Faithful parishioners, please continue to remember your parish at this time through weekly remote giving via Faith Direct. Without weekly Mass attendance, our financial support is lower than average, and we still depend on donations to keep our church doors open. Thank you sincerely for your support, as always.
 

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Friendship Place provides many services to help homeless individuals and families attain stable housing and to rebuild their lives. St. Ann’s hosts a table each year at the Friends and Neighbors Breakfast which provides a significant part of their annual budget.  This year’s breakfast, set for May 7, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic – but the needs of their clients have increased. They project a need for an additional $100,000 in support by April 30 to:

• Buy food and toiletries for the families and individuals they serve. Many people cannot get out to buy groceries and other items.  Friendship Place staff have begun ordering items to be delivered to participants, but this need only grows.
• Continue and expand their street outreach activities. Friendship Place staff are still going out to meet with those in homeless camps, and need tools to keep those in the camps safe.
• Prepare for an influx of people who have lost their homes and their jobs, who will come into the Welcome Center and Aim Hire employment program in the months to come.

Friendship Place is conducting a pre-Breakfast outreach campaign to raise these crucially needed funds.  Please go to friendshipplace.org/give/donate-now and make the most generous donation you can. Together, we can help the most vulnerable of our neighbors.   
 
Thank you – and please stay safe!
 
Msgr. James Watkins, Pastor
Ted Hirt and Kathy Curran, St. Ann’s Table Hosts

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In lieu of physical assistance, the Little Sisters of the Poor are welcoming letters to their elderly residents. You can write them words of encouragement and support: Let the Holy Spirit guide you!

Please send your cards/letters to:
 
Little Sisters of the Poor/Jeanne Jugan Residence
c/o Activity Department (Notes to Residents from St. Ann Catholic Church)
4200 Harewood Road, NE
Washington, DC 20017
 
Send as many as you like! The more the better - the Activity Department will bring them to residents during their one-on-one visits.
 
We won’t know who they go to, but it doesn’t matter, the Holy Spirit will take care of that! Thanks to anyone who joins in and may God bless you and your efforts!

We are still collecting food for the Annual Catholic Charities/Archdiocesan Lenten Food Drive. You can drop off needed items (listed below) at any time the parish is open. Simply leave filled bags under any entrance table of the church.

Our Parish is supporting the John S. Mulholland Family Foundation which supports food pantries in our city’s poorest parishes, St. Thomas More, St. Vincent de Paul, Holy Name and St. Luke. Please take a bag from the exits of the church to fill.
 
The most-needed items are canned tuna or chicken; dry cereal (Cheerios or Bran Flakes); canned vegetables (green beans, peas, corn); canned soup (hearty varieties are best); canned fruit (any kind); peanut butter and jelly (plastic containers only); baked beans (cans) and rice (any size); pasta and pasta sauce (plastic containers only).
 
If you are unable to fill a bag or will be away that weekend, monetary donations are accepted which are used to purchase fresh food items such as fresh produce, milk and eggs, meat and poultry. Drop an envelope or check in the collection labeled “Mulholland Foundation” and we will see that it is
donated toward this effort.
 
Thank you for living the Gospel of Matthew 25 during the season of Lent, and for helping those who need our help the most!