Pastor’s Letter

A Note From Father Eickhoff

February 23, 2025

The First Reading today is taken from the First Book of Samuel. The passage describes how David, when he was a fugitive hiding in the desert, refused to make use […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

February 16, 2025

I am writing in haste this morning so if you were hoping for a theologically oriented bulletin article this week you are out of luck. Instead, I want to point […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

February 9, 2025

  Good morning (or afternoon as the case may be) to all of you! Today I want to quickly go over some upcoming events here at St. Anne Parish. First […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

February 2, 2025

I noticed last week that my subscription to Microsoft 365 (aka Microsoft Office) has been “enhanced” through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). I also note that Microsoft sneakily raised […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

January 26, 2025

The first reading today taken from the Book of Nehemiah contains an element that may sound strange to us. The reading tells us that the people upon hearing the Word […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

January 19, 2025

I invite you to imagine yourself as taking the place of the headwaiter at the wedding at Cana that we hear about in today’s Gospel reading. What must have been […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

January 12, 2025

Today is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. This feast marks the end of the Christmas Season in the Church. After today the Church returns to Ordinary Time […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

January 5, 2025

Merry Christmas! I have not yet had the opportunity to thank in print all the people of St. Anne Parish who went out of their way to prepare the parish […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

December 29, 2024

Merry Christmas! I thought about just repeating the phrase “Merry Christmas” about 200 times in order to get to a respectful word count for today’s buletin article. The Christmas Holy […]

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A Note From Father Eickhoff

December 22, 2024

We often speak about the “real reason for the season” when it comes to Christmas time. We say this phrase as a way of reminding ourselves (and others) that the […]

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