Maintaining Ste. Anne's Church

In the spring of 2024 we refinished the flooring in the church and repainted all of the columns.

In the winter of 2025 Ste. Anne's had a power outage which unfortunately caused all of the pipes within our radiators inside the church to freeze and burst. Thankfully with our maintenance worker Jim Morse's quick action we were able to minimize the damage. Belonga Plumbing was able to come in to replace all of the radiators within the church in time for us to have Easter Mass back upstairs.

In the spring of 2025 our lilac trees were damaged due to a monumental ice storm. Jim Morse worked diligently to safely prune all of the trees to help them continue to thrive.

In the spring of 2025 thanks to generous donations of time and materials, parishioners Charlie and Aneta Jansen and Debbie Megge were able to do a complete renovation on our Ste. Anne's Gift Shop.

In the fall of 2025 we had two large projects that are now finished. We repainted our rectory. Also thanks to a very generous grant from the Mackinac Island Community Foundation, we were able to install a new oven, dishwasher and coffee maker in our kitchen. This kitchen is utilized both by our parish programs and our many community programs such as Meals on Snowmobiles.

During December 2025 In December, we discovered leaks within the sprinkler system were discovered in the wall behind the Parish Hall and in the attic. Fortunately, these were identified early before any damage occurred. John E. Green Company initially installed patches and returned in January 2026 to complete the permanent repairs. During the repair they created two openings in the Parish Hall walls. They were able to install the new pipes through these holes. After the repair Jim Morse completed the necessary drywall repairs to this area and repainted to fully restore the area. They were also to fully repair the leak in the attic as well