July 1, 2008
New Beginnings
Today I enter the world of blogging – a new beginning for me – but very familiar to many. Ten years ago was a new beginning for St. Anne and for me. St. Anne was the first new parish founded in over 18 years in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. We were not able to move into our Parish Center until July 22nd so we met in homes of staff people and parishioners to prepare for our first mass on July 26, 1998. There was much we did not know then but we were convinced it was important to get the word out and tell people about a new Catholic Church community to serve the growing and often very young population moving into Kenosha County west of Hwy 31. In reality people have come from all parts of Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie, Racine, west of Interstate 94, and Illinois.
Our blog is one more way to tell our story in order to create and sustain relationships with people of faith – especially with those whose world is so influenced by technology, the internet, and/or blogging. Having just celebrated the Feasts of Saints Peter and Paul this past weekend and having just begun the “Year of St. Paul” as the church celebrates his 2,000th birthday, it seems appropriate to seek out new ways to spread the Good News and gather people of faith into a community for prayer, for ministry, for charity and justice, to learn about stewarship, and to strengthen our common discipleship to Jesus Christ.
I look forward to developing a regular habit to write and to enter a world I might have otherwise only heard others discussing.
Saint Anne Catholic Church 
Becky Schwantes said,
July 1, 2008 at 9:33 pm
I am so excited to see the St. Anne blog become a reality! It will be wonderful to keep tabs on all of the exciting and prophetic endeavors of the community even from states away. Many blessings!