PASTOR'S CORNER
Welcome to the Parish of St. Ann's 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
July 19, 2026
Dear Parishioners,
This weekend we are blessed to have Fr. Paul Check with us, a longtime friend of both Fr. Jones and me, while we are on our respective vacations. Fr. Check is a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT, but he currently serves on the faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum, a seminary in Columbus, OH. In the past Fr. Check has served as the Executive Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI, was a rector of a college seminary in Connecticut, and he served as the Executive Director of Courage International. Please welcome him warmly!
Many thanks to all our volunteers who helped with our Summer Catechesis program this past week. I’m especially grateful to our Faith Formation Director, Virginia Blatchford, and her assistant Isabella Ferrante, for all their hard work this past week. This is a terrific program for our kids each year, and it takes a lot of effort to make it happen.
Our parish is blessed to have two young men entering St. Joseph College Seminary at the end of this month: Michael Grant and John Townsend (the younger brother of newly-ordained Fr. Peter Townsend). Michael and John both grew up serving as altar boys in our parish, and they’ll enter seminary on Friday, 31 July. To pray for them, I encourage you go pray the following novena to St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests and a patron saint of seminarians, beginning on 27 July and ending on 04 August (the feast day of St. John Vianney):
I hope everyone is having a peaceful and happy summer!
In the Precious Blood of Jesus,
Fr. Reid
This weekend we are blessed to have Fr. Paul Check with us, a longtime friend of both Fr. Jones and me, while we are on our respective vacations. Fr. Check is a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT, but he currently serves on the faculty of the Pontifical College Josephinum, a seminary in Columbus, OH. In the past Fr. Check has served as the Executive Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI, was a rector of a college seminary in Connecticut, and he served as the Executive Director of Courage International. Please welcome him warmly!
Many thanks to all our volunteers who helped with our Summer Catechesis program this past week. I’m especially grateful to our Faith Formation Director, Virginia Blatchford, and her assistant Isabella Ferrante, for all their hard work this past week. This is a terrific program for our kids each year, and it takes a lot of effort to make it happen.
Our parish is blessed to have two young men entering St. Joseph College Seminary at the end of this month: Michael Grant and John Townsend (the younger brother of newly-ordained Fr. Peter Townsend). Michael and John both grew up serving as altar boys in our parish, and they’ll enter seminary on Friday, 31 July. To pray for them, I encourage you go pray the following novena to St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests and a patron saint of seminarians, beginning on 27 July and ending on 04 August (the feast day of St. John Vianney):
O Saint John Vianney, patron of seminarians, you had to struggle against many barriers—including academic
challenges—to become the esteemed priest that you were. Help our seminarians, Michael and John, in their
struggles as they pattern their lives after our Heavenly Mother.
Inspire these men to consecrate their lives to God and ignite within them a deep zeal for souls. Guide them to
remain resolute in their studies and faithful to prayer during their time of formation. May they be protected from
temptation and grow into holy, zealous shepherds who never desert Christ.
Holy Priest of Ars, pray for our seminarians, pray for our priests, and pray for us. Amen.
[Then pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.]
[Then pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.]
I hope everyone is having a peaceful and happy summer!
In the Precious Blood of Jesus,
Fr. Reid