There is currently no regularly scheduled Eucharistic Adoration at St. Anne Parish. The church is open for parishioners to stop in for private Adoration during normal operating hours.

"The worship given to the Trinity of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit... must fill our churches also outside the timetable of Masses... This worship must be prominent in all our encounters with the Blessed Sacrament... Adoration of Christ in this sacrament of love must also find expression in various forms of Eucharistic devotion: personal prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, hours of adoration, periods of exposition... Let us be generous with our time in going to meet him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease." Pope John Paul II

May the Heart of Jesus, in the most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored and loved, with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time.
Amen

Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has called for a year of special contemplation of the mystery of the Real Presence of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist. In addition to the constant belief and teaching of the Church in the Real Presence, Pope John Paul II has recently written several documents to reflect on and increase awareness of this great mystery, and to rekindle the fervent reverence and devotion that the Holy Eucharist and the Eucharistic Sacrifice of the Mass deserve.

Please note: Although the "Year of the Eucharist" is past, as a people who hold the Eucharist as the "source and summit of the Christian life," it is still most worthwhile and necessary to continue to reflect on and enrich our spiritual lives with the Church teachings and documents that are available. These links will be retained our our website for your study and reflection.

The documents can be obtained on the Vatican Website, as well as from many other sources. Some links are provided here, for your convenience. (Selection of a link will open the document in a new window.)

In April of 2003, the Holy Father issued the Encyclical "Ecclesia de Eucharistia", on the Eucharist in its relationship to the Church.

On October 7, 2004, the Holy Father issued the Pastoral Letter Mane Nobiscum Domine (Stay with us, Lord), to the Bishops, Clergy and faithful for the Year of the Eucharist.

Our Archbishop, the Most Reverend Seán P. O'Malley, O.F.M.Cap., has also issued a pastoral letter on the Year of the Eucharist. This letter can be accessed from the website for the Archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot.

Many other websites are presenting special information sections on the Year of the Eucharist, with links to the official Papal documents, and other related information. Several of these are listed in the following sections, for your convenience and reference.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has a page of Resources for the Year of the Eucharist.

Our Sunday Visitor also has a page of resources on The Eucharist.

The Catholic Culture website has a great library of articles with links to the recent and past Papal documents on the Eucharist, articles, devotions, and more.

The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology has an extensive list of resources about the Eucharist and the Mass.

Finally, the section from the Catechism of the Catholic Church on The Sacrament of the Eucharist presents the official Church doctrine regarding the Holy Eucharist.