The Rev. Canon Allison Reid Named Rector of St. Anna’s
April 28, 2024
The vestry of St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, New Orleans is overjoyed to announce that The Rev. Canon Allison Reid has been named our parish’s next rector. Canon Reid will begin her duties at St. Anna’s in early June. Canon Reid has served for the last three years as priest-in-charge of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Harvey, […]
Rector Search Update
March 29, 2024
The Search Committee has completed a second round of interviews via Zoom with rector candidates. We are in the process of assessing the candidates based on the criteria established by parishioners and other stakeholders of St. Anna’s last Spring through the online survey and focus groups, and as articulated in the Parish profile. We are […]
Rector Search Progressing
January 21, 2024
The search for St. Anna’s new Rector continues. Our application period officially closed on January 19th. The Search Committee has begun conducting initial interviews via Zoom with candidates who satisfied fundamental requirements for the position. As a reminder, Episcopal Church and Diocesan policy provides that no individual information aboutrector candidates may be shared to protect […]
Rector Position Officially Open
November 18, 2023
On November 16, 2023 the Diocese of Louisiana officially opened our Rector search by posting our Parish Profile and Office for Transition Ministry (OTM) Form. The position is open to any Episcopal priest and will be advertised widely. The Search Committee will be accepting applications through January 19, 2024. Priests must apply; we cannot accept […]
Parish Profile Being Written
September 26, 2023
The Search Committee is hard at work drafting our Parish Profile. We have met for many hours by zoom to review and edit Profile sections, line-by-line, to ensure that they are consistent with each other and with the results of the Parish Survey and focus groups conducted in April. The Profile will describe who […]
The Rev. Don Owens Named Interim Priest
June 28, 2023
The Rev. Donald P. Owens, Jr. Ph.D., joins St. Anna’s from his retirement in Wimberly, TX (near Austin) on August 1st as Interim Priest; his first mass will be on Sunday August 6th. Fr. Don and Barbara, his wife of 57 years, have four children. Graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, he received […]
Parish Survey and Focus Group Results are In!
June 13, 2023
“Thank you” to everyone who participated in the parish survey and / or focus groups during the month of April. We had an outstanding representation of our congregation. This information will be used to create our Parish Profile, a description of who Saint Anna’s is and what we do, which will be used in our […]
Parish Survey to open Easter Sunday; Sign up for a focus group
March 28, 2023
The time to give your input to guide the search for a new Rector of St. Anna’s is almost here! On Easter Sunday, April 9, all parishioners for whom St. Anna’s has an email address will receive a link to a questionnaire drafted by the Search Committee. (Paper copies will be available for those who […]
Karen Judge’s Report to the Congregation
February 26, 2023
As most of you know, Fr. Bill will be retiring on July 23 rd of this year. A Search Committee has been formed with the approval of your Vestry. This now becomes the time we must start to search for a new rector, one that we all have a voice in choosing. The Search Committee […]
Fr. Bill’s Website Post
February 15, 2023
On Sunday July 23, the Feast of St. Anna's, The Very Rev. William "Bill Terry", will celebrate his last mass at St. Anna's and retire as Rector of the church. We will celebrate his service and ministry to the church on that Feast Day. This transition has been anticipated for the past five years. Within […]