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
August 24, 2025
Dear Parishioners,
Just as a reminder, you are most welcome to visit our newly renovated school this Sunday after the 8am and 10:30am Masses. More than $5 million has been poured into the school over the past 3 months, most of it coming from the Shea Family Foundation, who gave us a $3.5 million grant. Without their generosity this project would never have been possible. I’m also very grateful to our parishioners and school parents who’ve contributed so generously to the project.
I’ve started planning our next parish pilgrimage, which will take place September 21 – October 2,2026. We will be heading to Poland and Lithuania. Tour highlights will include sites associated with St.Faustina and Divine Mercy, Pope St. John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and St. Edith Stein, and wew ill also visit the famous Black Madonna of Our Lady of Czestochowa. For those of you who went with me to Poland in 2014, this pilgrimage will include some of the same sites, but we’ll be going toa whole host of other sites we didn’t see on that trip.
Registration for the pilgrimage is now open on the Tekton Ministries website. While we’re still waiting on final pricing for the pilgrimage, you can find the full itinerary and register at: https://www.tektonministries.org/pilgrimage_pages/pilgrimage-to-lithuania-and-poland-september-21-2026/
If you’ve never been on one of our parish pilgrimages, they are a wonderful way to visit some holy sites while also getting to know some of your fellow parishioners. There’s always a wonderful sense of camaraderie that develops on these trips, and many friendships are born. But most importantly, these trips can really help deepen your faith and give you a much deeper appreciation for some of the great saints of the Church.
In Jesus and Mary,
Fr. Reid
Just as a reminder, you are most welcome to visit our newly renovated school this Sunday after the 8am and 10:30am Masses. More than $5 million has been poured into the school over the past 3 months, most of it coming from the Shea Family Foundation, who gave us a $3.5 million grant. Without their generosity this project would never have been possible. I’m also very grateful to our parishioners and school parents who’ve contributed so generously to the project.
I’ve started planning our next parish pilgrimage, which will take place September 21 – October 2,2026. We will be heading to Poland and Lithuania. Tour highlights will include sites associated with St.Faustina and Divine Mercy, Pope St. John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and St. Edith Stein, and wew ill also visit the famous Black Madonna of Our Lady of Czestochowa. For those of you who went with me to Poland in 2014, this pilgrimage will include some of the same sites, but we’ll be going toa whole host of other sites we didn’t see on that trip.
Registration for the pilgrimage is now open on the Tekton Ministries website. While we’re still waiting on final pricing for the pilgrimage, you can find the full itinerary and register at: https://www.tektonministries.org/pilgrimage_pages/pilgrimage-to-lithuania-and-poland-september-21-2026/
If you’ve never been on one of our parish pilgrimages, they are a wonderful way to visit some holy sites while also getting to know some of your fellow parishioners. There’s always a wonderful sense of camaraderie that develops on these trips, and many friendships are born. But most importantly, these trips can really help deepen your faith and give you a much deeper appreciation for some of the great saints of the Church.
In Jesus and Mary,
Fr. Reid