St. Ann Parish, Bellevue at 312 S. Main St, Bellevue, MI 49021-1415 US

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Welcome to St. Ann's home on the Internet. Here you will find the latest news and information about our parish. Please take a moment to visit this site and learn more about the activities of the parish. Mass is on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Throughout the year, St. Ann's community continues our Sunday social hours, which the majority attends after Mass. The sacrament of penance is always available after Mass. St. Ann's has completed the construction of the new church and gathering space and the rearrangement and enlargement of the original building to provide a new social hall and kitchen and new rooms for meetings, religious education, and other activities. The new church and social hall and other facilities are now dedicated, open, and in use! In the spring last year, thanks to generous contractors and the work of many men and women and young people of St. Ann's, landscaping plants and beautiful sod lawns were added. Now, the young people gather after Sunday Mass for religious education. We hope that the older teens will soon have a group for companionship and growth in the life of faith. A new adult religious education and discussion group will soon be starting. St. Ann's looks forward to many developments now that the Good Shepherd has blessed us with the new church, social hall, and activity rooms. Special contributions by friends of St. Ann's, along with continuing pledge donations, will make it possible for St. Ann's to develop our beautiful new facilities further. For example, outside friends' gifts have enabled us to install an electronic carillon system which was given to us by another parish. Sound reverberation control treatment has been added to our large, beautiful, and community-friendly social hall. Talented and generous parish members are making stained glass windows for our church and gathering space. On Sunday, July 26, we will celebrate the feast of our patron saint, St. Ann, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The 9:00 a.m. Mass will be especially joyful as Bishop Emeritus Carl Mengeling returns as principal celebrant. All, including visitors, are invited to the brunch in the social hall after Mass as we continue our visiting and celebrating. Come and join us, and make the contribution of your presence and of the special "self" that you are in Christ. Sunday Mass continues to be at the usual 9:00 a.m. We hope you enjoy your visit to this website and we encourage you to check back often for updates!

From the Bishop
One of the joys and challenges of our time is to use technology and innovation to spread the message of Jesus. With that in mind, the diocesan Web site www.dioceseoflansing.org began two years ago. We have recently completed an upgrading of that site. One of the benefits of that upgrade is ...

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Catholicism - What does Catholicism have to offer?
The Catholic family of faith offers belief in, and the experience of, the God of Abraham as personal; it finds God’s presence in all that is inter-personal, believing each incarnate soul is of God ...

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Joy and Spirituality: 4 things to be joyful about in the new millennium
Remember Jan. 1, 2000? Where were you? Praying, partying or worrying about Y2K? The coming of the third millennium was, and is, a great event. There were two things that clouded the beautiful celebration of the millennium and the beginning of the Jubliee Year. The first distraction was the ...

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