PLEASE PRAY FOR VOCATIONS Today, Good Shepherd Sunday, is a special celebration of World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The world–wide Church honors all Christian vocations.
We are called by name and offered a special gift of a Christian vocation. We pray that we are open to God’s call and ready to accept the gift. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, is with us to guide and protect us on our life journey.
Prayer for Vocations God, Our Father, thank you for your son, Jesus, our Good Shepherd, who leads us to fullness of life. By our baptism, we are called by name to continue the mission of Jesus. Give us the grace to listen with an open heart to the voice of Jesus and to respond generously with a joyful spirit. Strengthen the men and women you called to serve through marriage, the single life, the diaconate, priesthood, and consecrated life. Guide all who are discerning their Christian vocation. In gratitude we offer this prayer through Jesus and the Holy Spirit, united with you forever. Amen.
© 2007 NCCV, www.nccv–vocations.org
FRIDAY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION The Blessed Sacrament is placed out for veneration and prayer from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m every Friday. To reach the Adoration Chapel, enter the church through the Claremont door, walk up the stairs, turn to the left and then to the left again. Walk down the passage behind the altar and enter the former baptistery, where the Eucharist is exposed for veneration. Spend some time with Jesus. Visitors are asked to register their attendance in the sign-in book (in the chapel) when attending Adoration and may even sign up for a particular hour of prayer each week. Help keep vigil with the Lord by making time on Fridays for these moments of prayer. Call Christine Murphy at 773-561-9072.
MAINTAIN TIES TO SCHOOL HISTORY Are you a graduate of Queen of Angels School? Do you have wonderful memories from your elementary years that you want to help maintain and continue? If so, would you like to help the school expand its alumni relations efforts to better serve its alumni community?
As our parish and school approach the centennial celebration, it is more important than ever to build and maintain good relationships with the hundreds of men and women who graduated from Queen of Angels. Their memories and connections to the school are as important to the future of our school as it is to the past.
We would like to do more to cherish and document our history through involvement of more Queen of Angels alumni. Alumni relations activities may include helping plan reunions and masses, finding “lost” alumni, gathering and updating alumni information, and helping with student/alumni activities. Your commitment can be on your own time and schedule. Contact the school at 773-769-4211 or e-mail alumni@queenofangelschicago.org.
DID YOU KNOW...? The Church’s greatest prayer, the Eucharist, is celebrated at Queen of Angels sixteen times during a normal week. This means that there are sixteen opportunities each week for a Mass to be celebrated with a special intention for prayers for a person dear to you! Intentions may be offered in the name of friends or relatives, living or deceased, for those in need of extra prayers or in honor of a beloved saint. Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, feasts of patron saints and other dates special to you or your loved ones are great opportunities to remember them in prayer through a Mass intention. Intentions may be placed for Sunday, weekday, holy day or holiday Masses during 2008. Mass cards are available. The suggested donation to Queen of Angels is $10 per Mass. Please visit or call the Parish Center at 773-539-7510 for information or to place your intention.
FOR PRAYERFUL SINGLE MEN
-- The New Melleray Trappist Monastery in Peosta, Iowa will host an exciting “Live-In Experience” vocational retreat May 23 to 26, Memorial Day weekend. Work and pray with the monks on their 3,500 acre farm and enjoy the vocational talks. There is no cost but space is limited. Call 800-221-1807.
-- The Gethsamni Trappist Abbey in Trappist, Kentucky (home of the late Thomas Merton) will host free live-in vocational retreats May 9 to 16, June 2 to 9, June 9 to 16 and July 4 to 11. Work and pray with the monks on their 2,000-acre farm and hear vocational talks. Call 800-221-1807.
BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION Earn extra money and supplies for Queen of Angels School by clipping BoxTops for Education coupons from many General Mills products and labels from Campbells Soup products. Please drop labels at school or place in the collection basket. Thank you!
KNIGHTLY CLASSIC TOURNAMENT The Queen of Angels Athletic Board invites all adults 21 and older to participate in a one-day volleyball tournament on Saturday, April 19. Grab your friends and show us your skills (or lack thereof) in tournament style play for both competitive and fun-loving teams. When you’re not out on the court, enjoy a cash bar, food, music and the many improvements to the Guild Hall Gym. Co-ed adult teams (3 men and 3 women on the court) should submit a team name and $100 team registration fee to enter. Call Nancy by April 17 at 773-416-3100.
ANKLEBITERS IN SESSION Are you a parent or caregiver of small children? Are you looking for an activity to break up your week? Join us at Anklebiters! This group is for parents, caregivers and their children aged 3 and under. The group meets from 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday in the motor skills room in the basement of the school. This is a perfect opportunity for young families to socialize together beyond the preschool room, too! Call Joy Mollet at 773-275-4596.
WE CAN ALL GIVE TO IGIVE.COM Sign up on iGive.com, designate Queen of Angels as your cause and your online purchases lead to rebates to benefit Queen of Angels Parish— at no cost to you! When you shop online, an iGive.com logo appears to remind you a portion of your purchase price is automatically sent back to the parish. What could be easier? With several hundred stores registered, this is a painless way to make a difference. Many gift cards purchased through Shop with the Angels are also valid through iGive.com, meaning the rebated amount to the parish can double! Many vendors offer free shipping.
STROKA SOARS HIGH AT PURDUE Based on his accomplishments and a nomination by his fellow students, parishioner Josh Stroka was awarded Purdue University’s inaugural Student Leadership Award. The senior in Aviation Technology excels in school, flying, teaching other students how to fly and is involved in a number of aviation and student leadership roles. He is president of the Aviation Technology Student Council and has served as treasurer and as a member of the organization’s executive committee. Josh will graduate in May with a goal to work as a pilot for a regional airline.
