focus and along with the considerations of logistics led to this decision. While this is also disappointing as was the decision of the basketball season cancellation, there was no other conclusion to be reached in dealing with the current restrictions and conditions we all face. It is everyone’s hope that conditions will improve and the fall sports programs will be able to commence as scheduled. For more information and questions about this matter please contact Quincy Walzer at qwalzer@cyomercer.org

St. Ann's Parish Community, as many of you have probably heard by now, we are sad to share the unfortunate news that Trenton Catholic Academy (TCA) will be closing its doors at the end of this school year. It is always difficult when a Catholic school closes, especially one in such proximity to us. Our prayers go out to all administration staff, faculty members, student body, and their families. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers as they cope with this upsetting news. To read more about this, visit www.trentoncatholic.org

Have you filled out the 2020 update for our parish directory yet? Click on the links listed below on this webpage to take action. Thank you for your participation and for helping us stay connected as a parish!

Dear parishioners, the Diocese of Trenton continues to produce the weekly Faith At Home resource as we respond to the pandemic. Make the faith come alive for your family on Sundays by preparing all week! Visit https://dioceseoftrenton.org/faith-at-home

October 20-28 will be the 81st Anniversary for the annual  Saint Jude Novena being celebrated at  Saint Michael Church (October 20-28, 2019). The Novena will be celebrated by Fr. Roy Ballacillo. Please see the complete Novena's schedule for more information.

We will reintroduce our Saturday night vigil Masses starting this weekend at 4pm. At this time, the Vigil mass will be a "quiet Mass", meaning no music. Because the Vigil Mass is moved an hour early, we will therefore move also the time for confessions. Reconciliation is scheduled at 3PM-3:45PM.

Please click the above title to go to the page with the complete Church of Saint Ann Pastoral and Financial Report as well as the link for questions regarding the report.

The Bishop has provided revised COVID 19 Directives effective September 11,2020. Please click the title to download and review the complete document for full information

On February 24, 2020 the original HVAC unit installed at the time of the FDC construction broke down beyond repair. The old unit lasted 16 years and more than exceeded its working life. With summer time approaching and a lead time to contend with, we ordered a new high efficiency HVAC unit which was installed on June 25, 2020.  The cost of replacement was nearly $150,000. 

Polls of all kinds seem to grab our interest, even if at times we disagree with the results.  We are all unlikely to change our preconceived opinions, whether we’re discussing dish detergents, movies, or the daily stock averages.  Yet we still listen for the poll results.  We want to know what other people think.  We either agree with or reject the results. Now along comes this famous gospel passage from St. Matthew, which can be interpreted as Our Lord taking a poll of His disciples about His identity, in which He uses of Himself that enigmatic title “the Son of Man.”  The Apostles rattle off and answered the various accepted “labels” about Jesus formed from opinions of others. But Jesus’ query was: “Who do YOU say I am?”.

Please return to the FDC office.

Saint Ann Novena July 18 – July 26, 2020 Theme: Faithfulness Abounds “A faithful person will abound with blessings”….Proverbs 28:20 Novena begins this Saturday. Continue reading for full information.

Happy 4th of July!!! This is the day America celebrates Independence Day, a day which affords us a great opportunity to consider the freedom we enjoy today. Many great men and women have given life and treasure to purchase for us our right to liberty.  We must be vigilant-guarding that freedom- or we might very well find ourselves lamenting for losing that right. Let us not take it for granted!

In this Sunday’s Gospel Jesus invites us to take up our crosses and follow Him. That message we have certainly felt and have taken on these days. Apart from the crosses given to us individually, we are also carrying these heavy crosses of the pandemic.

I'm writing to give you aheads up so that nobody gets surprised on the changes made on Mass times this Father's Day Weekend. After evaluation of our Eucharistic celebrations last weekend, our schedule of Masses is moved to 9:00am and 11:00am. The 9:00am Mass will remain LIVE-streamed (11:00am will not). Thus, those who are still uncomfortable celebrating the In-Church Sunday Mass or cannot be seated in church due to our limited seats, can join us at the In-Car Parking Lot Mass located on the right side of the solar panel shed/pathway facing the FDC entrance. Please do not forget to bring your devices.

It is an opportune time we welcome to celebrate “In-Church” Sunday public Mass on the weekend of the Feasts of Corpus Christi. Our Masses this weekend: 9.30am and 12.30pm. Welcome back to our home St. Ann's parish family and friends.

I hope everyone continues to stay safe and healthy. As restrictions are being eased up little by little, thanks be to God, it is my assumption that health situations are also getting better and better. As I have announced last weekend, we were very happy excited to inform you that "In Church" public gathering are now allowed and we all look forward to coming back to church to celebrate the Sacraments especially the Eucharist. There are still some restrictions to be observed and strict guidelines to be followed but at least we would be able to not only receive the Body of Christ in communion but also personally and physically witness and participate in the celebration of the whole Mass. Praise the Lord.

We are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes. What's more astounding is that this is happening within mere weeks of several other such occurrences. This is the latest wake-up call that needs to be answered by each of us in a spirit of determined conversion.