The 48th World Communications Day will be celebrated on the Solemnity of the Ascension, 1 June 2014. The main theme is “Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter”.

In accordance with the usual practice, a second collection for the promotion of the media apostolate in our diocese is to be taken up at all public Masses the weekend of May 31 - June 1.

Confirmation Students/Families can collect their doves from the CCD office on June 1^st from 10:00AM to 11:00AM. 

FHC Students/Families can collect their banners at the back of the church after both Masses on June 1^st and June 8^th.

Many thanks to Jennie Li, Bruce Ueland, Fernanda Da Rosa, Hannah Kraebel, Pat Kozyra, Naomi Chui, Emily Chang, Winnie Pun, Susan Madon, Maria Ronson, and Daisy Flores who gave us the music for the Confirmation ceremony last Saturday.  We are blessed to be a part of St. Anne's community and to be able to celebrate with the youth of the parish. 

Thanks also to the musicians who are singing/playing in the First Holy Communion ceremonies taking place this Saturday at 11:30AM and 3:00PM.  It is a busy month for us, but we are in the home stretch! 

We are sad to be saying goodbye to a number of our members who will be moving - Bruce Ueland, Arcelli Carrera, and Merlina Lingcallo of the 8:45 choir, and Anne Shearer of the 11:15 choir.  I'd like to thank them for all their contributions to the music ministry at St. Anne's and wish them and their families all the best. 

Updated certificates have been printed for all EMs at St. Anne's.  Please pick up your certificate in the parish office from any of the following persons: Jacqueline, Desmond or Fr. John.

Thank you again for your continued service and God Bless your future Ministries!  Please let the new EM Coordinator, Marc Forino know if you are leaving St. Anne's.  

--- Linda Dobzelecki 

The Church Beautification Ministry would like to thank the parents of the Confirmandi who had come to help decorate the pews for last Saturday's Confirmation Ceremony.

Your helping hands had beautified St. Anne's greatly.

Father John recognized St. Anne's religious education teachers at the Teachers Appreciation Mass on May 4th.

We are blessed with such dedicated volunteer teachers!

If you would like to join the CCD teaching or administrative team next school year, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Last Day of Class - Sunday, May 18^th.

Announcements regarding registration for 2014/15 will be available on the St. Anne's website soon.

The CCD team is looking for volunteers to help next year, either as teachers, assistants, coordinators, or general admin support.  Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are interested in helping out with this ministry.

FHC Students:

Group 1 - Kelly Gave and Maureen Boyce/Karen Abdallah's classes

Mandatory Rehearsal on Sunday, May 18^th at 2:00PM. One parent must be present. Please be on time as we cannot start till all the students are present.

Communion on Saturday, May 24^th at 11:30AM.  Students must be in the Parish Hall no later than 10:30AM.

Group 2 - Mia De Leon/Karla Molina and Sylvia Shu's classes

Mandatory Rehearsal on Sunday, May 18^th at 4:00PM. One parent must be present. Please be on time as we cannot start till all the students are present.

Communion on Saturday, May 24^th at 3:00PM.  Students must be in the Parish Hall no later than 2:00PM.

Thank you to everyone who is participating in the Confirmation ceremony this Saturday, May 17^th and the First Holy Communion ceremonies next Saturday. 

Rehearsal for First Holy Communion will take place at 10:30AM in the church next Saturday, the 24^th.  The morning ceremony will then take place at 11:30AM and afternoon ceremony, at 3:00PM.

For more details, or to volunteer, please contact Peggie Fitch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Thank you to the Grade 6 CCD Class for their Hospitality offering this Sunday. This marks the last Hospitality Table of the current CCD calendar year.  Hospitality returns after the resumption of CCD classes in the fall. 

If you wish to volunteer to help coordinate the Hospitality Ministry or assist on the Committee, please email Celine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Hospitality Ministry Committee wishes to offer sincere thanks to the many St. Anne's Church parishioners who supported the ministry this year by donating baked items or with volunteer hours. We are very grateful for your support, without which the Hospitality Ministry would not be able to continue.  

The pastoral staff and parishioners of St. Anne's wish all women among us a Blest Mother's Day! 

Whether you have children or not, whether those children are grown or not, our parish community has been blessed by you all in the many ways, big and small, acknowledged or unrecognized, that you have consistently encouraged and supported us so willingly and so abundantly with motherly concern, care and affection.

The St. Anne's Filipino Community will host our traditional Living Rosary on May 25^th at 2:00 PM.

The Living Rosary's petition is for Peace and Unity of the whole world. We are inviting everybody to please join us in our pious dedication to our Blessed Mother Mary.

If your kids want to join in this activity and be dressed as angels please contact us in advance so that we can provide appropriate attire for them.  