Congratulations, Josh, to you and your family on your achievements. Keep up the good work!
HOW’S YOUR HEALTHCARE? We would like to invite all parishioners to tune in to the ongoing PBS series, "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" addressing various aspects of the healthcare issue in the U.S. This series of four programs is now showing on WTTW (Channel 11) in Chicago at 1 p.m. each Sunday and concluding April 27. “Unnatural Causes” is an opportunity to see how your healthcare, our healthcare system is working.
Please join us for our monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 14 in the Voss Center to discuss the questions raised by this program. All interested in healthcare are invited to attend.
— QA Peace & Justice Committee
NECESIDAD DE VOLUNTARIOS PARA EL MINISTERIO NICODEMO Cuando un miembro de la parroquia fallece, el sacerdote guía el velorio o servicio de vigilia y celebra la misa de entierro cristiano. Sin embargo, las Oraciones de Elogio finales en el cementerio son guiadas por un laico. ¿Porqué? Los laicos son invitados a guiar a sus hermanos y hermanas en oración. Es un signo que cuando un miembro de la parroquia muere, otros miembros en la parroquia, y no solo el sacerdote, rezan.
Para el Ministro Nicodemo, este es un ministerio de ternura a una familia en tristeza y también uno de satisfacción personal. ¿Puede usted hacer tiempo para este esfuerzo? Se necesitan voluntarios, especialmente aquellos disponibles para los funerales durante la semana. Este ministerio, por mucho tiempo establecido en Reina de los Ángeles, está comenzando en mas parroquias a través de la arquidiócesis. Con sus compañeros de la parroquia, siga en los asos de la amabilidad de Nicodemo quien, con José de Arimatea, enterró a Jesús.
Formación, orientación y manual serán proveídos. Por favor llame al 773-539-7510.
EXTRAVAGANT ARTS GALA A fundraiser for the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary of the Woods will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at Guerin Prep High School, 8001 W. Belmont, River Grove. The gala will highlight the art work of sister artists and a performance of the St. Mary of the Woods College Madrigals. Tickets are $30. Call 773-463-2478.
JOYFUL AGAIN! Are you widowed and looking for ways of becoming whole again after your loss, of bringing hope to the days ahead, and of meeting others who are widowed? You are invited to a weekend workshop/retreat program June 21-22 at Old St. Pat’s Church in downtown Chicago. Call 708-354-7211. Space is limited; early registration encouraged. Suggested donation of $75 includes all meals and workshop.
SUPPORT GROUPS OFFERED A 12-week support group for men and women who were sexually abused as minors will be sponsored by the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Assistance Ministry. Participation is not limited to those who were sexually abused as minors by a priest or deacon.
The group for men will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, May 7 to July 23. Women will meet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays, May 3 to July 19. Groups will meet at 1731 N. Marcey (North and Sheffield). For more information or an application, contact Kathleen Leggdas at 312-751-5268 or kleggdas@archchicago.org, or reach Matt Hunnicutt at mhunnicutt@archchicago.org or 312-751-8267.
SPRED GALA FUNDRAISER: MAMRE DINNER DANCE This is a wonderful opportunity to have a night on the town. Get all dressed up and come to the Mamre Dinner Dance—an event which supports the SPRED ministry at our parish and throughout the archdiocese.
All are welcome at this gala event: The Drury Lane — Oakbrook Terrace Sunday, April 20, 2008 6 to 10:30 p.m. Dinner in the Grand Ballroom at 6:30 Sixty-five dollars per person includes a delicious dinner (a choice from three entrees) as well as a night of dancing. There is also a Silent Auction offering a vast array of items to entice you into the bidding fun. Raffle tickets at $10 each are available now from SPRED Catechists and at the Dinner Dance. Get your friends and family together to fill a whole table. Organize a Queen of Angels Parish table of 10.
You may also want to sponsor one of our friends with developmental disabilities. They love to attend! For information and to make reservations or purchase raffle tickets, please contact Julie Hess at the parish center at 773-539-3634.
COMEDY NIGHT IS MAY 2 Tickets are on sale in the Gathering Space after all masses for the Sixth Annual Queen of Angels Comedy Night, Six in the City. The show is Friday, May 2 in the Voss Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. for music and cash bar, and Master of Ceremonies Leo Ford kicks off the comedy at 8 p.m.
Benefiting the school’s Technology Committee, this year’s show boasts some of Chicago’s hottest young talent in comic magic, improv and stand-up comedy, along with loads of music and comedy talent from Queen of Angels Parish... all for the sinfully low price of only $20 per ticket! Tickets will be available in the back of church each weekend until they are sold out. Tickets go quickly, so do not delay!
A WORD ABOUT PARKING... Please be considerate of others when using the parking lot. Please do not block someone’s entrance or exit in a parking space by leaving your car in the way. Thanks!
VIRTUAL BOOK FAIR Receive up to 25% off the list price of many popular books, DVDs, CDs, games and software by using the new Queen of Angels Book Fair online bookstore. Our school will receive 6% of the sales proceeds used to enrich our instructional programs. The book fair is available year-round. Available items include books, movies, music, games and software. To visit the bookstore, go to https://queenofangels.MyLibraryBookstore.com. Are you new to the parish? Welcome! Have you recently moved? May God bless your new home! Please visit or contact the parish office at 773-539-7510 to register or adjust your current registration. Thanks!
