Rooted in the past, reaching for the future
Our Annual St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals is Sunday, October 3rd.
We will have one 9 AM Outdoor Service for parishioners and their pets.
You and your family pets are invited to this special service held in our churchyard! Join in this fun tradition and invite your family
and friends to attend, too!
Please note: If it rains that morning, the Pet Blessing is canceled and we will have two regular 8 and 10AM inside church services instead.
Please join in for ourQuestions? Contact: Karen Schaeffer
St Mary Anne’s participated in the “Stepping for Heroes–We will Never Forget” 9/11 remembrance event last Saturday morning at the North East firehouse. Fr. John offered prayers for first responders and a block away, our church bell rang after a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m.
Our church bell rang for a minute at 8:47am to commemorate the time when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Thanks to bell ringer parishioners Bill Weisel and Charlie Kornsey. Bill is a retired policeman and fireman and Charlie is a retired Philadelphia fireman.
Last Sunday, parishioners continued 9/11 remembrances with special prayers during our worship services.
Music set the somber tone, as parishioners first listened to Joel Alarcon’s beautiful and emotional violin performance of the “Schindler’s List” theme by composer John Williams.
If you missed it, you can watch a recording of last week’s livestream service at minute 35.20 for Joel’s performance, immediately followed by the special prayers.
On Tuesday, August 3, we will provide another meal for the Paris Foundation to distribute to their clients. We need four volunteers to join us and make ten individually wrapped sandwiches and ten individually wrapped desserts, in Ziploc sandwich bags.Last year’s efforts to decorate our church yard with spring crocus blossoms and establish the Thompson Memorial Crocus Lawn was a thing of beauty! So, we plan to plant more bulbs in October and continue this lovely parish planting activity.
