The Life of Our Parish

2013
The Life of Our Parish
OUR MISSION
Annunciation hearts are burning
to know, love and serve God
by loving and serving others.
Annunciation Catholic Church
July 2012 - June 2013
Financial Summary
Income
Total $4.4m
Expenses
Total $4.1m
January 2014
Dear Friends in Christ,
I am especially fond of the Scripture passage found in Luke 2:19…
And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.
As we begin a New Year together in this time and in this place we can honor the Blessed
Mother as the patroness of our community by following her example and taking a moment
to look inside of our own heart and reflect upon God’s Presence in recent times. I also
encourage you to consider how God is asking you now to live Our Mission to have a heart
that is burning to know, love and serve Him by loving and serving others. Printed on our
correspondence and communications, these words represent a living witness of how God
continues to call us together as his faithful disciples.
As I reflect upon The Life of Our Parish… 2013, many memories stir in my heart. The
pages of this booklet help to capture some of the history of the active and Spirit-filled year
that we celebrated together as a parish family and provide you with a basic overview and
accountability of how your generosity of time, talent and treasure is a living witness of Our
Mission. Please keep in mind that numbers tell only part of our story. Our faith cannot be
quantified and the call to discipleship and ministry lies in the hearts of God’s holy people.
Taken individually, each activity our parish sponsors is significant. Collectively, we work
together to grow in faith, hope and love.
As your Pastor, please know that I am most grateful to all who are dedicated to selfless
stewardship of prayer, finance and ministry which contributes to the life of Annunciation
Catholic Church. I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your presence and
prayers. Your dedication is crucial to the vibrancy and faithfulness of our parish. May God
continue to inspire us to gratefully treasure in our hearts the call to discipleship and allow
us to reflect upon our generous response to Him!
In Christ,
Very Rev. Stephen D. Parkes, V.F.
Pastor
1020 Montgomery Road, Altamonte Springs, Florida 32714
407-869-9472
www.annunciationorlando.org
Photos from our Blessing of the Holy Family Grotto.
Clergy Speaker Series Year of Faith
On January 26th and February 2nd we had two groups of children make their First Reconciliation.
February Construction Update
Work began on Phase III of our Campus Construction project.
Thank you for your generosity during our 6 Food Drives of 2013!
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6 food drives: 33,646.9 pounds of food were collected.
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5,835 pounds of food, 80 canned hams at Easter and
100 Thanksgiving meals were donated to Bags of Hope.
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7,522.8 pounds of food were donated to The Sharing Center .
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500 pounds of food were donated to Catholic Charities.
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340 Thanksgiving meals were distributed.
The remainder of the donations were used to support 23 pantry days (782 families served), emergency
needs, and our 5 community partner schools – Lake Brantley HS, Markham Middle, Sabal Point
Elementary, Spring Lake Elementary and Forest City Elementary
Photos from our Day Trip to St. Augustine with our Confirmation Students.
Photos from Marriage Renewal Weekend - February
38 couples were united in Holy
Matrimony at our parish in 2013
Stewardship Reflection for Lent - Is Your Heart Burning?
Ash Wednesday
We Remember
Bishop Norbert Dorsey
1929 - 2013
Our Statue of St. Padre Pio
has been moved to its new
home: Padre Pio’s Place.
This building is a multi-use
building with meeting space
for our teens and for small
gatherings.
“My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your
love; my future to Your providence.”
― St. Padre Pio
Our Parish Lenten Gathering was held on Sunday, March 3rd.
Fr. Parkes presents
Beth Davolos from Families
In Transition a check for
$24,155 from our Ash
Wednesday collection!
Photos from Confirmation of 118 teens on Friday, March 1st.
Innovations in Catholic Education Award
Congratulations! Annunciation Catholic Academy
was one of 12 Catholic Schools from around the
country that was presented with the award in 2013.
Pope Francis
Our children preparing for First Eucharist pause to celebrate
and pray for our new Holy Father, Pope Francis.
Hosanna, Hosanna in the Highest!
