PASTOR'S CORNER
Welcome to St. Ann’s Parish Website!
I invite you to explore our website as a means of getting to know St. Ann’s and all that we do to serve Christ and one another. While we are well known in Charlotte for having a beautiful church and beautiful liturgy, what’s most beautiful about our parish is our parishioners! We are a family-oriented, thriving parish just south of Uptown Charlotte, filled with people committed to worshiping God through the fullness of our Catholic tradition and serving the poor and needy with charity and compassion. Come join us for Mass and help us as we seek to glorify God, bear witness to His Truth, and show forth His Love.
Father Timothy S. Reid
HOMILIES
WEEKLY LETTER
May 5, 2024
Dear Parishioners,
As I mentioned in last Sunday’s bulletin, it’s a very busy and exciting time of year here at St. Ann’s. But all of this activity is a wonderful sign of the vitality of our parish family! This weekend we are celebrating both 1st Communion and the Baccalaureate Mass for St. Joseph College Seminary’s graduates.
On Monday, 06 May 2024, at 6p.m., we will have our annual St. Dominic Savio Mass and procession to honor all of the young men who serve so attentively and reverently as our altar boys. This Mass is open to the entire parish, and this year it will be Latin Mass. So, please feel free to come to pray for our altar boys!
On Thursday, 09 May 2024, we will have our annual Ascension Thursday Latin Mass, which will take place at 7pm.
And mark your calendar for Monday, 13 May 2024, which is the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. That evening we will celebrate Vespers at 6pm in the church, followed by a Rosary Procession around our parish grounds that will end in the grotto. We will then have a cookout sponsored by the Men’s Club. Many of us remember what a glorious evening we had last year as we blessed the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, and so I hope many of you will come again this year!
Looking ahead, Corpus Christi and our annual 40 Hours celebration is not that far away. Our 40 Hours celebration will begin on Thursday, 30 May 2024, with a Latin Mass at 7pm. Adoration will begin immediately after Mass and will continue until the afternoon of Saturday, 01 June 2024. We’ll complete our Corpus Christi celebration with our annual Eucharistic procession after the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, 02 June 2024. In the near future we’ll have a sign-up sheet for Adoration times, so keep an eye out for that.
In the joy of Eastertide,
Fr. Reid
As I mentioned in last Sunday’s bulletin, it’s a very busy and exciting time of year here at St. Ann’s. But all of this activity is a wonderful sign of the vitality of our parish family! This weekend we are celebrating both 1st Communion and the Baccalaureate Mass for St. Joseph College Seminary’s graduates.
On Monday, 06 May 2024, at 6p.m., we will have our annual St. Dominic Savio Mass and procession to honor all of the young men who serve so attentively and reverently as our altar boys. This Mass is open to the entire parish, and this year it will be Latin Mass. So, please feel free to come to pray for our altar boys!
On Thursday, 09 May 2024, we will have our annual Ascension Thursday Latin Mass, which will take place at 7pm.
And mark your calendar for Monday, 13 May 2024, which is the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. That evening we will celebrate Vespers at 6pm in the church, followed by a Rosary Procession around our parish grounds that will end in the grotto. We will then have a cookout sponsored by the Men’s Club. Many of us remember what a glorious evening we had last year as we blessed the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, and so I hope many of you will come again this year!
Looking ahead, Corpus Christi and our annual 40 Hours celebration is not that far away. Our 40 Hours celebration will begin on Thursday, 30 May 2024, with a Latin Mass at 7pm. Adoration will begin immediately after Mass and will continue until the afternoon of Saturday, 01 June 2024. We’ll complete our Corpus Christi celebration with our annual Eucharistic procession after the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, 02 June 2024. In the near future we’ll have a sign-up sheet for Adoration times, so keep an eye out for that.
In the joy of Eastertide,
Fr. Reid