Saint Ann’s Centennial Year is coming to a close…but not quite yet!  
The following are our final events that are planned:

TIME-CAPSULE
If you would like to write a letter/email to future students and/or parishioners for inclusion in our Time Capsule, please submit to the Church or School Office by 11/1. Any suggestions for physical items to include are also welcome. Time Capsule will be buried on 11/20.

October 23: SAS FALL FESTIVAL 11AM-3PM. All are welcome to this fun-filled family fundraiser event. Centennial Merchandise will be sold plus pre-orders taken for Centennial T-shirts, our new Centennial Christmas Ornament and Cookbook. 

November 2: Day of the Dead: Special 8AM Mass and presentation will follow. Plan to bring pictures of loved ones to place on the altar.

November 7: Centennial Men’s Event with Father Steve Wolf. An afternoon of fellowship for the men of our parish.

November 20: OFFICIAL END OF OUR SAINT ANN CENTENNIAL YEAR.
Plan to plant 50 trees in the morning followed by lunch at Saint Ann, burial of the Time Capsule and viewing of our SA Video, long version.

We are excited to announce that Saint Ann Parish now has a subscription to FORMED, a premier online platform filled with over 4,000 Catholic studies, movies, audio dramas, talks, e-books, and even cartoons for the children. FORMED has content from over 60 apostolates, including Augustine Institute, Ignatius Press, and the Knights of Columbus, with material that is professionally produced, engaging, and solid in its catechism. Best of all, this material is free to you. Much of FORMED’s content is available in both English and Spanish.

To gain access to all of FORMED’s content, follow these simple steps:
Go to https://signup.formed.org/
Enter our parish’s zip code
Enter your name and your email address

That’s it! You’re in. Now you can get the free FORMED app for your phone by searching FORMED Catholic in your app store.

This month marks the official start of A Legacy of Faith, Hope, and Love Campaign. Our parish goal is $565,280. If you did not get a chance to see the campaign video, please let me know or visit the campaign website at https://dioceseofnashville.com/legacy/. This week you will receive a letter from Bishop Spalding. Some of you may have already received it. The letter will include a specific amount that I would like you to consider prayerfully. Please review the campaign information, pray about your response, and continue to spread the positive message about this
important effort!

Also, many of you may be receiving a phone call from a campaign volunteer. This fellow parishioner will be setting an appointment to visit with you to answer your questions. Be sure to say thanks for his/her dedication and commitment to A Legacy of Faith, Hope, and Love Campaign. Continue to say the campaign prayer for Saint Ann’s success and for your hard-working campaign volunteers who are giving of their time and hearts.

Next weekend a Catholic couple from the Holy Land will be visiting our parish to market olive wood hand carved religious articles made by the Christian artisans in the Holy Land. With the hostilities worsening in the Holy Land and due to the lack of Christian  pilgrims, the outlets for the olive wood hand carvings have been closed, leading unemployment to increase up to 75%,  forcing many Christians to leave the Holy Land in order to find other ways to market their handiwork. but the absence of a living Christian community is very disastrous for the Holy sites, such as the Church of Nativity and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

This sale is to strengthen the Christian presence in the city of Bethlehem the birthplace of Jesus and the surrounding areas. All proceeds will go directly to the Christian families and the artisans who are working in this type of hand carvings.

Please take the opportunity to check out these unique crafts and hopefully you would be able to assist our brothers and sisters in the Land of Jesus by purchasing some of these religious goods. Buying one piece will help prevent Christians from leaving the Holy Land.