Mission

We believe that our Sharing Program makes the Gospel vision of love real through effective action. The Sharing Program provides a concrete way of expressing this vision by Involving the Parish members more directly in outreach activities.

• Sharing our faith,
• Building bridges through friendship and understanding,
• Sharing gifts, money, food, clothing and ourselves.

A Tradition of Sharing

Parish Sharing is an archdiocesan-wide program that seeks to build bridges between communities separated by race, ethnicity, culture and economic disparity. Parishes of differing backgrounds are linked as sharing parishes, with the hope that each will strengthen the other through the sharing of faith and resources.

Saint Anne has participated in Parish Sharing since its inception. Saint Gelasius in Woodlawn was a long time sharing partner until the Archdiocese closed the parish in 2002. Saint Anne was then linked with Saint Frances of Rome in Cicero.

At Saint Anne, the Sharing Board oversees the Parish Sharing program. Members of the Sharing Board keep in close contact with our Sharing Parish: Saint Frances of Rome in Cicero,as well as two other sharing partners: Saint Columbanus Food Pantry and Saint Martin de Porres House of Hope Women’s Shelter.

A relationship was established with these sharing partners during our years with Saint Gelasius.

Funds received from the “Gold Envelopes” or “Parish Sharing Envelopes” and electronic donations collected every month are directed to the needs of our sharing partners. The Sharing Board also looks for ways to build and strengthen ties between our different communities.

The Sharing Board has many ongoing activities throughout the year to support our Sharing Partners. These include the Sharing Tree, held during Advent, which benefits all of our partners, as well as food drives for Saint Columbanus Food Pantry, a Christmas party for the residents of the Saint Martin de Porres shelter, and school activities for the students of Saint Anne and Saint Frances. There are many ways to get involved! We welcome anyone who is interested in learning more about what we do to come to one of our monthly meetings or contact our chairperson, Mark Roeckell with any questions at 847-382-0414, mroeckell@ameritech.net.

2018-19 Sharing Board Calendar

Sharing Board Members 2018-19

Staff Advisor
Ftr Joji            Jthanugandla@stannebarrington.org

Chairperson
Mark Roeckell           mroeckell@ameritch.net

Board Advisor
Peggy Hirsch peggyhirsch@aol.com

St. Frances School Liaison
Eryka Accordino erykah@live.com

St. Marin de Porres
Sandy Kraimer sandralk@sbcglobal.net
Marianne Lutz lutzmari@att.net

St. Columbanus Food Panty
Carol Rolfs rolfers631@hotmail.com

Food Drive Coordinator
Val Hessling vlhesslling@gmail.com

Treasurer
Bill Sneed wsneed@sidley.com

Secretary
Jeff Sibley jansibley@sc.com

Corresponding Secretary
Barbara Winn barbandbart62@gmail.com

Publicity
Kathy Pescheret pescheret@aol.com
Holly Madden maddenteam8@gmail.com

Sharing Tree
Anne Guarnieri adguarnieri@comcastnet
Laura Luby casluby@comcast.net

Human Concerns Commission
Claire Hamilton and Peggy Hirsch

Members at Large
Kathy Kraus kathyk1@comcast.net
Michelle Meier mameier22@yahoo.com
Kim O’Neill oneill60010@gmail.com
Bob Powers bob_powers_1@yahoo.com
Sally Roeckell sally@tableanddish.com
Dominic Saroni dominic@saroni.net
Jan Sibley jansibley@cs.com

WE NEED YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

We are able to support our Sharing Partners through YOUR contributions. There are two ways to donate:

• Contributions through the Sharing Envelope (pictured)
• Electronic contributions, which automatically contribute via bank debits or credit

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PARISH SHARING: