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St. Ann Church & National Shrine FEBRUARY 2019

K n i g h t s o f C o l u m b u s

Super Bowl Dance

Anti-NFL Dance

The Knights of Columbus is hosting

their second annual Super Bowl Anti-

NFL Dance on February 2nd, 7 pm – 11

pm in the Gym. Tickets are $15

each/$25 couple. Tables of 8 can be

reserved. Music by Russell & The

Crossroads.

Contact Lynn Boudreaux

504-421-5955

gkkc3465@gmail.com.

V i s i t o r s

Bethlehem Nativity

Group

The Bethlehem Nativity Group is a

Christian Organization from The Holy

Land that represents and supports

Christian Families in Bethlehem, Holy

Land by selling their Hand Carved

Olive Wood Religious articles.

February 16-17 following all Masses.

A r c h d i o c e s e

Golden Wedding

Anniversary Celebration

The Archdiocesan Golden

Anniversary celebration will take

place Sunday, June 2 at 3 p.m. at St.

Philip Neri in Metairie.

Please Note: This celebration will not

be a Mass, but a prayer service.

Attendance of Mass for Sunday

obligation will have to be met within

one’s respective parish.

To register, please call the parish

office before March 1, 2019.

LENTEN MISSION

Fr. Jim Marchionda, O.P. will lead our

Lenten Mission March 11, 12, & 13

Masses at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

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Date Night! Tickets on sale now! St. Ann’s Marriage and Family Life

Committee is hosting “Date Night” on March 16, 2019, at

6:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria. Dinner will be $30 per couple,

and includes entertainment and babysitting (in the gym for

ages 4 and up). Get a group of friends together and enjoy

a fun evening with your spouse!

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ARISE

MISSION TRIP FOR YOUNG ADULTS (17 – 25)

Develop leadership skills and share your gifts this summer on a

mission trip to Southern Texas! St. Ann’s Social Justice

Committee is planning a mission trip to the Arise Center in Texas

June 29 – July 6, 2019. Lodging and meals are provided and the

only cost will be for transportation. Information on Arise can be

found at www.arisesotex.org, and you can sign up on our website

https://stannchurchandshrine.org/social-justice.

Space is limited, so sign up today!

W e b s i t e

“Find even more easy-to-use tools

on the Insert tab, such as to add

Go Social Media Silent

on February 8th

On February 8, 2019, the

Archdiocese of New Orleans will

be going social media silent to

raise Human-Trafficking

Prevention Awareness. We

encourage all of you to join us.

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St. Ann Club Featured in the Clarion Herald

01/25/2019

St. Ann Club In Midst of Making Kid-Friendly Rosary Video Posted By: Jonelle FoltzCatholic identity, Father Billy O'Riordan, Michelle Buisson Alley, multi-media rosary guide, Regan Nugent, rosary guide for

children, St. Ann School, Student Ministry Club, Vocation Awareness Week

By Beth Donze, Kids’ Clarion

When she came on board this past fall as the new coordinator of religious education (CRE) at St. Ann School in Metairie,

Michelle Buisson Alley was asked by teachers if she could find a multi-media rosary guide that was “less scary” for children.

The guides that were available tended to flash images of ominous-looking angels and Gothic-style stained-glass scenes.

The recording on one rosary guide used the term “Holy Ghost” – rather than “Holy Spirit” – during the Sign of the Cross,

causing students to raise their eyebrows.

Many rosary aides were also outdated, with many not covering the Luminous Mysteries, the set of rosary meditations initiated

in 2002 by Pope St. John Paul II.

“I kept looking and looking and I couldn’t find anything. There was no kid-friendly rosary,” Alley said. “So I said why don’t

we just make our own? The kids said, ’We can do that!’ They’re so tech savvy!”

Since November, Alley’s newly formed Student Ministry Club, a group of 19 St. Ann sixth and seventh graders, has been

meeting every Monday and Tuesday morning before school to research soothing and colorful religious drawings to post

alongside the rosary prayers and mysteries. The finished product, which will include the students’ recorded voices, will be

broadcast on St. Ann’s closed-circuit television system during quarterly school-wide rosaries beginning in March.

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Sixth grader Trystan Rieffel, an altar server, said he joined the

Student Ministry Club to help his schoolmates.

“I have heard of stories of kids falling asleep at Mass and not

participating,” Trystan said.

When challenged by Alley to find an image to place alongside one

of the rosary’s Our Fathers, he chose a picture of a happy monk

named Brother Francis, his hands coming together in prayer.

“‘Brother Francis’ is a religious video. It’s a class favorite,” Trystan

said. “So I decided to put the Our Father prayer next to Brother Francis, to make it a little bit more fun.”

Seventh grader Regan Nugent is using her iPad’s stylus to color in clip art for the various rosary scenes. Recently, she had fun

bringing The Annunciation, the First Joyful Mystery, to life.

“When I was younger I thought it was a little weird when you could see some blood on Jesus on the cross,” Regan said. “I

definitely think this (rosary video) will be better, especially for the kindergartners and the first graders.”

Alley praised her Ministry Club members for their initiative and leadership.

“They just took on the project,” she said. “I don’t really have to direct them as much as I thought I would have to. A lot of times

they’re directing me, especially when it comes to the technological stuff!”

Alley said the club creates or supports any campus endeavor

that cultivates St. Ann School’s Catholic identity. Other club

activities include writing prayers other school clubs and teams

can use at their meetings; and making campus banners, some

based on inspirational homily points offered by St. Ann’s

pastor, Father Billy O’Riordan. The group also helped make

prayer cards celebrating Vocation Awareness Week, dedicated

to local seminarians.

A “Liturgy Team” of seventh graders – all volunteers from the

larger club – helps set up school Masses and accompanies younger lectors as they practice the readings before Mass, making

sure the microphone is set to their height.

Alley hopes to complete the rosary guide by March and is willing to share it with any parish or school. For more information,

call Alley at 455-7051, ext. 120; or email her at malley@stannschool.org.