welcome to
st. anne church
Serving East Moline and the surrounding area since 1919.
A destination for faith~
St. Anne is a faith filled community that embraces diversity and has adapted to the changing environment while maintaining its core Catholic values and identity. By remembering those who have come before us, we honor the legacy of the diversity of our founders who, molded by God’s blessings and the holy priests He empowered, joined together to establish our church.
Fr. Julien Esse, SMA
Our Path to Our Lady of Grace
In Our “Sites”
What Do Councils Do?
After seeing the individuals named to the Pastoral and Financial Councils, you might be wondering what they do.
A pastoral council primarily serves as an advisory board to the pastor, offering insights and recommendations on pastoral and ministry matters within the church, for the sake of fulfilling the pastor’s vision and the church’s mission statement. With the pastor, they also might assess the strengths and weaknesses of the parish, develop short or long term plans, and recommend parish programs and events.
The Parish Financial Council serves a similar advisory role, but in matters related to financial affairs, budgeting, stewardship, and managing parish assets. Again, this council serves as an advisory body to provide guidance to the pastor.
As Our Lady of Grace Parish begins it’s first steps, both of these groups will be vital in the successful formation of a family of believers. They will be meeting on a regular basis, assisting Father Julien in carrying out our parish mission.
Our Path to Our Lady of Grace” will provide weekly updates and new information regarding the merger of St. John’s, St. Anne’s and St. Mary’s. As we venture on this new journey together, we ask Our Lady of Grace to pray for us!
Birdies for Charity
The 2025 Birdies for Charity program, sponsored by John Deere, is underway! Once again, participating charities are guaranteed a 5% bonus on their collected pledges.
Last year, St. Anne Parish received over $13,000.00 in donations including the 5% bonus.
There are pledge forms available at each entrance of the church. St. Anne Parish Birdie number is #198. Cash, checks, and credit card payments are accepted.
Please make checks out to Birdies for Charity and credit card donations/payments cam be made at www.birdiesforcharity.com/donate.
Final pledges are due by July 4. Thank you in advance for your participation!
Totus Tuus 2025
Registration is Open!
It’s registration time for Totus Tuus at St. Anne! Totus Tuus is a Latin phrase that means “totally yours”, a motto given to us by Saint John Paul II in describing his dedication to Jesus through Mary. During one week this summer, we will provide Catholic children entering grades one through twelve, a prayer filled environment that will help them become closer to Christ through His Mother, Mary. This program combines fun with faith filled experiences, including daily Mass for the Day Program. A creative and enthusiastic team of young adults from the Diocese of Peoria will help youth come to know and devote themselves to Mary, Our Mother. In 2025, Totus Tuus will focus on the Sacraments and the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. The day program is grades 1-6, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm, June 23-27. The fee for the day program is $40.00 per child or $100.00 for three or more children in the same family. Registration for the day program will be limited to 75 participants. Children in the day program will need a sack lunch each day. We also request one boxed snack to share during the week. The evening program is for Jr. High and High School (grades 7 through 12) students, from 6:30-8:30 pm, June 22-26. The fee for the evening program is $30.00 per child. Registration is limited to 75 participants. Registration ends when we reach or participant capacity so register soon! Registration forms can be found at each entrance of the church at St. Anne or St. John, as well as the link below. Completed registration forms and payment may be returned to St. Anne Parish, 603 18th Ave., East Moline, IL 61244. Or in the collection basket at Mass.
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Thank You!
Thank you to everyone that helped in anyway with the Spring Sale at St. Anne Parish.
We were able to eliminate A LOT of unused items and organize A LOT of areas that needed to be organized.
A total of over $7,000.00 was profited for St. Anne Parish.
Parish Picnic to Celebrate~
Our lady of Grace Parish
Let’s all join together on Sunday, June 29th, from Noon-4:00 pm at St. John the Baptist Church to celebrate our new parish.
Continuing from the picnic last summer, there will be food, games, face painting, and the BAGS tournament, along with a new addition of a “Coin Carnival!”
To play the carnival games, families are asked to bring any variety of coins. Each game is worth one coin to play. All coins will be gathered at the end of the picnic, and used to help pay shipping costs to send the tabernacle from St. Mary’s, Hampton church to Christ the Light of the Worlds parish in Togo, Africa.
Fried and grilled chicken and drinks will be provided. All families are asked to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Please use paper sign-ups at the back of either church. Deadline is June 22nd.
If rain or inclement weather, the picnic will be moved into the hall at St. John’s.
If you are interested in volunteering to help in any area of the picnic, please email Connie Ertel at connieertel@gmail.com or Kim Priaulx at kim84@protonmail.com. We can use volunteers in all areas-set up, clean up, food prep and pick up, manning carnival games, and bags tourney judges, etc.
There will be a volunteer meeting on Wednesday, June 18th at 4:00 pm at St. John’s. All volunteers currently signed up to help, along with new volunteers are encouraged to come to the meeting and go over the picnic details.
Thank you, and please join in the celebration! We hope to see a great turnout!
