PASTOR'S CORNER
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Father Timothy S. Reid
HOMILIES
WEEKLY LETTER
February 22, 2026
Dear Parishioners,
Many thanks for all of your prayers while Deacon Peter, a few other parishioners, and I were on our mission trip to the Philippines. It was a beautiful trip! We worked with the Missionaries of the Poor in their Manila mission, which is just one of three sites they operate in the Philippines.
As we found the Manila mission to be well supported by locals, our parish is only going to fund a small project in the Manila mission to help the brothers collect rainwater. Instead, at the advice of the MOP regional superior, in the future we’re going to visit and support the missions in Naga and Cebu, Philippines – which are more remote and do not have the same local support. It’s my hope that we can do another mission trip to the Philippines in 2027.
St. Ann has been supporting the Missionaries of the Poor since the early 1990s. It all began with Msgr. Dick Allen, who began leading groups to the MOP mission in Kingston, Jamaica. When I arrived in 2007, I also led several mission trips to Jamaica. But as the Jamaica mission has lots of supporters, we pivoted to begin helping the missions in Kampala, Uganda, and Warangal, India. As you know, in the past decade our parish has done quite a bit to build up the Warangal mission.
If you’d like to support the Missionaries of the Poor, we have a place on the giving page of our parish website where you can do so: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZA0W/home. You can also make out checks to St. Ann with “MOP” in the memo line. My hope is that we can provide the same level of support to the missions in the Philippines that we did for the MOP mission in Warangal, India.
While we were in the Philippines, our mission group also spent some time with the Sisters of Mary at their schools in Cavíte, Philippines: Girlstown and Boystown. The Sisters of Mary provide free housing, food, and education to deserving poor students grades 7-12 in several poorer nations around the world. I was so impressed by what I saw! The students were so happy and well-behaved, and they all graduate from the schools ready for jobs that will help break the cycle of poverty in their families. It was truly a joy to be in those schools and see the good work of the Sisters of Mary. If you’re looking for a place to donate Lenten alms, the Sisters of Mary are certainly a worthy organization: https://www.thesistersofmaryschools.org
With prayers for a blessed Lent,
Fr. Reid
Many thanks for all of your prayers while Deacon Peter, a few other parishioners, and I were on our mission trip to the Philippines. It was a beautiful trip! We worked with the Missionaries of the Poor in their Manila mission, which is just one of three sites they operate in the Philippines.
As we found the Manila mission to be well supported by locals, our parish is only going to fund a small project in the Manila mission to help the brothers collect rainwater. Instead, at the advice of the MOP regional superior, in the future we’re going to visit and support the missions in Naga and Cebu, Philippines – which are more remote and do not have the same local support. It’s my hope that we can do another mission trip to the Philippines in 2027.
St. Ann has been supporting the Missionaries of the Poor since the early 1990s. It all began with Msgr. Dick Allen, who began leading groups to the MOP mission in Kingston, Jamaica. When I arrived in 2007, I also led several mission trips to Jamaica. But as the Jamaica mission has lots of supporters, we pivoted to begin helping the missions in Kampala, Uganda, and Warangal, India. As you know, in the past decade our parish has done quite a bit to build up the Warangal mission.
If you’d like to support the Missionaries of the Poor, we have a place on the giving page of our parish website where you can do so: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZA0W/home. You can also make out checks to St. Ann with “MOP” in the memo line. My hope is that we can provide the same level of support to the missions in the Philippines that we did for the MOP mission in Warangal, India.
While we were in the Philippines, our mission group also spent some time with the Sisters of Mary at their schools in Cavíte, Philippines: Girlstown and Boystown. The Sisters of Mary provide free housing, food, and education to deserving poor students grades 7-12 in several poorer nations around the world. I was so impressed by what I saw! The students were so happy and well-behaved, and they all graduate from the schools ready for jobs that will help break the cycle of poverty in their families. It was truly a joy to be in those schools and see the good work of the Sisters of Mary. If you’re looking for a place to donate Lenten alms, the Sisters of Mary are certainly a worthy organization: https://www.thesistersofmaryschools.org
With prayers for a blessed Lent,
Fr. Reid