Scenes from Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday
Easter Sunrise Mass
Holy Water Bottles
were handed
out at all of our
Easter Masses.
Our Newly Baptized
Catholics at the Easter Vigil
183 Children were baptized in our parish in 2013
Blessing of our Track and Field!
A very joyful procession behind our Priests
as they blessed our Track and Field
after our Easter Sunrise Mass.
Vocation Blessing Cup Update: 126 families have hosted our Vocation
Blessing Cups during 2013. An additional cup is also rotated to different
classrooms each week at our School and during Faith Formation Classes.
“I have called you by name...”
Isaiah 45:4
On Sunday, March 17th at the 10am Mass we prayed over 26 couples that will be celebrating
the Sacrament of Marriage in the coming year.
Dr. Curran retired as principal of
Annunciation Catholic Academy after 18 years of
service to our school and a lifetime commitment to
Catholic Education. Mrs. Patty Kahle was
welcomed as our new Principal.
Annunciation Child Care Center - Our children pose for a photo for Pastor Appreciation Day.
Faith Formation for Children
and Youth - Photos from the end
of the year celebration.
Stewardship of Ministry
A photo mosaic featuring over 1196 photos
of our Parishioners Loving and Serving
others… Stewardship in Action!
Many Blessings to the
189 children of our
Parish that
celebrated their First
Eucharist over two
weekends in April.
May Crowning at our Church after
the Living Rosary
May Crowning at our Parish School
Photos from our Father / Daughter Dance.
Orlando Diocesan Council of Catholic Women celebrated their convention Mass in our Church on
April 29th with Bishop Noonan and several priests from our Diocese.
Campus construction was completed in May on the Track & Field facilities, parking and
driveway improvements.
Photos from Fr. Cioffi’s talk on bioethics on May 9th in our St. Gabriel Life Center.
Photo from our celebration of Confirmation and Full Communion.
May 26th - The official appointment of
Father Benjamin Lehnertz as our new Parochial Vicar!
Honor our Veterans Luncheon - Photos
Tornado Relief Update
The total collection for tornado relief on May 26th was $17,814! Thank
you for your generosity. Contributions received from this special diocesan
collection are directed to Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) for use in the
recovery and relief efforts.
Vacation Bible School! We had 380 campers and 80 adult and 130 teen volunteers from our Parish!
Photos of our teens at the Steubenville Conference weekend in Orlando
Habitat For Humanity - Photos from the dedication and construction of the McCray home in Sanford.
On June 26th, the Maddie McCray home was dedicated after 5 months of construction by
Annunciation parishioners. Our parish partnered with Chase bank as well as St. Mary
Magdalen parish to complete the home for
Ms. Maddie and her seven great
grandchildren. Fr. Parkes presented
Ms. McCray with a Bible signed by the
volunteers that had worked on the home.
Parish Summer Picnic - Photos from a great day of fun, food and fellowship - JUNE
Annunciation Youth Ministry
- Leading Teens Closer to Christ
Covecrest 2013 was an amazing, spiritfilled week for 35 of our teens. Thank
you for your prayers and support! Photo
from the last day of camp and below from
one of our nights of praise and worship.
Council of Catholic Women - Rummage Sale
First Day of classes at our Parish
School. Many blessings on all of our
families, teachers and students on the
start of the new school year.
Mission Weekend Update and Thank You!
Your generosity generated $29,596 in
contributions for the Diocese of Arua
in Uganda.
Adult Faith Formation
At our Baptisms, we were given the gift of our Catholic faith and during the
ceremony, anointed with the Oil of the Catechumenate – meaning that we
would be life-long learners in our faith. As adults, we are called and
challenged to keep growing deeper in our knowledge and understanding of
our faith as well as our relationship with the Holy Trinity. We offered many
opportunities for this ongoing faith formation, including:
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Small Faith Communities
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Lay Carmelites
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Scripture Study
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Why Catholic
The Long Retreat
Sacred Story
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Adult Confirmation
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Marriage Renewal
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RCIA
Speaker Series
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Emmaus Retreat
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Parish Retreats/Missions
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Advocacy & Justice
Begins October 15th and 16th.
