PASTOR'S CORNER
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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 17, 2026
Dear Parishioners,
Many thanks to Mary’s Women of Joy and our Men’s Club for the wonderful reception we had Wednesday evening following our annual Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Procession. Once again, it was a beautiful event, and I’m grateful to all of you who attended. We can never do enough to honor the virgin Mother of God.
In last week’s bulletin I made a mistake about the Homeschool Graduation. It’s actually this coming Saturday, 23 May 2026. The 4:30pm Mass that evening will serve as the Baccalaureate Mass, with the graduation ceremony to follow. Let’s be sure to pray for all our graduating young people as they head on to the next stage of their lives.
Also next weekend our diocese is ordaining 4 seminarians as transitional deacons. Please be sure to pray for them. The diaconate ordination will be Saturday, 23 May 2026, at 9am at St. Mark Catholic Church in Huntersville. It’s open to the public.
And don’t forget to pray for our parishioners Deacons Peter Townsend, Robbie Bauman, and David Carter. Deacon Carter is being ordained as a priest for the Fraternal Society of St. Peter on Thursday, 28 May 2026, in Omaha, NE, while Deacons Peter Townsend and Robbie Bauman are being ordained as priests on Saturday, 30 May 2026, at St. Mark’s in Huntersville. The soon-to-be Fr. Townsend offer his first Mass at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, 31 May 2026. The soon-to-be Fr. Bauman is scheduled to be with us the following Sunday, 07 June 2026, to offer Mass for Corpus Christi. The soon-to-be Fr. Carter will offer a Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, 07 June 2026, at the Chapel of the Little Flower in Mooresville. Please pray for them and for their seminarian brothers being ordained with them.
Lastly, be sure to offer some special prayers to Our Lady this month as May is the month dedicated to her. Do it as an act of love for the Mother of our Lord. I certainly recommend most especially praying her Holy Rosary and the Litany of Loreto. Our Lady always takes special care of those most dedicated to her!
Trusting in Our Lady,
Fr. Reid
Many thanks to Mary’s Women of Joy and our Men’s Club for the wonderful reception we had Wednesday evening following our annual Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Procession. Once again, it was a beautiful event, and I’m grateful to all of you who attended. We can never do enough to honor the virgin Mother of God.
In last week’s bulletin I made a mistake about the Homeschool Graduation. It’s actually this coming Saturday, 23 May 2026. The 4:30pm Mass that evening will serve as the Baccalaureate Mass, with the graduation ceremony to follow. Let’s be sure to pray for all our graduating young people as they head on to the next stage of their lives.
Also next weekend our diocese is ordaining 4 seminarians as transitional deacons. Please be sure to pray for them. The diaconate ordination will be Saturday, 23 May 2026, at 9am at St. Mark Catholic Church in Huntersville. It’s open to the public.
And don’t forget to pray for our parishioners Deacons Peter Townsend, Robbie Bauman, and David Carter. Deacon Carter is being ordained as a priest for the Fraternal Society of St. Peter on Thursday, 28 May 2026, in Omaha, NE, while Deacons Peter Townsend and Robbie Bauman are being ordained as priests on Saturday, 30 May 2026, at St. Mark’s in Huntersville. The soon-to-be Fr. Townsend offer his first Mass at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, 31 May 2026. The soon-to-be Fr. Bauman is scheduled to be with us the following Sunday, 07 June 2026, to offer Mass for Corpus Christi. The soon-to-be Fr. Carter will offer a Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, 07 June 2026, at the Chapel of the Little Flower in Mooresville. Please pray for them and for their seminarian brothers being ordained with them.
Lastly, be sure to offer some special prayers to Our Lady this month as May is the month dedicated to her. Do it as an act of love for the Mother of our Lord. I certainly recommend most especially praying her Holy Rosary and the Litany of Loreto. Our Lady always takes special care of those most dedicated to her!
Trusting in Our Lady,
Fr. Reid