On behalf of our college students, thank you to our Philoptochos for coordinating our College Care Packages. As we share with our students each year, we reach out to them with encouragement and treats to let them know we are thinking of them. In 2021, this Philoptochos ministry was dedicated in loving memory to Victoria Marie Kopp, a U.C. Santa Cruz graduate and recipient of our packages. She reposed in the Lord following a brave battle with brain cancer. In her memory, Victoria’s parents— Richard and Marina—gift prayer books and cross bracelets, and our Philoptochos fill their boxes with other treats. Our shared hope and prayer is that our college students will be inspired to build their relationship with Jesus Christ and The Most Holy Theotokos (Victoria’s patron saint and ultimate Christian role model for us all).
The Katerini Zoe Tea Party (Dec 7, St. Anthony Church, Reno)
The Butler Family is holding their annual Katerini Zoe Birthday Tea Party fundraiser in loving memory of their beloved daughter, who would be celebrating her 7th birthday. The event will be held in Reno at St. Anthony’s GOC on Dec 7th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The family would like to extend the invitation to St. Anna's congregation, whom they hold very dear.
The Katerini Zoe Medical Outreach Program's mission is to advocate for individuals with Down syndrome within the medical setting, provide accredited CME presentations for medical providers, including all caregivers, on evidence-based care for individuals with Down syndrome, with in-person and pre-recorded events, and facilitate the development of a medical center specifically for individuals with Down syndrome and other diagnosed mental and developmental disabilities and delays.
November Philoptochos Meeting
Philoptochos - Our 2024 care packages have shipped!
This is just a quick note to thank all those who worked so hard to make our college care packages fabulous this year! Whether you donated to the package contents--from Fall-themed baked goods to purchased items—or if you donated your time to help assemble them last night or to deliver and ship them today, we are so very grateful.
Our 32 students, seminarians, and deployed military members will undoubtedly feel our Saint Anna love. May the memory of Victoria Marie Kopp, to whom this ministry is dedicated, be eternal.
With love in Christ,
Saint Anna
Philoptochos
Holy Relics Received and Installed at the Parish
On the Feast of St. Philip the Deacon, an Apostle of the 70, we were blessed to receive and install several new Holy Relics:
The Holy Priest Nicholas Planas of Athens
The Holy Hierarch Nectarios of Aegina
The Holy Child Martyr Hope
The Holy Child Martyr Agape
The Holy Priest Marytr Patrikos
The Holy Martyr Tatiana of Rome
The Holy Martyr Agathangelos of Esphimenos Monastery.
May these blessed Saints ever intercede on our behalf!
Hope on the Horizon 5K Fun Walk/Run to support Breast Cancer Research
Horizon Church here in Roseville will host “Hope on the Horizon” to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research. I’m so thankful to my dear friend who pastors this Anglican Church for organizing this fundraiser. May our Good Lord grant healing to all those who have cancer, their families who support them, and the doctors, nurses, and researchers who administer the cures. To register for the walk, please visit: https://rosevillehorizon.churchcenter.com/unproxy/registrations/events/2525902.
A Prayer for the Victims of Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene devastated the lives of countless individuals and took at least 125 lives. We pray that our Good Lord grants strength to first responders, healing to those injured, Grace to all those affected and eternal rest for those whose lives were lost.
As I invite you to join me in prayer, I also ask you to consider giving through IOCC:
https://give.iocc.org/campaign/624010/donate
May God’s mercy be sufficient for us all.
Let us pray:
Lord Jesus Christ our God, who brought great joy into the world with Your Divine birth, and salvation through Your glorious Resurrection; who shed Your precious Blood to wash away the sins of the world and grant us eternal hope and life.
You who have brought everything out of nothingness into being; who has set sandy barriers to the sea, and weighed the mountains and the valleys in a balance, who has measured the skies and holds the waters in the palm of Your hand, who has given this world its laws, its harmony and its order; who has appointed changes to the weather and variations in the orbit of the sun, who through the mingling of the elements, holds all things together by Your inexpressible love and power; Do You Yourself all-good and gracious Heavenly King, extend unto us Your customary love and goodness and visit the work of your hands who are now suffering in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Especially during these most difficult days, do not deprive us of Your mercies and Your compassion, and do not allow Your inheritance to be destroyed, for You have ineffably created us in Your own image, and we are Your servants.
Almighty God, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, come to our aid and deliver us. Help us all to face and endure this disaster with faith, courage and wisdom. Grant that this trial may bring us all closer to You for You are our rock and our refuge, our comfort and our hope. Forgive, we pray the multitude of our sins in the far greater multitude of your mercies. And as You have washed away the sin of mankind through the Cross and Blood of You Son, we beseech you now renew the people who have been so sorely affected, and restore the lands which have been so grievously disturbed into an unnatural state by Hurricane Helene.
We beg of You merciful God to comfort the grieving, guide the displaced, shelter, feed and clothe the distressed victims of this calamity. Let the wake of destruction that Hurricane Helene has unleashed be stilled, and lead us back unto Your tranquility.
Through the intercessions of the most blessed Lady the Theotokos and the good pleasure and love of Your only-begotten Son with whom You are blessed, together with Your all-holy, good and life giving Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Philoptochos October Meeting
A Prayer for those in the path of Hurricane Helene
Lord Jesus Christ our God, who brought great joy into the world with Your Divine birth and salvation through Your glorious Resurrection; who shed Your precious Blood to wash away the sins of the world and grant us eternal hope and life.
You who have brought everything out of nothingness into being; who has set sandy barriers to the sea, and weighed the mountains and the valleys in a balance, who has measured the skies and holds the waters in the palm of Your hand, who has given this world its laws, its harmony and its order; who has appointed changes to the weather and variations in the orbit of the sun, who through the mingling of the elements, holds all things together by Your inexpressible love and power; Do You Yourself all-good and gracious Heavenly King, extend unto us Your customary love and goodness and visit the work of your hands who Hurricane Helene now threatens.
Especially during these most trying days, do not deprive us of Your mercies and Your compassion, and do not allow Your inheritance to be destroyed, for You have ineffably created us in Your image, and we are Your servants.
Almighty God, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort come to our aid and deliver us. Help us all to face and endure this storm with faith, courage and wisdom. Grant that this trial may bring us all closer to You, for You are our rock, refuge, comfort, and hope. Forgive, we pray the multitude of our sins in the greater multitude of your mercies. And as You have washed away the sin of mankind through the Cross and Blood of You, Son, we beseech You now to protect the people affected by Hurricane Helene.
Through the intercessions of the most blessed Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, St. Nicholas of Myra the Wonderworker, the protector of those upon the sea, and the good pleasure and love of Your only-begotten Son with whom You are blessed, together with Your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
