Fr. Tom’s Letters

Each week Fr. Tom writes a letter to parishioners in our bulletin. Every letter is comprehensive, including current information about the Parish, an explanation of Scripture for that Sunday, and an invitation to become more engaged in the life of the parish.

November 8, 2026

Dear Parishioners,

FINANCIAL REPORT

We began the new fiscal year for the year 2026-27 on September 1. The financial records and book for the previous year ended August 31, 2026 are now complete. In today’s bulletin I share with you a summary of our financial statements for the parish and the school. I am happy and very grateful to quickly summarize: It is all good news!

So I begin by expressing my gratitude to all the parishioners who are so generous in their financial support of the parish. We continue the pattern of concluding the year with a surplus for both the parish and the school. The net surplus for the parish for 2025-26 was $272,859; the net surplus for the school was $10,302. Thank you to all who make regular donations through WESHARE, the envelope system, and the donation boxes at the doors of the church. Thank you for how you schedule your donations; most weekly; some monthly; some as an annual donation. Close to 70% of our Sunday collection offerings now come through the WESHARE system; it has greatly eased the counting, tracking, and recording of the Sunday collection.

Thank you also to the Parish Finance Committee and those volunteers who count the collection. Members of the Finance Committee review the finances on a quarterly basis and parish trustees sign off on the final reports and budget.

Mrs. Mary Lou Engrassia is our Parish Operations Manger. With this responsibility she oversees all the finances of both the parish and school. Mary Lou has 26 years of experience at St. Anne’s and I am happy to tell you she exercises wonderful leadership in many capacities for the parish. Every other week at the parish staff meeting, Mary Lou gives a report on the finances, personnel, and building operations of the parish. I am grateful for her guidance and leadership.

We have three additional office staff members who work in the rectory. As well as assisting with Parish Social Ministry, Kevin Keane assists in the office, particularly with baptisms, funerals, parish records, and computer work. We are blessed and grateful for Kevin’s calm presence.

Mrs. Susan Portoghese assists with Mary Lou on a part-time basis with the parish finances. Susan works with the collections, recording all donations, working with WESHARE and assisting Mary Lou with receipts and bills, I am very grateful and blessed that along with Mary Lou, Susan is most trustworthy with all her tasks.

Most everyone who has come to the rectory these past eight years is familiar with Michael. He is often the first face and first voice of St. Anne’s as he manages the front desk at the rectory and manages the busy phones. In between, he prepares the parish bulletin, completes Mass schedules, records Mass intentions, completes sacramental certificates, and deals with the dozens of questions that come to the rectory each day. He is exceptionally polite, courteous, and happy to assist all who come to the rectory. We are blessed to have Michael here each day.

The charts that follow give you a chance to review the summary charts of the finances. What can I highlight? Most especially parishioner generosity! Also with the parish and school combined, we are now working with a $7,000,000 budget. Going forward, our extraordinary income from pandemic related funds will no longer help us in our income. At the same time, having completed the church roof and new church air conditioning system, we are not anticipating any extraordinary capital expenses. So we look forward to continued financial stability.

It continues to be a blessing for me to serve as your pastor. As I will complete sixteen years at St. Anne’s in June, I realized I have lived here for more continuous years than I have lived anywhere else, including my childhood home at St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hempstead. I anticipate a few more years of active ministry before retirement. I have no plans in that regard. Please know that priestly ministry at St. Anne’s continues to be among the happiest years of my life. Thanks to the Lord, my family, and parishioners of St. Anne!

Have a Blessed Week!

SAINT ANNE’S SCHOOL

Revenue	2025-2026	2024-2025	Variance
Tuition & Fees	2,435,831	2,234,954	9%
Subsidy	278,650	261,504	7%
Fund Raising & Development	122,449	73,025	68%
Mandated Services	118,465	135,970	-13%
Other Income	188,186	575,921	-67%
Total Revenue	3,143,581	3,281,374	-4%

Expenditures
Administrative Salaries & Expenditures	389,778	366,063	6%
Instructional Salaries & Expenditures	1,759,199	1,754,263	0%
Building Maintenance Salaries & Expenditures	439,630	359,794	22%
Fringe Benefits (Medical/Dental, Pension, FICA taxes, etc.)	516,614	476,820	8%
Miscellaneous Expenditures	4,401	1,828	141%
Total Operating Expenditures	3,109,622	2,958,768	5%

Net Operating Revenue in excess of expenditures	33,959	322,606	-89%

Extraordinary Capital Expense	23,657	10,400	127%
Total Expenditures	3,133,279	2,969,168	6%

Net Revenue in excess of expenditures	10,302	312,206	-97%

SAINT ANNE’S CHURCH

Operating Revenue	2025-2026	2024-2025	Variance
Sundays & Holydays	1,414,274	1,392,562	2%
Christmas	243,614	238,027	2%
Easter	115,838	105,121	10%
Fund Raising (Spirit Day, Big Bucks, Booster Club)	56,595	74,693	-24%
Faith Formation (Religious Education)	150,894	150,548	0%
Parish Programs (Parish Social Ministry, Camp Saint Anne, CYO, Respect Life)	265,655	286,396	-7%
Auxiliary Revenue (Sacramental Offerings, poor boxes, votives, interest, rent)	513,111	363,195	41%
National & Diocesan Collections	22,912	24,547	-7%
Total Revenue	2,782,893	2,635,059	6%

Operating Expenditures
Salaries	799,954	806,172	-1%
Fringe Benefits (Medical/Dental, Pension, FICA taxes, etc.)	405,939	349,655	16%
Faith Formation (Religious Education)	57,183	57,263	0%
Parish Programs (Parish Social Ministry, Camp Saint Anne, CYO, Respect Life, Pre-Cana)	286,924	235,443	22%
Parish Subsidy for Saint Anne's School	278,650	221,504	26%
Printing & Office	103,638	103,245	0%
Auxiliary Expenses (Liturgical, Choir, Assessments, etc.)	390,435	591,415	-34%
Rectory Household	24,235	28,370	-15%
National & Diocesan Collections	22,912	24,547	-7%
Building Maintenance & Utilities	377,000	366,841	3%
Total Operating Expenditures	2,746,870	2,784,425	-1%

Net Operating Revenue in excess of expenditures	36,023	-149,366	-124%

Extraordinary Income
Donations & Bequests ( ERC funds, 2026 church roof & A/C replacement )	1,408,263	1,128,453	25%
Capital Campaign revenue	8,353	41,483	-80%

Extraordinary Capital Expense
Non-recurring capital expenditures
2025-2026: Church roof and A/C replacement, church bells, sanctuary lighting upgrade	1,179,780	726,958	62%

TOTAL INCOME	4,199,509	3,804,995	10%
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	3,926,650	3,511,383	1
TOTAL NET	272,859	293,612	-7%

Fr. Tom

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