The CT crew visited St. Ann Church in Groesbeck this weekend, where parishioners are in the middle of their annual St. Ann novena and celebrated with an ice cream social. The novena includes nine days of Masses and prayers with a relic of St. Ann, the mother of Mary. It ends with an evening Mass and cookout on July 26.

Remaining novena dates:

Tuesday, July 24: 8:30 a.m. Mass followed by coffee and donuts and morning retreat; 6 p.m. rosary in English and Spanish followed by snow cone social.

Wednesday, July 25: 8:30 a.m. Mass followed by coffee and donuts

Thursday, July 26 (the Feast of St. Ann): 8:30 a.m. Mass followed by Eucharistic exposition and adoration all day, 5:30 p.m. Benediction, 6 p.m. Mass celebrated by Bishop Joseph R. Binzer and followed by cookout, outdoor games, and pictures