January 14, 2024
The Epiphany of the Lordby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Where is the newborn king?” The heart of the Gospels reveals to us a great longing, an incredible search, a most desired outcome, the hope for a tender loving embrace and a reuniting of a family to its state of holiness once...
January 7, 2024
Wednesday, January 10 – February 7, 2024 St. Gabriel Life Center 6:00-7:30 pm January 10 – Fr. Ivan Olmo “Grief and Spirituality”. January 17 and January 24 – Herb Knoll, a well known author and speaker. “A Journey of Hope, Healing and Inspiration...
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Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Josephby Fr. Ivan Olmo “He who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother.” When we look into the eyes of the Holy Family, we should be able to see our own family, our true home, the place we long to belong. Piercing...
December 31, 2023
December 24, 2023
Fourth Sunday of Adventby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Nothing will be impossible for God.” I recall in my youth, in my much younger days, feeling nothing was impossible for me. I was encouraged to think big, to reach for the stars, to imagine all the possibilities, to have a dream...
December 17, 2023
Third Sunday of Adventby Fr. Ivan Olmo “In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.” Not obtaining spiritual guidance or direction, or receiving spiritual counsel, is like a person going on a journey to a familiar place or an...
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary By: Father Steve Baumann The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was defined on December 8, 1854 by Pope Pius IX. It declares that “the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the first instant of her conception, by a singular...
Second Sunday of Adventby Fr. Ivan Olmo “The Lord is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” One of the most amazing gifts you can give to yourself this season is to be honest with yourself and to listen to how...
December 10, 2023
First Sunday of Adventby Fr. Ivan Olmo “O LORD, you are our father: we are all the work of your hands.” Recently, God wanted me to share with a group gathered in prayer, God’s profound desire for us to become better listeners to his Word, speaking the truth of God’s...
December 3, 2023
November 26, 2023
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.” The Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office, is how the Church prays. How it prepares to share in the graces of Mass and praise God, Father, Son and Holy...
Advent Outreach 2023 Bishop Giovanni and Fr. David O’Connor from the Diocese of Huancane Peru will be returned to Annunciation for our Advent Outreach. They shared with us the current needs in their Diocese. Please prayerfully consider making a donation during this...
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Blessed are those who fear the Lord.” One of the ways I have been asked to consider fear in order to help me better understand and determine when something is truly fearful and to be feared, is to consider fear as...
November 19, 2023
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.” One of the most striking gospel images that speaks directly to the core of one’s heart and penetrates the depths of one’s soul is Jesus crucified on the cross for...
November 12, 2023
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “For they preach but they do not practice.” When I hear the voice of Jesus, the voice of the Good Shepherd, that beautiful voice calling me to greatness, inviting me to holiness of life, drawing me ever so close to...
November 5, 2023
Share your musical talents with your faith community! New Members Welcome! Children and Youth Choir rehearsals are on Mondays, beginning August 18, 2025 For more information or questions: mmccabe@annunciationorlando.org Click Here for Youth Choir Music Recordings...
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord, and my Father will love him and we will come to him.” Loving our Lord with all our heart and being and desiring to remain with him in his love is the...
October 29, 2023
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “I am the LORD and there is no other, there is no God besides me.” I think for me personally, the most important trait and attribute of any person or any relationship is trust. Can others rely on you to be...
October 22, 2023
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Behold our God, to whom we looked to save us!” The word “behold” is an interesting word used often in scripture, in the sacrifice of the Mass as well as sacred liturgy. It is a word that requires an immediate,...
October 15, 2023
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Let me now sing of my friend.” As years pass, we seem to continue to lose sight of the true meaning and concept of friendship as a trustworthy, reliable individual who is much more than a confidant but also...
October 8, 2023
Fall Festival Dessert Donation Thank you for your dessert donation. If you have any questions, please contact: John Cook, 407-694-5029 or john_t_cook7@hotmail.com "*" indicates required fields Name* First Last Phone*Email I will bring:* Cake Pie Brownies...
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus.” The Apostles remind us that we are the Body of Christ. We carry in our own bodies and in our own lives the death of Jesus. We cling to the memory of...
October 1, 2023
The sign-up form for the redemption booth will go live on Friday, October 6th at 6pm. Thank...
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Conduct yourselves in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ.” Intimate moments with God are truly life changing and even necessary. We need those quiet, intimate, sacred moments to encounter the divine in order to...
September 24, 2023
September 17, 2023
Twenty-fourthSunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight.” Scripture reminds us that we are created and made in the image and likeness of God. Meaning, not to simply look like God or simply resemble him...
September 10, 2023
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who made us.” One of the great gifts of prayer is that we can pray all the time and be with the Lord everywhere, often and always. Prayer does not...
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.” What is God’s desire for you? Take a moment to consider it, ponder the question. Really think about it. Do not let the question simply pass-through like a...
September 3, 2023
Through your generous support of St. Vincent de Paul, we have been able to provide homework help and summer enrichment to students living in transitional housing at the Altamonte Inn and Suites (Formerly the Remington Inn) on Douglas Avenue since 2014. What is the...
August 27, 2023
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.” When we consider the word “eternal,” other words come to mind like everlasting, undying, unending, perpetual, endless, ceaseless, timeless,...
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Lord, help me.” Prayer is such a simple thing, really and we choose to complicate it and make it more difficult than it is or should become. Rather than simply turning to God or turning to our Mother Mary...
