Posted July 25, 2019

While St. Ann’s is now a worship site of St. Mark Parish in Bristol, having merged with the latter in 2014, the church hosted a 40 Hours devotion this week, ending on the July 26. On the third night of the devotion July 19, Trinitarian Father Tom Morris was celebrant and homilist for Mass along with five Trinitarian priests (the order previously served the former parish) and Father Dennis Mooney, pastor of St. Mark’s; one religious brother and two permanent deacons served at the Mass. Afterward the faithful prayed prayers to St. Ann by candlelight and venerated relics of saints. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Trinitarian Father Tom Morris, the last pastor of St. Ann before its 2014 merger, greets the congregation as he processes into Mass.

  • Trinitarian Father James Day, who served as next-to-last pastor of St. Ann, greets people before Mass July 19.

  • Father Dennis Mooney, pastor of St. Mark Parish, Bristol.

  • At the Mass Father Tom Morris prayed memorial prayers for his late mother, Shirley.

  • Lector Joseph Lentz

  • Pat and Ed Lavendar pray together.

  • Deacon James Alessi proclaims the Gospel.

  • Altar server Rosemary Parmigiani leads Sharon Ialli and John and Patricia Colna in the presentation of the gifts. St. Ann was founded as an Italian personal parish in 1906.

  • St. Ann Church, Bristol, remains an active worship site of St. Mark Parish, with Sunday Mass celebrated at 10:30 a.m. and Mass each Tuesday at 7 p.m.

  • Andreana and Denise Manto

  • Christa and David Froehlich, parishioners of St. Ann for 30 years, pray to the church’s patron saint by candlelight.

  • Laura Spadaccino

  • The faithful venerate the relics of saints after Mass.