Deacon Luigi Retires
October 4, 2025
Deacon Luigi started working at St. Anna’s as the driver for St. Anna’s Mobile Medical Mission the year after Hurricane Katrina. He transitioned to Parish Administrator a couple of years later, and was ordained Deacon in 2021. On Saturday October 4th, we celebrated Luigi’s faithful service to St. Anna’s and the Episcopal Church with a […]
Little Free Library Thanks to Kiwanis Club of Ponchartrain
The Kiwanis Club of Pontchartrain has four Little Free Libraries (LFL) in New Orleans, including the one at Dodwell House for the use of all patrons and the Anna’s Place program. The LFL offers both adult (fiction and nonfiction) and children’s books. LFL users are encouraged to Take One and Leave One or Read and […]
German Fest Benefits Anna’s Place NOLA
September 22, 2025
There was food, music, and games at our German Fest (our version of an early OktoberFest) on Sunday September 21, 2025, Noon until 3pm, at the Dodwell House. While admission was free, there were brats and hotdogs with sides of potato salad, baked macaroni, and baked beans, soft pretzels, and beer for sale. The band […]
New Pipe Organ
UPDATE 9/22/2025 Dr. Jim Hammann, who originally constructed the organ at Holy Comforter and has directed the “organ transplant” to its new home at St. Anna’s, has almost completed the installation. We were blessed to hear the beautiful sounds of the organ yesterday for the first time. Jim is a perfessional organist and organ builder. […]
Sustaining Together – A 5-year Plan
Mother Allison, along with the Vestry, appointed a Sustainabiity Committee to research and investigate solutions toallow for needed facility repairs and a prudent plan to achieve positive cash flow long term. That Commmittee, including our new Deveopment Director, put together a 5-year plan we call Sustaining Together, which accomplished the goals. This plan was presented […]
St. Anna’s Featured in “EDOLA Remembers Katrina at 20” on Facebook
September 3, 2025
The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana interviewed several people from around the Diocese to tell their stories of working at St. Anna’s after Hurricane Katrina . Short clips on Facebook are available now of Fr. Bill Terry, Deacon Luigi Mandile, and Diana Meyers and will be collected later in longer formats on the diocese’s YouTube channel.
Little Free Library
The Kiwanis Club of Pontchartrain has four Little Free Libraries (LFL) in New Orleans, including the one at Dodwell House for the use of all patrons and the Anna’s Place program. The LFL offers both adult (fiction and nonfiction) and children’s books. LFL users are encouraged to Take One and Leave One or Read and […]
Blessing Bag Ministry
August 31, 2025
Blessing Bags that include water, snack bars or apple sauce pouches, two pairs of clean new socks, hygiene wipes, tooth brush, tooth paste and a reflection prayer book are prepared and made available to our Parish Family at St Anna’s Episcopal Church. Parishioners are encouraged to share these bags with our siblings in Christ who […]
Auctions in August now LIVE!
August 1, 2025
Anna’s Place NOLA and our Food Pantry and Outreach have items in Gulf Coast Bank’s Auctions in August event. Items donated in July are now up for bidding through August 28th, with 30-minute silent bidding on the last day. St. Anna’s has gift cards to Walmart, Panera Bread, and hotels, a Coach bag, Elvis Presley […]
Air is COLD at St. Anna’s
Bring your sweaters and parkas to church starting this Sunday, August 3rd, as our HVAC system has been replaced and is now pumping our deliciously cool air.