Greetings,

Good day to all of you. Yes, today we celebrate  the Patron Saint of our beach mission church of Our Lady of the Assumption. It's certainly a happy moment as we stand on the shoulders of Christian history. 

The archives state that on Aug.15th 1559, the Spanish expedition ships of Don Tristan de Luna landed on what is now Pensacola Beach and with 5 Dominicans said the 1st Mass in the New World on the Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary. This predates the 1st Mass in St.Augustine in 1565. 

So, now you know why we call our mission church Our Lady of the Assumption, since Mass was said on this Feast Day in 1559. With all that said, we continue a legacy  of spreading the gospel to all locals and visitors alike. 

We pray you will join us for Mass this morning at St.Ann's at 8:15a.m. or at OLOA at 6p.m. with a dinner to follow in HUNT Hall. Join us! Oh yes, it's a holy day of obligation. Of course we'll have a collection. Thank you always for your generosity and gifts to your church. 

In His Service,

Fr. John

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1) RESTORED ORDER OF CONFIRMATION & FAMILY CATECHESIS. Please know that if you have a child in the 6th-9th grade they will need to sign up for Confirmation via the FAMILY CATECHESIS sign up link, which start on Sept. 3rd with Mass at 5:30 (St.Ann main church), dinner at 6p.m(Parish Hall) and catechesis at 6:30p.m.(break out rooms). 

Please click the link below to sign up. PARENTS, we want you to attend this with your child as well. Bishop Wack has asked us to provide this intergenerational way of catechesis as a way for the family to talk more openly about the faith once they leave the evenings of Family Catechesis. So, please know all parents and grandparents are welcome to attend.

2) KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNERS ARE BACK. Our first one last Wednesday was packed. So, we hope you. join us the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Wednesday of the month for the KC Dinners. 

3) O.C.I. A. Oder of Christian Initiation of Adults is happening soon. Sept. 3rd at 6:30p.m. in the Chapel Conference room. If you're Catholic and haven't received Confirmation or if you are curious about the Catholic Faith and want to know more and become Catholic, then come join us. We'd love to have you.

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