Nhà thờ St. Ann là một trong 6 nhà thờ trong vùng Tacoma (Regional Six Parishes of Tacoma) gồm có : Sacred Heart Parish, St. Ann's Parish, St. Joseph Parish, St. John of the Woods Parish, Church of Visitatin Parish, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish. 
Nhà thờ St. Ann tọa lạc ở 7001 South Park Ave Tacoma WA 98408. Ngày thường thứ 3,4,5 có lễ 8:00 AM. Thứ bảy có lễ 5:00 PM, Chúa Nhật có lễ 9:30 sáng, lễ tiếng Hàn Quốc lúc 11:45 AM và lễ tiếng Việt Nam lúc 4:00 PM.
Tập hình này được chụp vào những ngày đầu tháng 2 năm 2010. Hiện nay cha sở 6 nhà thờ trong Regional Six Parishes of Tacoma nói trên là cha Tuấn Nguyễn. Mời xem thêm St Ann's Parish History ở cuối bài.

Before it became a parish, St. Ann was originally part of the territory assigned to Holy Rosary and was served by the Benedictine Fathers. The parish was established in 1924 just as Tacoma was becoming a modern city.

Bishop Edward J. O’Dea appointed Father Michael Murphy as its first pastor, and Father Murphy immediately began the search for property on which to build a church. Prior to construction of the church, Mass was held in the home of Patrick Gallagher at South 67th and Yakima Avenue.

Once the site for the church was chosen at South 72nd and Park Avenue, work began on a tile and reinforced concrete structure finished in stucco. Both church and hall had a seating capacity of 300. The cost of the entire project including the rectory, which was completed in early 1925, was $30,000.

During the war years, the church served as spiritual home to many of the soldiers and sailors from the East Coast and Midwest who were stationed at Fort Lewis and the local naval base. In its early years, Franciscan sisters from St. Ann’s Home provided religious training for the children of the parish.

Declaring that “No parish is complete without a school, and no sacrifice is too great when there is a question of providing for the proper education of God’s little ones,” Pastor J.F. Milner, the longest-serving pastor in St. Ann’s 85-year history, launched a school building fund in 1953.

The school, which was staffed mostly by Benedictine sisters, opened in the fall of 1955 with an enrollment of 321 students in eight grades. Due to changing demographics in the community that resulted in a significant decline in enrollment, the school closed in 1989.

In the 1960s the parish began acquiring property for the construction of a new, bigger church. In 1966 the design of the current church and rectory were approved and construction was completed in 1968.

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