CCD Confirmation
November 23rd: Rite of Enrolment at 11:15 am Mass
Please remember to bring baked goods to assist with the Eagle Scout fundraiser. Also let scout know if you're available to help with the bake sale.

Dec.7th: Please sign up to help with the parish BBQ if you have not yet done so. Please note that the confirmation retreat has been confirmed for Feb 7-8.

All CCD families
Friendly reminder for all CCD parents to submit required documents by uploading them to online registration and submit photographs to the CCD office. 

Special thanks to CCD Confirmation Class (Bourdon/Kraebel) who sponsored this Sunday's hospitality table donations.

Next Sunday, November 23rd there will be no Hospitality. Instead please support the BAKE SALE to raise funds for the painting of St. Anne's courtyard.

Adult volunteers are earnestly needed to assist the Hospitality Ministry on a roster basis. To volunteer or for more information, please email Celine at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

A Boy Scout with BSA Hong Kong Troop 1 and a parishioner here at St. Anne's is currently working on a service project to attain his Eagle Scout rank.

He has chosen St. Anne's to be the beneficiary of the project, which will consist of upgrading our courtyard. With the help of other Boy Scouts, his confirmation classmates, family, friends and other parishioners, he will be cleaning up and painting the courtyard. As the project needs to be self-funded, he needs to raise funds for supplies.

On November 23rd, we will be conducting a bake sale after Mass. Your help will be very much appreciated. You can help by baking goods so we can sell them. All monies will go towards the purchase of paint and supplies for the project.

Of course, you can also help by buying some baked goods or making donations. Thank you in advance.

During the month of November, the Church remembers in thought and prayer all who have gone before us in life and in faith.  There is a lavender box in the rear of the Church in which to deposit names of those deceased you wish to be prayed for.  Names only, please.  We request that you do not place any monetary offerings in the box.

“I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you and the faithful of St. Anne’s Church for the generosity of heart and commitment to support our little deaf brothers and sisters in Christ, to let them continue to receive Catholic Education in a sign bilingual and co-enrolment model which we believe, based on research, will benefit them most.  On 11 & 12 October 2014, we gathered $18,116 worth of donation from the compassionate faithful of St. Anne’s Church through Second Collections.”  -- Gladys Tang , Director of Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

CCD Confirmation Class important dates:

• November 2^nd, 10:00AM, Parish Hall, mandatory parent meeting
• November 15^th, 2:00PM, mandatory Rite of Reconciliation.  Students must arrive between 1:15 and 1:30PM to prepare
• November 23^rd, 11:15AM, mandatory Rite of Enrollment and Mass Sponsorship

Parents are also reminded to ensure that all pertinent documents are uploaded to students' online registration and that photographs must be submitted now if not yet done so.

A second collection is to be taken up at all public Masses on Sunday, 26 October.   The total amount collected will be reserved for the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the Faith and sent directly to the Holy See as a contribution of our Local Church to the missionary activities of the Universal Church.

In honour of Pope PAUL VI, who was beatified on 19 October 2014 (Sunday), a concelebrated Mass will be held on 26 October (Sunday), at 6:00pm, at the Cathedral, Caine Road, with Cardinal John TONG presiding.  

The clergy and the faithful are welcome to participate.

Please note there will be no Hospitality table offering this Sunday.  The next Hospitality table will be Sunday, November 9th with contributions sponsored by the Grade 3 class (Teacher: McGraw/Turner).

Hospitality enquiries please email Celine O'Connor at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Parish Bazaar, scheduled for the afternoon of Sunday, December 7th, is fast approaching. 

One of our annual booths features "white elephant" items: assorted items for sale for use in home, recreation and school, both used and new. 

If you wish to make donations of items for this booth you can bring the articles to the Parish Office anytime during business hours both weekdays and weekends. 

Thank you!

Special thanks to the FHC Saturday class (Teacher Mr. Hussey) who sponsored this Sunday's Hospitality table snacks.

There will be NO Hospitality next Sunday.  The next Hospitality table will be Sunday, November 9th with contributions sponsored by the Grade 3 class (Teacher: McGraw/Turner).

For those parishioners with valid parking permits, the attached document provides instructions about parking at St. Stephen's College on Tung Tau Wan Road:

Download here: Parking Instructions

Attached is a revised calendar of events for this year's CCD classes.

Please download and save for future reference!

Download Here:  CCD Revised Calendar

Beginning this coming week, the 9:00AM weekday Masses on Tuesdays and Thursdays will resume in the Parish Hall.  

Further, Eucharistic Adoration will resume after the Thursday weekday Masses.

Tickets for the annual Caritas Fundraising Drive are on sale after weekend masses at the back of the Church throughout the month of October.

Tickets are also available in the Parish Office on weekdays. 

With the permission of the Diocese and at the invitation of the St. Anne's Parish, a second collection will be taken up for Sign Bilingual Education in support of enhanced education for deaf children and young adults in Hong Kong.

Please be generous to this worthwhile grassroots cause, which promotes the use of sign language in the education of deaf children.

Pamphlets of the program are available for collection outside the Church.

The St. Anne's Filipino Community will host our traditional Living Rosary on October 26th at exactly at 2:00PM.

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 children would like 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 91079805 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Special thanks to the FHC A class (Teachers Mrs Clayton & Mrs Williams) who sponsored this Sunday's Hospitality table snacks.

The next Hospitality table will be next Sunday, October 19th with contributions sponsored by the FHC Saturday class (Teacher: Mr. Hussey).

Dear Music Ministry members,

Thanks and welcome to our new music ministry members this year.  And thanks to all who continue to serve in this ministry year after year.  I am pleased to let you know that our music ministry now has 47 members, including 4 for Saturday 6pm mass, 17 for Sunday 8:45 mass, and 26 for Sunday 11:15 mass. Our members are from the Filipino, Chinese, and Expat communities, and include young and old, men and women, guitar, keyboard, trumpet, and violin, as well as singers (of course!).

Click the links below for the October line-up and schedule:

October line-up
October Schedule

Peace,
Peggie

Dear Parents of First Holy Communion Students:

We are excited to have your child enrolled in the First Holy Communion (FHC) class. It will be a year of great growth in your child’s faith and yours as well. Your child will be receiving two Sacraments this year: Reconciliation and Holy Communion. Your participation in your child’s journey is essential and strongly encouraged. Your children meet with the teacher once a week, but they are with you daily; you are their primary role models and teachers. This is a partnership and we need to work together!

There are four FHC classes this year, one on Saturday at 5 pm (Rugby class), and two on Sunday at 10am (FHC A and FHC B). There is also a class of older students (FHC older) that will be pulled out of their regular CCD classes for FHC instruction several times during the school year.

The attached document highlights the important dates and other information relevant to your child’s participation in FHC this year. Please download and save this letter for your reference.

Download your copy here:  FHC Guidelines 2014-15

If you have any further questions, please contact your child’s teacher or the Religious Education Team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

St. Anne’s Religious Education Team