The
Shrine of Saint Anne for Mothers is a special place
of pilgrimage and liturgical worship where the gift of motherhood
is honored. The
Shrine seeks to affirm the dignity of women by celebrating motherhood
as a noble and essential part of our Church, society and our world.
In supporting and promoting the dignity of mothers we recognize
that, from the moment of her child’s conception, a mother is blessed
and through this blessing she finds the grace to live out her call, “to
bear witness to the meaning of genuine love, of a total gift of self
and of an acceptance of others…” (JPII, The Gospel of
Life, 99).
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TRIDUUM AND EASTER SCHEDULE
Holy Thursday, April 1, 7 p.m.
Mass of the Lord's Supper
Good Friday, April 2, 3 p.m.
Veneration of the Cross
Holy Saturday, April 3, 8 p.m.
Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday, April 4,
9:30 a.m.
Easter Mass
12:30 p.m. Easter Mass - Spanish
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday: 9:30 am; 12:30 pm Spanish Mass
LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Sunday: 9:00 am
DAILY MASS
12:15 pm Monday through Friday
Benediction
10:00 am every Tuesday
Stations of the Cross
After 12:15 Mass every Friday during Lent
Sacrament of Baptism
Parents to call the Office to make arrangements.
Baptism Preparation
every first Saturday of the month at
1:00 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory Office.
Sacrament of Matrimony
Arrangements should be made
six months in advance.
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Read Father Hinkley's Column
in the Catholic Transcript. |
 The Shrine of Saint Anne embodies
a devotion to its namesake. Turning to Saint Anne, wife of Joachim,
mother of Mary the Mother of God, and grandmother of Jesus Christ,
we invoke Saint Anne’s motherly intercession so that the
sanctity of all life will be recognized, and that all mothers
will be given the strength and support to bear witness to the
great gift of life.
We
seek to honor all mothers living and deceased, single mothers, grandmothers,
mothers thankful for God’s graces and
those who have suffered the loss of a child. Let us together
join our late Holy
Father, John Paul II, in showing gratitude for all mothers:
"Thank
you, women who are mothers! You have sheltered human beings within
yourself in a unique experience of joy and travail.
This experience
makes you become God’s own smile upon the newborn child,
the one who guides your child’s first steps, who helps it
to grow, and who is the anchor as the child makes its way along
the
journey
of life" (Letter to Women, June 29, 1995).
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