While I have granted permission to begin the reopening of public Masses, due to the ongoing gravity of the present moment and the restrictions being placed on us during the "Phase 2" civil reopening plan, I hereby extend the dispensation for all Catholic faithful of the Diocese of Las Vegas and those Catholics visiting within the geographic boundaries of our Diocese, from the obligation of attending Sunday Masses up to and including August 30, 2020.

While we recognize that many are eager to return to Mass in our churches, it remains important for those who are elderly and otherwise at risk to refrain from returning to public Liturgies until it is manifestly safe to do so. For all the faithful, especially those who are sick, at high risk of becoming sick, and their caregivers, the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is hereby dispensed.

The Lord be with you! While we normally use this greeting at our liturgical celebrations, I did not think there would be a problem in beginning my first letter to you as your new parish administrator by wishing all of you the Lord’s presence in your lives.

Some of you may remember me from 4 years ago when, in 2016, I came to St. Anne as a seminarian intern for 6 months and then I returned to Mundelein Seminary to complete my theological studies.

Now I come among you as your Parish Administrator. It’s a much different ballgame being the parish administrator rather than a seminarian intern. The responsibility of this great community of faith and educational ministry is on my shoulders. I hope I can count on your support as together we move forward as a community of faith in the midst of a world crisis.

With this June 28th 2020 bulletin, I offer my final bulletin message to you, my dear Saint Anne family. All of you have been a blessing to me these past 6 years as your pastor, generously sharing your faith, as we together have grown in the Lord. There have been so many highlights and blessed events of my tenure as pastor here, too many to mention individually.

As we continue celebrating our Father’s Day Novena, let me say ‘Thank You’ for allowing me to be your spiritual Father, alongside Father Gregorio, Father Paul, Father Mugagga, and Father John. I thank God for all the times I was blessed to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with you, share the Holy Eucharist, Christ’s Body, our spiritual food. I am humbled how the Lord used me to share His mercy, absolution and healing with you in the sacraments of confession and anointing. And how truly blessed I feel to have been able to celebrate your baptisms, marriages and funerals.

While I begin serving in diocesan administration full time at the Chancery this week, I pray that there will be many opportunities to come back to Saint Anne’s to pray with you again, and just say ‘Hi’. Father Miguel and Father Gregorio, call me whenever you like!

I join the growing chorus of U.S. Catholic Bishops speaking in one voice as we express our deep sadness over the heartbreaking death of Mr. George Floyd. We urgently pray for the cessation of the violence and destruction which has so sullied the memory of a man who lost his life under tragic and unnecessary circumstances.

We are broken-hearted, sickened, and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our eyes. The senseless taking of life defies the fundamental principles of justice and respect for human life. We must recognize the fact that all lives are sacred. As Catholics, it is not enough to relegate our concern to only thoughts and prayers. Our Church, at every level, must speak out unequivocally and work against the sin of racism.

Dear Parishioners,

I want to thank you for all of the prayers you have offered and the concerns you have shown for one another during this difficult time of the Coronavirus outbreak. The suspension of public Masses until further notice has been most challenging to all of us. I encourage everyone to join in making an act of spiritual communion together with the faithful at our livestreamed Sunday and daily Masses that we offer here at Saint Anne’s, and which may be seen on our YouTube Channel- stannelvnv, Facebook Page- stannelvnv1, and Parish Website- stannelvnv.org. We are very grateful for our Diocesan televised Mass Ministry Channel 33 / Cox 6, and also EWTN Cox 349 and Relevant Radio AM 970, bringing the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and the comforting message of Christ, into our homes multiple times a day.

Dear Saint Anne Family,

On Sunday, May 10, 2020, we celebrate Mother’s Day.  As with past Mother’s Days, we will remember your mothers and grandmothers, living and deceased, in a Parish Novena of Masses. You may enroll your mother in our Mother’s Day Novena, writing her name on the enclosed envelope and returning it by mail before May 10; any offering may be made. We will place the names of your mothers upon our Altar where they will remain for the nine days of the Novena, from Sunday, May 10 through Monday, May 18.

Mother’s Day Mass Cards in English and in Spanish will be available in baskets in our Church sanctuary. If our Churches open before May 10, you may pick up a Mass Card remembrance for your mother or grandmother.

Dear Parishioners,

I want to thank you for all of the prayers you have offered and the concerns you have shown for one another during this difficult time of the Coronavirus outbreak.

The suspension of public Masses until further notice has been most challenging to all of us. I encourage everyone to join in making an act of spiritual communion together with the faithful at our livestreamed Sunday and daily Masses that we offer here at Saint Anne’s, and which may be seen on our YouTube Channel- stannelvnv, Facebook Page- stannelvnv1, and Parish Website- stannelvnv.org.

We are very grateful for our Diocesan televised Mass Ministry Channel 33 / Cox 6, and also EWTN Cox 349 and Relevant Radio AM 970, bringing the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and the comforting message of Christ, into our homes multiple times a day.  

Needless to say, our parish will face many financial setbacks in the days ahead.

Dear Parishioners,

I want to thank you for all of the prayers you have offered and the concerns you have shown for one another during this difficult time of the Coronavirus outbreak. The suspension of public Masses until further notice has been most challenging to all of us. I encourage everyone to join in making an act of spiritual communion together with the faithful at our livestreamed Sunday and daily Masses that we offer here at Saint Anne’s, and which may be seen on our YouTube Channel- stannelvnv, Facebook Page- stannelvnv1, and Parish Website- stannelvnv.org. We are very grateful for our Diocesan televised Mass Ministry Channel 33 / Cox 6, and also EWTN Cox 349 and Relevant Radio AM 970, bringing the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and the comforting message of Christ, into our homes multiple times a day.

Attention Dear Parishioners of Saint Anne,

Know that Padre Gregorio and I are praying for all of you in our Easter Masses and our private daily Masses. We continue experiencing times of uncertainty and anxiety in our nation and world. Easter is a time to turn the Lord with our whole hearts, as individuals, families, and as a parish family, and celebrate that “Christ is Risen”. While the public celebration of Mass has been suspended, we continue to our Easter Masses privately and livestream them to you. And this is a time for us as individual Catholics and as families to offer intense prayer to the Father in Christ the Risen Lord: the Rosary, the Scriptures, the Memorare, uniting with God.