August 20, 2023
Loving and Serving at the Lord’s Table Cheryl and Bob Nettles have been serving as Sacristans for over 25 years, primarily at the 7am Mass, and are retiring from the ministry. Over their many years of volunteering, they have helped to train many other...
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for his word.” I acknowledge like so many of you how difficult it is to wait. How difficult and how nearly impossible it is to be patient and wait patiently. We want to wait but...
August 13, 2023
Lynda has been instrumental in establishing several charitable services in our community through our St. Vincent DePaul Society, such as the Tutoring Center in Altamonte Springs. Hundreds of at-risk children have benefited from this after-school center for many...
Transifuguration of the Lordby Fr. Ivan Olmo Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Lord, it is good that we are here.” What is good and how would you define good to a child or to a person who has been suffering an illness for such a long time or to a person who is grieving...
August 6, 2023
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Do you understand all these things?” They answered, “Yes.” The word honest is an interesting word for us to consider, take to prayer then use as a measure in our own life to determine if our...
July 30, 2023
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought.” One of our greatest weaknesses is that we do not or cannot admit and say to ourselves or even aloud to another or even in a...
July 23, 2023
Seventeen years ago, Transformation India Movement (TIM) inaugurated the first sewing center in one of the villages in Bihar. Herla, a parishioner at Annunciation, met the founder of TIM at a prayer group and they talked about the need in India. At the time,...
Joe & Cherie Weber, residents at Cascade Heights in Longwood, reached out to our Parish to be able to offer Holy Communion, during a weekly viewing of our 10am Mass live-stream. Joe and Cherie let us know each week how many will be attending and a Eucharistic...
The call went out to our Annunciation Habitat for Humanity ministry for a project at Life Choices Medical Clinic in Maitland. The Habitat crew responds monthly to housing projects through our partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Seminole /Apopka and this call was...
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us.” Suffering is a great mystery to us. We even ask why Jesus had to suffer. There are great graces...
July 16, 2023
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness.” Some time ago, a commercial invited us to consider and ponder the question, “What’s in your wallet?” The response may differ and depend on your...
July 9, 2023
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Announce the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” At times, darkness can feel like life and life can feel like darkness. We cannot see darkness, but we experience it and the...
July 2, 2023
Thank you to Fr. Selva Raj, Parish Priest and Mission Director, Diocese of Kumbakonam. Below are some of the additional needs of the Diocese: Due to acute poverty of 65 % of the Catholics the diocese depends mpstly on funds from annual mission appeal for the pastoral,...
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Lord, in your great love, answer me.” Perhaps one of the most unrecognized or unnoticed needs we suffer in our humanity is the need to be recognized, noticed, heard. It might be for strictly selfish reasons or simply...
June 25, 2023
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Timeby Fr. Ivan Olmo “God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.” Why does God have to prove his love to you, to any of us, or to any of our family members or friends? God is living and true. God...
June 18, 2023
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Do not forget the LORD, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.” Where is your Egypt? You know – that place where God needs to come to rescue you from...
June 11, 2023
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinityby Fr. Ivan Olmo “If I find favor with you, O Lord, do come along in our company.” Embarking on a journey leads us to consider many points of interest and to consider many fascinating questions like where are we going, how long...
June 4, 2023
Pentecost Sundayby Fr. Ivan Olmo “To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit.” God speaks to us as individuals. He communicates to each of us in an individual and particular way. Love is shared, life is given, prayer is formed, an...
May 28 2023
An invitation to a Mass of Thanksgiving, celebrating 10 years of Priesthoodfor Fr. Ivan. Thursday, May 25th at 6:30pm in the Church. See the video to view a replay...
Please Welcome Father Lawrence Mulinda – He is a priest and a veteran with the US Air Force. He joins us from Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he most recently served as Chaplain Officer at the USAF Academy and parochial vicar at Holy Apostles Catholic Church....
The Ascension of the Lordby Fr. Ivan Olmo “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established.” We say knowledge is power and so indeed it is in certain circumstances, when we have knowledge that others do not possess. It seems to give us...
May 21, 2023
Sixth Sunday of Easterby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Blessed be God who refused me not my prayer or his kindness!” When the mind is agitated, heart heavy, thoughts and feelings gloomy, turn to prayer and to Our Lady for she gently hears us, receives our poor little prayer and...
May 14, 2023
Fifth Sunday of Easterby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me.” I love the intimacy of God and his desire for intimacy and closeness with us. God knows us. He just does. He knows everything about us for he...
May 7, 2023
Fourth Sunday of Easterby Fr. Ivan Olmo Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you.” The word “repent” is an interesting yet important word to consider in our own individual relationship with God and our first and primary vocation as his...
April 30, 2023
April 23, 2023
Third Sunday of Easterby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us; make our hearts burn while you speak to us.” I am often amazed and filled with such wonder when God uses us, all of us as his holy instruments to gather his light and wisdom, to record the...
April 16, 2023
Divine Mercy Sundayby Fr. Ivan Olmo “I was hard pressed and was falling, but the LORD helped me.” Scriptural images are most helpful to us and enable us to see, identify with, and more readily understand our relationship with God. They provide us with an opportunity...
Easter Sundayby Fr. Ivan Olmo “Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.” From the very dawn of time, from the moment first light streams into existence, God already proved his love for you and for me. Knowing that if he created...
