The Church of the Annunciation began as the Kearney-Holt Catholic Community in August, 1980 with the hope of building a church and becoming a parish. The first Mass was held in the Middle School gym with Fr. William Dineen, C.PP.S. of Liberty, Mo., offering Mass on a weekly basis. At the end of the first year, there were 80 registered families. In 1981, the community moved to Trinity Lutheran Church for weekend liturgies and Fr. Kenneth Criqui was appointed the first pastor of the church. The parish was assigned as a mission of Smithville. In January, 1983, a 10 acre tract of land was purchased where the church is now located. In October of 1983, Fr. Bernard Branson was assigned pastor.

In May, 1993, Sister Collette Baldwin, RSM, was appointed Pastoral Administrator by Bishop John J. Sullivan. Sister was the first religious and second woman to be appointed to such a position in the diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph. This appointment was the preliminary step toward full canonical parish status. On July 1, 1994, the Church of the Annunciation was canonically established as a parish.

On June 30, 1995, Fr Thomas Conway, C.PP.S. from the Society of the Most Precious Blood was assigned pastor. Fr. Aloys Ebach, C.PP.S. joined us on September, 2002, as Parochial Administrator. On August 1, 2003, we welcomed Fr. John Wolf, C.PP.S. as Pastor.

The parish has grown since 1996 by 42% bringing us to over 450 families and growing!