Weekly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: St. Ann's
has adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on a weekly basis every
Monday of the month from 9 am to 6 pm
in the chapel.
This is a wonderful opportunity for prayer. Come
and spend time
with the Lord, truly present, body, blood, soul and divinity. We
have
ten people who are willing to commit the time each Monday and spend
that precious hour in the presence of our Savior. It is the duty
of
these ten to be present and to pray for the intentions of the parish,
the diocese and the universal Church. More specifically, these
ten men
and women are charged with a special ministry making them responsible
for offering up to the Lord the cares and concerns of our parish
community so that the Lord may assist us. We have an
intention booklet available in the narthex of the church where our
parishioners may write their intentions. These intentions will be
offered up to the Lord by those ten people who have committed to pray
on behalf of their brothers and sisters. This is a wonderful
opportunity for our parishioners to pray for each other, most
especially for those who are not able to pray for some reason and for
those who need the extra assistance in prayer. This practice is
in
keeping with our Catholic tradition of praying on behalf of others in
the same way the saints are praying and interceding on our behalf in
heaven with God. Jesus said to Peter, "Can you not stay awake and
keep
watch with me for even an hour?" (Mark 14:37).
Communal Prayer and Intentions
Pray the Rosary and the Liturgy of the Hours every
day
Our communal intentions are:
- For Bishop Zurek and all the priests of the Amarillo Diocese.
- For our youth, may God help them to grow up to be strong and
faithful Catholic Christians.
- For those who do not come to Mass or have left the Church, may
God bring them back to church on a regular basis.
- For an end of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and a safe return
of our troops to their families and friends.
- For all families and married people, especially those
experiencing a crisis in their family and marriage.
- For our families and parish community, that God may help us
to grow in faith, hope, and love.
- For the conversion of Europe, that European Christians may be
renewed in their zeal to practice their faith.
Remember to pray for an increase in vocations to
the priesthood and religious life, especially in our diocese and
country.
Ask God to call young men and women to a life of service in
the Church as priests and religious, most especially from St. Ann's
Parish in Canyon. It is time that we have a vocation to the
priesthood from our parish. "The harvest is plenty but the
laborers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send
workers." Please pray for Dave Rausch, who is a
candidate for the permanent diaconate. Also pray for our two of
our diocesan seminarians, Garrett Meyer and Carmelo Morales, who are
studying for the priesthood.
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Weekly Prayer and Study Groups
Day of the Week
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Times for Prayer and Study Groups
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Monday
|
9
am to 6 pm Adoration in the Chapel
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Wednesdays
|
6:00 am Prayer Group
9:30 am Women's
Bible Study (beginning September 17)
6:30 pm
Youth Rosary in the Chapel
6:30 pm
CIA
6:30 pm
RCIA (beginning September 10)
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Thursdays
|
7:00 pm Legion of Mary (Meeting
Rm. A)
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Sundays
|
6:30 pm Youth
Bible Study
|
Christian Mothers meet after Mass the first weekend of each month.
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Day
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Time and Location
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| First
Friday of the Month |
7 pm to Midnight at St. Benedict Monastery
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Every Monday
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9 am to 6 pm in the Daily Mass chapel
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