Next week Chinese New Year will be celebrated.  The pastoral staff of St. Anne's wishes all our families and each of our parishioners a blessed New Year of the Ram, filled with health of body and peace of heart.

Cardinal John Tong has requested the faithful of the Diocese Hong Kong to respond to a questionnaire (found in the back of the church or online HERE) in preparation for the ongoing Synod on the Family.  

Responses can be submitted either on paper, by e-mail, or online.  To assist you in answering the questions, please first read pages 11 and 12 which detail the aim of each question.  The faithful are asked to offer responses to any group of questions that pertain to Category 5: Individuals/Individual Families.  The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2015.

All members of the St. Anne’s community are invited to join the Memorial Mass for Fr. John Liu on January 10^th at 3:00PM.  The mass (in Cantonese) will be celebrated by His Eminence, Cardinal Tong. 

Fr. Liu, the founder of St. Anne’s Parish, was a much loved and admired priest. He was the first pastor in Stanley and was active there for 33 years –from 1945 to 1978.  During that time, he built the church and the school, served as the headmaster of St. Teresa’s School, and also undertook the chaplaincy of Stanley Prison.  His varied duties included being the Rector of the District of Tai O, Cheung Chau and the Neighboring Islands; serving as the Rector of the Blessed Martyrs of China Chapel in Shek O (1979-1989); serving as the Spirit Director of Hong Kong Catholic Students’ Association. 

Fr. Liu passed away 25 years ago, on Jan 10, 1990.

And holiday party pictures!

A big “Thank You” to all who came to the BBQ, to the donors, and to the volunteers.

The rain stayed away and we had a great reunion with Father Wurth as there were many smiles among the 800+ who attended.

Again, many thanks.

Ken Ward, BBQ Coordinator

Fr. John will be out of Hong Kong from Sunday evening, November 16th, until Friday evening, November 21st, for Maryknoll business.

During that time, Frs. Bill Galvin and Adam Gudalefsky will cover the mass schedule and any other contingencies. They can be reached at the Maryknoll House, Stanley: 2813-0357. 

Tickets go on sale November 8th!  They will be available after Mass on Saturdays and Sundays and at the Parish Office during regular office hours.  Tickets are:

• $100 each for adults
• $50 each for domestic workers, children under 12, and seniors between 65 and 75.

Children under 3 and seniors over 75 are admitted free. Prices will increase by 50% after December 1^st, so buy your tickets early!  For details, please pick up a flyer at the back of the Church.

More volunteers needed! Please contact Ken Ward at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Donations for Lucky Draws and White Elephant Gifts can be dropped off at the Parish Office with Jacqueline and Desmond during regular office hours on Saturdays (9:30-12:00, 1:00-5:30) and Sundays (8:30-2:00, 3:00-4:30)

Live Performance for the BBQ - Calling all musicians, dancers, thespians, magicians, and other entertainers of all ages...we need your talents for this year's parish BBQ on December 7! If you are interested in performing at the BBQ, please contact Maureen Canham at 6447 7265 or email 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

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.

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!

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

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.

In accordance with the practice of our diocese, 28 September, the fourth Sunday of September (26th Sunday of the Year), is observed as Education Day. 

A second collection for the promotion of Catholic education is to be taken up at all public Masses on this occasion.  

The annual BBQ will be held Sunday, December 7^th, from 12:00-4:00PM.  Ticket information will be coming soon. 

At this time, we are looking for volunteers to help with the annual BBQ.  Specific roles include grillers, servers, St. Anne's ambassadors to solicit gifts & donations, and assistance with set up & tear down. 

If interested, please contact the church office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 2813 0206 and BBQ coordinator Ken Ward will contact you soon.

Applications closed.  Successful applicants who have received email from the Parish Office, please kindly come to collect their car park labels on or before 30 September 2014. 

Labels unclaimed after 30 September 2014 will automatically go to those on waiting list.