We explored
Fr. Barron’s Catholicism
Series in the spring and
The New Evangelization
in the fall.
Annunciation Child Care Center - An invitation to come see our summer improvements.
All of our parishioners were invited to stop in and see the new improvements to our Early Childhood Education Center.
Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit Coming to our Church
We hosted an exhibit in our Church featuring displays that teach about
Church-approved Eucharistic miracles from around the world.
Young Adult Ministry Photo to the
left is from our Young Adult Ministry
working at a Habitat for Humanity
home in Sanford. They spent Saturday
of their Labor Day weekend, loving and
serving others!
Celebrating our first school game
played on Shepherd’s Field on
Saturday, Sept 7th. Go Stars!
Living Rosary
Thank you to everyone that
prayed with us during our
four Living Rosary nights
during 2013.
Friends of the Poor Walk
High School Youth Leadership - Teaching Faith Formation and Confirmation Classes!
Blessing of the pets - photos from a great day in honor of St Francis.
Thank you to all of our volunteers and sponsors!
It was a very successful Festival with lots of fun
and fellowship for our whole community.
Fall Festival Proceeds
Proceeds from our 2013 Fall
Festival were $97,558.
What an amazing Year!
Thank you again to everyone
involved with the Festival.
Your dedication of Time and
Talent made our donations to
local charities even more
impactful this year.
All Soul’s Mass of
Remembrance
We planned and assisted
with 69 funerals in 2013
Annunciation Golf Classic Photos
Thank you to everyone who helped make the Annunciation
Golf Classic a success! Because of your participation, we
were able to raise monies to help the youth of our Parish and
Knights of Columbus charities.
Heart of Faith - Discipleship Weekend
Friday night Mass and veneration
of the relic of Blessed John Paul II.
Saturday morning Witnesses of Faith
with Mother Adela Galindo, Foundress
of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of
Jesus and Mary.
Hay Day Mini Vacation
Bible School
(K-5)Growing
in Friendship
with Jesus
Sunday morning Mass at the
stadium at Lake Brantley High
School. We processed with the
Blessed Sacrament from our Parish
campus starting at 9:30am.
Lake Brantley HS
Mass began at 11am.
Procession Route
(1.4 miles)
Welcome! Adult Confirmation photos from
Saturday, November 23rd at the 5pm Mass.
Thanksgiving
Annunciation Child Care
Center - Our Thanksgiving
Program is always a lot of fun
for our children and our
parents get a chance to see
their children shine!
Photo during a Thanksgiving visit
from Bishop Gregory Parkes and
Monsignor Bernie Caverly.
Big Day of Service
Thank you to all of our teen and adult volunteers that participated in our Big Day of Service.
You touched the lives of many through your efforts in Bithlo!
Our Society of St. Vincent de Paul has opened a
tutoring center in a nearby hotel for children that
reside in the hotel.
Photos: Blessing of the Tutoring Center
Annunciation Catholic Academy - Advent Retreat Day
On December 4th our school participated in a retreat day to
reflect on Building the Church with Joy. One of our activities
was a Feeding Children Everywhere station in conjunction with
our Parish Starry Night Event and the goal to put together
25,000 meals for children in need.
Photos from our Advent Family Event - Starry Night!
Joy in the Waiting
Advent Yard Signs
Photos from First Reconciliation in December… Many blessings to all of our families!
Be An Angel
Advent Outreach
You were amazing
angels again this year
and many lives have
been touched by your
generosity. Many
blessings to all that
participated!
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569 Families served
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2,012 Children
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16,444 total gifts
Photo below from our Christmas Youth Concert on December 15th.
Merry Christmas!
Many blessings to you and
your family in 2014.
May we be inspired to live
Our Mission each day.
Annunciation Catholic Church
Our Mission
Annunciation hearts are burning
to know, love and serve God
by loving and serving others.
407-869-9472
www.annunciationorlando.org