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The next Men's ACTS Retreat will be Thursday, Feb. 16-Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center. The ACTS retreat is a three day and three night Catholic lay retreat presented by fellow members of our diocese. The retreat begins on Thursday evening and ends on Sunday at a Mass celebrated with the diocesan community. You can register online at: https://actsamarillo.org/adult-retreat-registration-and-payment. The registration deadline is Friday, Feb. 10.

DCYC will be held Friday, April 28-Sunday, April 30 this year at the Amarillo Civic Center. The theme is: Be still, let go, and let God. You can register your student at https://amarillodiocese.org/family-registration. Parents will be responsible for drop off and pick up at the conference. Members of our adult youth ministry team will meet our students at the event.

If you are 17 years old or older, received the sacrament of First Communion, yet never Confirmed and are interested in being Confirmed, please contact Adrian Johnson in the parish office at [email protected] or 806-655-3302. The deadline is Friday, February 3.

Come HOME! We've missed you! If you have been thinking about become more active in the Church again after a time away, we want you to join us. Landings is an eight-week program tht offers "a safe place to land," a place for listening and being heard, a place for asking questions and for reconnecting with the faith as an adult. We begin our next session at St. Ann's on Tuesday, Feb. 21. If you are interested, please contact Kevin Rickwartz at 806-679-4045 or [email protected]. You can also find more information on our website at stannsofcanyon.org/returning-catholics-landings

Students in 2nd grade preparing for the First Communions this year are required to attend a First Communion workshop with their parents on Sunday, February 5, from 3-4:30 p.m. OR Sunday, February 12, from 3-4:30 p.m. Fr. Scott will give a short talk on the Eucharist and then the students will go with their catechists while parents receive packets and instructions to prepare their students for First Communion. Please email the date you plan to attend to Adrian Johnson at [email protected]. Thank you!

All current Altar Servers need to come to the church during the Faith Formation hour on Sunday, January 22, for important updates.

This year our youth will be attending the Steubenville Conference in Orlando, Florida! The trip will be Wednesday, July 12-Tuesday, July 18. The cost is $350 per student. Please remember that students can earn scholarship money to greatly reduce this cost if they: participated in 90% of both Wednesday and CCD classes this school year; helped with two outreach events; took part in leadership/worship team; volunteered as a Super Saint for the younger CCD classes. 

Small groups start back up the week of February 12-18. This round we will be back in the much anticipated Choses Series! If you are interested in joining a group, please email Angela Asbill at [email protected].

This class meets on Sundays at 10:15 a.m. in the Adult Education Room and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room B (across from the Faith Formation Office).  Jan. 18 & 22:  Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen? Jan. 25 & Feb. 5:  Tips for Praying.

All students preparing for Confirmation AND their parents are required to attend the fourth Confirmation workshop on Sunday, January 22, at 3:30 p.m. We will watch a video, discuss, and end at 4:30 p.m.

This spring, our CCD classes for 7th-12th grad will be taking supervised field trips to downtown Amarillo to serve the homeless. Please be on the lookout for dates your students' class is scheduled for these outreaches.

Our Winter/Confirmation Retreat is approaching quickly. If you registered your child but have not received an email with packing instructions and other details, please email Angela Asbill at [email protected].

All current Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion need to stay after Masses the weekend of January 14 & 15 for important updates!

All students preparing for Confirmation AND their parents are required to attend the third Confirmation Workshop on Sunday, Jan. 8, at 3 p.m. We will watch a video, then discuss, and end at 4:30 p.m. The final workshop will be on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 3 p.m.

Our Spiritual Book Club discussion set for Thursday, Dec. 1, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Conference Room. Please let us know you will attend the discussion by emailing [email protected].

We are using an offering envelope routine that helps us more easily add new parishioners to our stewardship database, as well as make it more convenient for you, our treasured stewards. Instead of receiving a box of offering envelopes handed out at the beginning of the year, you will receive your envelopes in the mail every two months. This regular mailing system has been shown to be more effective in parishes to more regularly remind us of the expectation and grace of tithing to the faith community. If you are not currently receiving envelopes and would like to, or would like to stop receiving envelopes, please email Stefani Wilhelm at [email protected] and she will get you on or take you off the mailing list. As always, thank you all for your regular and unfailing giving!

Exodus90 is a men's small group that meets weekly for the purpose of spiritual growth. The program focuses on prayer, fraternity, and asceticism, and is designed to help men move out of spiritual mediocrity into a more rich life with God. Please contact Glenn Backus (his phone number is in the bulletins for Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for more information. There will be an informational meeting at the parish hall on Saturday, January 7, at 8 a.m. in the Adult Education Room.

The next Reborn Baptism preparation session is scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, at 7 p.m. in the parish hall. You must pre-register for this class to ensure your spot! This session is for those who are planning to have a son or daughter baptized in the next few months and those who have been invited to serve as a godparent. To register, please contact Adrian Johnson at 806-655-3302 or [email protected].

Anyone who works with, or plans to work with children, youth, or vulnerable adults, and is not certified must attend one of the two upcoming Safe Environment training opportunities in January: Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023 at 9 a.m., or Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:45 p.m. The certification lasts 5 years. These are the last training opportunities at St. Ann's until summer. To preregister and attend the training, please contact Adrian Johnson in the parish office at (806) 655-3302 or at [email protected].