Annunciation was created by Archbishop Dowling with the appointment
of Fr. Francis J. Lang as pastor on September 8, 1922. The first parish
Mass was offered on October 1, 1922. Within a year, this young community
occupied the first rooms of a new church-school building, which still serves the
community well. On August 5, 1923, the first liturgy was offered in the building
and on September 10, 1923, four Dominican Sisters opened Annunciation School,
with 72 pupils enrolled.
The Post-War boom, 1945-1960, brought the challenges of rapid population
growth and expansion. On December 16, 1962, the first Mass was offered by the
community in a new worship space.
In 2013, Visitation merged with Annunciation in an effort to create an even more
vibrant Catholic community in south Minneapolis. Through the merger, the
congregation has grown, and the parish now shares artifacts from Visitation to
carry on the Visitation tradition.