As of this moment Saint Anna’s, in order to respect City directives and to preserve community safety, will be canceling Mass normally held at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. If conditions should dramatically change and if we should have clear streets we may extend an invitation to join for Eucharist and
Continue readingEaster 6 this past Sunday was extraordinary in many ways. The Gospel reached out and took us all away to that place of peace. The Mass was said with special intention for the repose of the soul of Daniel Hanna Priest of the Church. Symbolically a red votive candle was
Continue readingTHE REV. DANIEL B. HANNA passed away on Wednesday May 22nd in the early hours at Lambeth House/St. Anna’s nursing home. He was visited yesterday by many friends and the prayers for the dying were administered. He was anointed and given absolution. All rituals that Dan is very fond of
Continue readingAn evening in the city. It is about six in the evening in this old city. I step out of my office on the second floor of a very old home, now a parish house “Gordon Maginnis House”, and take a moment to enjoy the perfect weather, the warmth, there
Continue reading“Polo” was a man. He was a man who made his home along the North Claiborne Avenue corridor. I did not know Polo but I do know that he breathed, he ate, he wanted, he dreamt, he laughed and cried. Polo knew hunger and likely knew fullness. I am sure
Continue readingWritten by The Very Rev. Bill Terry St. Anna’s is blessed. Through the years we have grown very fond of one another. In the course of engagement many come to mind. For this article I want to talk about Max and Albert, Joyce Jackson, and Lucinda Laird. All most excellent
Continue readingYouth in New Orleans have increased self esteem and are excited when they have the opportunity to march in parade and to wear a uniform. Several years ago I had an opportunity to collaborate with the very early days of The Roots of Music program. One of the main features
Continue readingThese are some of the wonderful ladies of Grace Episcopal Church in St. Francisville, LA. Some I have met before, some were new friends and faces. Yes, this wonderful community is populated with all kinds of folks: men folk, women folk, retired Bishops, missionaries, mission committees, day care ministries, youth
Continue readingThe Vestry of St. Anna’s wholeheartedly supported a suggestion to form a “Young Professionals Group” to meet the social and spiritual needs of church members between the ages of 21-40. Did you know, for instance, that the median age for “Mainline Denominations” is 52? With the Presiding Bishop catching the
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