The practice of requesting a Mass to be offered for loved ones, living or deceased, is a beautiful and wonderful part of our Catholic tradition. Mass requests will be granted as close to the request date and time as possible. If it is not possible to comply with the primary request, the next closest date and time will be scheduled.

The Mass intention book for the coming year opens annually on November 1^st. Requests for certain dates are taken on a first come, first serve basis (in the order in which the form is received in the office).

How are Mass Intentions assigned at our Church?
Mass Intentions according to Canon Law and applied at St. Ann’s Church:

• All weekday Masses are for a single intention, and only one intention will be taken for any particular weekday on a first come first served basis.
• The Saturday 4pm Vigil Mass and 10am Sunday Mass are for multiple intentions (7am & 5pm Sunday Masses are not). In addition, on Holy Days of obligation and some holidays, there is usually one multiple Mass time.

What other policies are followed when requesting Mass Intentions?
Request cannot be made for every First Friday, First Saturday, or Wednesday Masses. This is in charity to others who would like to share in these special Masses throughout the year.

What donation is made and how are you to request your intention? 
Each Mass Intention request is made with a donation of $5.00. If there are two intentions, then it is $5.00 x 2, and so forth. Please list the requested date and name(s) of the intention on the reverse of this form.

• A husband and wife does count as a single intention: “John and Jane Doe.”
• As does the following: John & Jane Doe Family, Living & Deceased.”
• HOWEVER, grouping of several families, several individual members of a family (brother and sister, mothers and daughter, for instance), or several friends into one intention is not a single intention, therefore these intentions will need to be requested separately.
• Your donation may be in cash or by check. We do not accept credit cards.

Please have this form completed when you come into our office to make your request. If you require more room for intentions than is available on the reverse of this form, please attach the additional paperwork to this form. You may mail the form and payment (check) to:

            St. Ann’s Catholic Church
            Attn: Secretary
            716 6^th Street
            Mamou, LA 70554

Click Here to access the Mass Intention Request Form