For queries, please contact Lorenda Rafanan at 9107 9805 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my plea last week for singers for the Confirmation ceremony on May 17^th.  We still need more singers for the First Holy Communion ceremony on May 24^th.  Most of our regular music ministry members are not free to come on Saturdays, so we need singers from the parish community.  Let’s come together to sing at these joyous occasions for the youth of our parish.  For more details, or to volunteer, please contact Peggie Fitch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Confirmation - May 17^th - rehearsal at 4:30PM in the church; ceremony at 6:00PM. 

First Holy Communion - May 24^th - rehearsal at 10:30AM in the church; morning ceremony at 11:30AM, and afternoon ceremony at 3:00PM. 

The next Hospitality Table will be Sunday, May 18th hosted by the Grade 6 CCD Class. 

Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to volunteer your support or with questions.

The Catholic Women’s League is here to sell Raffle Tickets for their Annual Fund Raising. 

All proceeds will go to their charity works for the less fortunate ones, the students and the elderly.

Please support them with your generosity by buying tickets or making a cash donation. Thank you.

We will continue with music training at 3:00PM on Sunday, May 4^th, in the music room, for those who wish to join.  We have already spent two sessions on rhythm and counting; this session will continue with some rhythm drills and expand into learning some harmonies.

HELP WANTED!  We are recruiting singers for two upcoming ceremonies: Confirmation on May 17th and First Holy Communion on May 24th.  Most of our regular music ministry members are not free to come on Saturdays, so we need singers from the parish community.  Let’s come together to sing at these joyous occasions for the youth of our parish.  For more details, or to volunteer, please contact Peggie Fitch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Thank you to the Grade 4 CCD Class for their Hospitality offering this Sunday. The next Hospitality Table will be Sunday, May 18th hosted by the Grade 6 CCD Class. 

Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to volunteer your support or with questions.

Dear music ministry members,

Please click below for the line-up and schedule for May:

May Music Line-up
May Schedule
Music Line-up for Confirmation
Music Line-up for First Holy Communion

I’d like to thank to all of our music ministry members who provided music at the Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday services. 

Thanks to the Chinese Choir for joining with us on Holy Thursday for the bi-lingual Mass, especially Miranda Kwan the Chinese Choir director and Ingrid Tsui the accompanist. 

Additional special thanks go to the following music ministry members: for Friday, accompanist Hubie Lem and cantor Stella Woo; for Saturday, accompanist Jennie Li and cantors David Helfer, Stella Woo, and Pat Kozyra; and for Sunday, accompanists Hunmin Kim and Paul De Guzman, and cantor Lea Faigmani. 

We have a busy May coming up, especially with the Confirmation and the First Holy Communion ceremonies on May 17th and 24th. 

The 8:45 Mass on May 4th will be broadcast on RTHK Radio 4.  Agnes Lee will be the accompanist, and it would be great if Amar Bhardwaj could also play trumpet that day too. 

We will continue with music training at 3pm on May 4th in the music room for those who wish to join.  We have already spent two sessions on rhythm and counting; this session will continue with some rhythm drills and expand into learning some harmonies. 

May 11th is Mothers’ Day, and we should prepare a song or instrumental piece for when the roses are distributed.  A good one might be ‘Hail Mary, Gentle Woman’, p. 779, but each group can have their own choosing.

The Rite of Confirmation will be held on Saturday, May 17th at the 6pm Mass.  We need singers for the choir!  Please join if at all possible, and please ask your friends from the parish to join also.  Rehearsal will be at 4:30pm.

There are two ceremonies for First Holy Communion; both will be held on Saturday, May 24th.  One is at 11:30am and one is at 3pm.  Again we really need singers!  Please join the choir and ask your friends too.  Rehearsal will be at 10:30am.  We will break for lunch after the first ceremony and return again for the 3pm ceremony.  

The May Crowning will be on Sunday May 25th at the 11:15 Mass. 

The schedule for the 11:15 cantors will be May 4th and 11th - Jam, and May 18th –Lea. 

Our guitarist, Bruce Ueland, will be moving back to the US in June with his wife Pat.  Bruce has been a key player for the 8:45 Mass for many years (I think 14 or 15 years already).  Please join me in giving him our sincere thanks and appreciation for his music and our best wishes to him and Pat in their move. 

Peace,
Peggie

Many thanks to all of our music ministry members who provided music at the Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday services.  

Thanks to the Chinese Choir for joining with us on Holy Thursday for the bi-lingual Mass, especially Miranda Kwan the Chinese Choir director and Ingrid Tsui the accompanist.  

Additional special thanks go to the following music ministry members: for Friday, accompanist Hubie Lem and cantor Stella Woo; for Saturday, accompanist Jennie Li and cantors David Helfer, Stella Woo, and Pat Kozyra; and for Sunday, accompanists Hunmin Kim and Paul De Guzman, and cantor Lea Faigmani.  

Happy Easter to all!

There will be no class on April 27^th.

Confirmation Students: Service Hour Reflection Reports are due April 27^th and can be sent by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you have any questions, please contact the CCD team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The next hospitality table will be Sunday, May 4^th, hosted by the Grade 4 CCD Class.

Please contact Celine O'Connor at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to volunteer your support.