Our Young Adult Ministry Starts This Friday at 7pm!

Our St. Annes Youth Ministries would like to welcome all Young Adults to be a part of an active community dedicated to strengthening our faith and devotion to God. Our young adult ministry will Kick Off on Friday, April 24th 2009 at the St. Annes Youth Plaza.
Our ministry understands that there are many good and sincere, though misguided, people out there who are spiritually hungry, thirsty for the truth, who feel like a stranger to the Church Christ Established, or for a variety of reasons, are not as active in our Church as they might want to be. This is where we can lend a hand. We're here to help all our friends and family discover (or rediscover) the saving truths of the Catholic Church.

-Do you have a thirst for learning and understanding more about the Catholic Faith?

-Are you having trouble living out your Catholic Faith among friends, peers, or co-workers?

-Would you like to know where our Catholic Faith is found in the Bible?

If you answered 'YES' to any of these questions, we encourage you to join us on Friday, April 24th, at 7 p.m, at the St. Annes Youth Plaza at St. Annes Church. These gatherings provide insights, understanding and perhaps a deeper awareness of the Catholic tradition. In some sessions, we present a brief overview of what it means to be Catholic as an adult, and open the floor for questions from participants.

Our Young Adult group desires to help others grow in their Faith and come to the fullness of the truth! We understand that at times we are weak, and we may stumble on our faith journey. None of us our perfect. Only God is perfect. Catholic Author Peter Kreeft is fond of saying, ". . that the Catholic Church is not a museum for Saints, but a hospital for Sinners." But we are Family! No other institution on Earth has its core more structured as a Family than the Catholic Church. We welcome all young adults, not as strangers, but as brothers and sisters in Christ.
If you are a “Curious Catholic” young adult yourself, please join us! There will be a number of people who have come on their own, looking to learn more about our Catholic faith. If you are a young adult who can invite a young adult friend, neighbor or co-worker to come as your guest, we would be sincerely grateful. Thank You, and God Bless!

-When? Friday, April 24th

-Where? St. Annes Youth Plaza

- Time? 7:00-8:30pm

Congratulations Monsignor Daugherty!

Congratulations to Father Scott for receiving the honorary title of Monsignor! It was a special day at St. Mary's Church in Visalia to witness Father Scott along with five other priests from around the valley receive the papal honor of Monsignor, Chaplain to His Holiness. The title of “Monsignor” is a title of distinction given by the Pope to certain priests in the Roman Catholic Church as part of a papal honor recognizing the priest’s service to the Church.

Father Scott was nominated by Bishop John, who then submitted his name to the Holy See. Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI then conferred the honor onto Father Scott as well as the other wonderful priests in our valley. Congratulations Monsignor Daugherty, and Thank You for your faithful service, self-sacrifice, and devotion. God Bless You!

**Priests who are given papal honors and thus named monsignors are considered to be members of the papal household and thus are listed in the Annuario Pontificio (the papal yearbook).

St. Annes Young Adult Group

Thanks again for the suprise birthday party! And a special thanks to my fiance Melissa for all the work she put into it. You guys are great! And with that in mind, here something from John Paul 'The Great'

Young people, the church asks you to go, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to those who are near and to those who are very far away. Share with them the freedom that you have found in Christ. People thirst for genuine inner freedom. They yearn for the life which Christ came to give in abundance.

– John Paul II