Dear Parishioners,

Exciting news - we are ready to open St. Anne Cottage!  It will be a soft opening just for our St. Anne's families and friends!  Our first day is this Monday, August 14, from 10am to 4pm. We will also be open Tuesday and  Friday from 10am - 4pm and Saturday from 9am - noon.  We will announce our grand opening after we get going.  Please feel free to come at those times. We are so excited to show you around. We even have a back to school section!  Donations are still being taken on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9am to noon. We are NOT accepting electronics, including TV's  and computers.

We have a few needs. If you're able to donate a washing machine, please call the office.  We have a dryer, and we are getting hook- ups ready to help us out in keeping things neat and clean.  We also need  the services of a plumber to help us get the washer and dryer functional.  We could use fluorescent shop lights for our storage units. If you have a shop vac you would like to donate, it would be so appreciated.  We are still in need of some volunteers to fill hours. You may call Kristi Crisham or Rita Kerley or the Cottage. Here's our new number for the Cottage (815-285-7007) which is located at 879 Stoney Point Rd.

Thank you to our volunteers; we would have never gotten this ready without everyone's help.  We are thankful to the men that came out and put up shelves and organized the storage units with shelves, also. What a blessingeveryone has been to the cottage!  Now the cottage will be a blessing to our school.

Karen Payan