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Join SAGES in Support of the Gubbio Project

Instead of a February event, SAGES (St. Anne Growing, Exploring Seniors) will once more sponsor parishioner donations to a very worthwhile cause: The Gubbio Project at St. Boniface Church. The Gubbio Project is now serving 300 people per day at their two Churches: St. Boniface in the Tenderloin and St John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in the Mission. Gubbio’s programs include Friday morning breakfast, weekly massage and foot care, and daily coffee and pastries, and free lunches are provided by St. Anthony’s Dining Room. Case management services, emergency and essential supplies continue to be offered at St. Boniface Gubbio Project. So, please consider making a donation to this very worthwhile cause. Make your checks payable to St. Anne Church, memo SAGES’ Gubbio Project, attn. Sr. Esther, and leave in the St. Anne rectory mailbox.
Thank you.

Email drive

With the modern convenience and affordability of email, we will be having an “email drive” for the next few weekends. We are requesting that you share with us your email so we can email you parish news and activities. Please note that we will not sell your email information to anyone. If you’d like to be included in our email list, please email us at info@stanne-sf.org the following information:

  • your name
  • your address (if this is a new address, also include your old address)
  • your phone number
  • your envelope number, if you have one
  • whether you’d like to receive email or receive both email and regular mail

New neighbors, new ministry

In 1924, our Convent was built for the Sisters of Presentation. They taught at our school and remained there until 2004. Afterwards, Cursillo held their retreats there to help laypeople come to a deeper knowledge of and love for God. They leased the building for about 10 years but it was underutilized since they held their weekend retreats only about once a month. Last year the parish explored different ways to bring other groups in for greater financial stability to the parish. We’ve also explored different possible uses for our Convent, everything from holding more youth development retreats to using it as a Senior Living Facility, office space for non- profits, housing for San Francisco Ballet students, transitional home for the homeless, and home for Syrian refugees. But the one option that seemed to make the most sense was to use it as a dormitory for college students. Fortunately, the University of San Francisco (USF) was also looking for housing for their graduate-level law students. And they’re interested only in the 2nd and 3rd floors of the convent, which will leave the 1st floor and basement for our continued use for Kindergarten, Pre-K, Chinese School office, Chinese Pastoral Center, and Youth Ministry. We’re excited with this new partnership with a Jesuit university because it will not only give us greater financial stability but also be an opportunity for us to minister to a missing segment of our church, the young adults. With a core group of young adults present in our community, it could also attract young adults from UCSF to remain and help us expand our parish community. In order to bring the convent up to current city code, there will be renovation in the interior of the building in the New Year. USF is planning to house students there for the Fall of 2017 beginning in August of that year. We’re planning an Informational night on Wed., Dec 14 @ 7pm in our Church Lower Hall. With us will be representatives from USF, the architect, contractor, the Preschool Director, and our Principal. You’re welcome to join us.

Simbang Gabi– Christmas preparation masses

simbang-gabi-2016Simbang Gabi is a traditional novena (9 masses) celebrated in the Philippines to prepare for Christmas. The Simbang Gabi Commissioning Mass will take place on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 7:30pm at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption (see flyer). The novena will be at 7:00pm, from Thursday, December 15th through Wednesday, December 23rd at St. Anne. Read more about Simbang Gabi here.