West Bridgewater MA
Website: stannswb.com
The Church of Saint Ann
"The Little Church That Could...and DID"
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Parish Office: 508-586-4880
DECEMBER FAMILY MASS
December 7th at the 9:30 Mass at St. Ann.
This Mass will be sponsored by our Monday 4th grade class. They will be doing the readings and bringing
up the gifts. We invite all kids in attendance to join Fr. Paul for the homily and everyone to join us
at the back of the church afterwards for snacks.
This Mass will be sponsored by our Monday 4th grade class. They will be doing the readings and bringing up the gifts. We invite all kids in attendance to join Fr. Paul for the homily and everyone to join us at the back of the church afterwards for snacks.
Sunday 12/14 at 1 pm, St. Ann's Parish Center
Join us as our children share the story of Jesus' birth and we have a birthday party for him! There will be plenty of food and fun.
Please bring a non-perishable food item as a birthday present for Jesus and the Food Pantry!
Join us as our children share the story of Jesus' birth and we have a birthday party for him! There will be plenty of food and fun.
Please bring a non-perishable food item as a birthday present for Jesus and the Food Pantry!
TEEN MASS
December Teen Mass
11/14 at the 6:15 Mass at St. Ann
Our next Teen Mass is December 14. At these Masses, we invite our teens to
do a reading or bring up the gifts. Fr Paul also tailors his homily to be relevant to their life and there is
contemporary music at the Mass. If your teen is interested in bringing up the gifts or doing a reading,
please email Matt Brady.
11/14 at the 6:15 Mass at St. Ann
Our next Teen Mass is December 14. At these Masses, we invite our teens to do a reading or bring up the gifts. Fr Paul also tailors his homily to be relevant to their life and there is contemporary music at the Mass. If your teen is interested in bringing up the gifts or doing a reading, please email Matt Brady.
Registration is also now open for 2025-2026. There are 2 changes to note from the 2024-2025 schedule. The first is that the Sunday morning class will move from St. John to St. Ann to correspond with the annual changing of the Mass schedule. The 9:30 Mass will continue to be our Family Mass, so it is important that our morning class be at the same location.
The other change relates to our ongoing implementation of the Archdiocese's directive to lower the age of Confirmation to 8th grade. All students in grades 9 and 10 will receive Confirmation in the spring of 2026. Their classes will remain on the same every other week schedule.
Catechists are also needed for all grades. No experience required, just a love of God and our young people! Please contact Matt Brady if interested.
Religious Education Registration Form 2025-2026
*** INTRODUCING THE KID'S SHELF
The newest addition to our Lending Library at St. John is a whole shelf of books for our young parishioners.
Right now we have some books about the saints, Pope Francis and some lent things, but we hope we will be able
to add to our collection.
Stop by and check it out and borrow a book! If you have any religious kids books you
would like to donate, please email Matt Brady.
*** INTRODUCING THE KID'S SHELF
*** CHRISTMAS PAGEANT - 2024
*** CHRISTMAS PAGEANT - 2024
*** FIRST COMMUNION - 2024
*** FIRST COMMUNION - 2024
*** EASTER EGG HUNT AT ST. ANN'S - 2024
EASTER MARCH 31st 2024
*** EASTER EGG HUNT AT ST. ANN'S - 2024
July 26th St. Ann's Day Celebration
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
This was our first Christmas Pageant since covid, and it was a smashing success! Thank you to all the cast and
their families for all their hard work. All the kids did awesome! Special thanks to Tina Anthony for her work
as our director, and to her assistants Chris Baker and Karla Berlo. And to Santa and Mrs. Claus for making the
trip down from the North Pole. We had so much fun we are already planning to go bigger and better next year!
DECEMBER 4th FAMILY MASS
MATT BRADY - DIRECTOR OF MINISTRIES
"Hello everyone! My name is Matt Brady and I am very excited to be joining you as the new Director of Ministries.
I have a master's degree in theology from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and an undergraduate degree from
Salve Regina University. I spent the past three years at St. Denis in Westwood, where I led a revitalization of
their faith formation program and family ministry and helped guide the parish through Covid.
I am looking forward to working with all of you, especially the families, to grow and strengthen our Together in Christ Collaborative."
Mission Statement
The goal of the Religious Education Program at the Together In Christ Collaborative is to bring, through
catechesis and prayer, the message of Jesus Christ and His Church to all members of the community.
It is its aim to help students acquire and develop their own Catholic, Christian faith, so that our parish
community and its members may truly witness to the Good News of Our Lord, Jesus. All of our efforts are meant
to support parents as the primary religious educators of their children. We provide formal religious
education that builds upon the everyday lived experience of the faith that is shared in your homes and at Sunday Mass.
We are a welcoming Parish, with our doors open to all God's children.
Matt Brady
Director of Ministries
774-533-2002
directorofministries.tic
@gmail.com
Weekday Office Hours @ Rectory – 9:00am to 5:00pm Mon-Fri
Matt Brady
Director of Ministries
774-533-2002
directorofministries.tic
@gmail.com
Weekday Office Hours @ Rectory – 9:00am to 5:00pm Mon-Fri