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
November 16, 2025
Dear Parishioners,
Although November is now halfway over, and many of us are looking forward to preparing for Christmas, let’s keep up our prayers for the poor souls in purgatory. To this end, if you would like to have special prayers offered for your deceased loved ones, please use the All Souls envelopes and write the names of your loved ones on the envelope. As always, we are celebrating a novena of Masses this month for all the faithful departed, especially those souls whose names are on the envelopes. We are also praying a Litany of the Faithful Departed after every daily Mass this month for your loved ones listed on your All Souls envelopes. You may turn in your envelopes at any time this month (if you haven’t done so already) by dropping them into any Mass collection, by dropping them off at the office, or by using the online donation page on our website. The Book of the Dead is also available in the narthex for you to list the names of your beloved deceased for whom you desire prayers.
Next Saturday our parish will once again be hosting the Together in Holiness conference. This is a marriage enrichment conference for marriage and engaged couples. The conference will begin at 8am and include Mass, adoration, and opportunities for confession, in addition to dynamic speakers. Childcare is also available. This has become a really terrific annual event for us, and I hope many of you will take advantage of it. You can find more information on our website and in this bulletin.
Lastly, Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. The Mass on Thanksgiving day will be at 9am, and there will be no confessions that evening. There will be no Masses on Friday, 28 November 2025. Also, the church office will be closed Wednesday – Friday of that week.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Reid
Although November is now halfway over, and many of us are looking forward to preparing for Christmas, let’s keep up our prayers for the poor souls in purgatory. To this end, if you would like to have special prayers offered for your deceased loved ones, please use the All Souls envelopes and write the names of your loved ones on the envelope. As always, we are celebrating a novena of Masses this month for all the faithful departed, especially those souls whose names are on the envelopes. We are also praying a Litany of the Faithful Departed after every daily Mass this month for your loved ones listed on your All Souls envelopes. You may turn in your envelopes at any time this month (if you haven’t done so already) by dropping them into any Mass collection, by dropping them off at the office, or by using the online donation page on our website. The Book of the Dead is also available in the narthex for you to list the names of your beloved deceased for whom you desire prayers.
Next Saturday our parish will once again be hosting the Together in Holiness conference. This is a marriage enrichment conference for marriage and engaged couples. The conference will begin at 8am and include Mass, adoration, and opportunities for confession, in addition to dynamic speakers. Childcare is also available. This has become a really terrific annual event for us, and I hope many of you will take advantage of it. You can find more information on our website and in this bulletin.
Lastly, Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. The Mass on Thanksgiving day will be at 9am, and there will be no confessions that evening. There will be no Masses on Friday, 28 November 2025. Also, the church office will be closed Wednesday – Friday of that week.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Reid