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"I was hungry and you gave me food, thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me..." Matthew 25:35
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About Us
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church is dedicated to witnessing the teachings of Jesus Christ, especially the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Chapter 25:31-46. |
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News
Due to predicted rain, Isidore's Garden Planting Day, scheduled for Sat, May 7 has been postponed to Sat, May 14 from 9-11 AM at Our Lady Queen of Peace. Please join us and come ready to dig in the dirt. Fr. Martin will bless the garden and we’ll unveil our new sign. Please email julenejarnot@gmail.com if you plan to attend or if you have any questions. Thank you! ISIDORE’S GARDEN at OLQP supplements the food pantry with fresh vegetables during the growing season. OLQP Homeless Ministry “FEAST ON THE STREET” Needs Your Support Every Thursday afternoon, with the help of many parish families, our often forgotten, unhoused brothers and sisters, living on the streets of DC, are fed and clothed. One week it’s a hot meal of chili, the following is a brown bag dinner containing several sandwich choices. Always fruit, brownies, and water. The clothing and toiletry line has become more popular, and almost more essential than anything else we provide. Birthdays are celebrated, stories are shared, and desires made known. Community and friendship has been created. All of this is possible because of the generosity of OLQP. Thank you! As the need for food and clothing continues to grow each week, we are seeking several more volunteers, who may be able to donate 10-20 brown bag sandwiches each month, or a pot of chili. We are also in need of a volunteer to help sort, label, and pack the clothing bags on Wednesday mornings. Donations of men’s boxers (sizes M-3xl), large bars of soap, travel size hand sanitizer, toothpaste, and toilet paper are also appreciated. If you are able to help with any of these needs, please contact Katie Remedios or Jack McHale for details (Katie.remedios@gmail.com, Mchalej68@gmail.com). DIOCESAN RETIRED PRIESTS’ SECOND COLLECTION! There will be a second collection for our diocesan retired priests on the weekend of May 21/22. This collection is an opportunity for you to give back to our retired priests who have given the greater part of their lives to serve each of you and our diocesan Church. Currently there are 31 retired priests and an additional 15 diocesan priests who will retire in the next ten years. Please consider donating to this important collection. Thank you for your kind support. WE’RE CELEBRATING PARISH GRADUATES Each year, OLQP proudly honors parish graduates by publishing their picture in the Graduation Bulletin. We include middle school, high school and college. If you would like your graduate’s picture in the bulletin, please email the photo to office@olqpva.org and include a notation with the graduate’s name and school. Please indicate “graduation bulletin” in the subject line of your message. Deadline is Sunday, June 19 (for publication in the June 25-26 Graduation Bulletin). NEWS FROM MEDOR Soralie Tchalica Dieula is in the 10th grade at Medor’s secondary school. She described the school’s lunch program, stating that the meal is “of the utmost importance to us because without it, some of us would not eat.” The food allows her to continue with her day-to-day life and helps her “attend classes motivated and happy.” Soralie said, “Thanks for the lunch program. Your thoughtful generosity will always be remembered by us.” NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH – Can you imagine being 18 years old, and venturing into adulthood with no family support, guidance, or encouragement? No home to return to for Christmas? No one to help you with your resume or find and furnish your first apartment? The Building Forever Families ministry at OLQP supports kids in foster care, and the foster families who care for them. You too can support the kids by becoming a mentor, or donating to organizations like Comfort Cases, who provide vital supplies to kids in our local system. Join the BFF ministry this Saturday, 5/14 at 5pm for a BBQ, and/or drop off donations for Comfort Cases in the vestibule of Fr. Ray Hall. Contact the Building Forever Families ministry for more info. (Debralpholqp@gmail.com or Rebecca.e.carpenter@gmail.com) BUILD STRONG COMMUNITIES -- SUPPORT REFUGEE/ NEWCOMER FAMILIES! Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington is seeking volunteer mentors for its Mentoring Youth Virginia (MYVA) Program. This program matches community volunteers with our newcomer clients (refugees, asylees, or SI visa holders), ages 15-24, as they form and achieve their visions of future success. Mentors work one-on-one with one specific client; and during virtual match meetings they have the chance to form unique and powerful relationships with their mentee while helping them to set goals, develop life skills and create positive connections with their new community! To learn more about the program, contact Steve Decker at stephen.decker@ccda.net. NOTE: Volunteers will be asked to complete all necessary on-boarding requirements, including a MYVA screening interview and mentor training session. In addition, volunteers are asked to commit for a minimum of one year of being matched in the program. YOUNG ADULTS: VOLUNTEERS WANTED – we’re looking to create a core team to develop YA programming in the areas of faith formation/theology, fellowship, prayer, and service. If interested in volunteering or have programming suggestions, please contact Youth & Young Adult Minister, Rebecca Grant Jenkins, rgrantjenkins@olqpva.org. 2022-2023 FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM Faith Formation Registration for all our programs (Family Circles, Foundations, Children’s Liturgy of the Word, First Communion and Confirmation) will begin on May 17th and end on August 17th. Please register online at our webpage: https://www.ourladyqueenofpeace.org/registration1.html . Don’t miss the registration deadline! Mandatory Parents’ Meeting: Several dates in August and September have been schedule for parents to learn about the program and to receive the material. Volunteer with the Faith Formation Program: We invite parents and teenagers to get involved by volunteering with the program – a variety of commitments are available, both occasional and more often. We look forward to hearing from you! Please contact us if you or your teenager are interested: Cecilia Lopez Oetgen clopez@olqpva.org or Sandra Rivera srivera@olqpva.org. CARPENTER’S SHELTER SUPPER -- Thursday, May 19 Please join us in offering dinner to Carpenter's Shelter residents. The menu is tacos and toppings, salad, beans and rice, brownies and lemonade. Previous contributors will receive the link to sign-up. New folks can email mary.resnick@gmail.com or call at 703-462-4841 with your contribution. Bring your food to the office kitchen M-F during their office hours (fridge, or freezer), Fr. Ray Hall kitchen on the day of dinner 4-5PM (labels available to indicate "Carpenter's Shelter", what the item is, and date of dinner) or to the Shelter on day of dinner at 930 N. Henry Street in Alexandria, labeled the same, adding our church name & "dinner". Please call or email Mary with questions. Thank you once again! CRS Rice Bowls -- We need your Bowls! Please turn them in so we can complete this campaign. Thank you for your sacrifice and caring for those who are hungry. 25% of the funds raised stay here in our own diocese. Checks made to OLQP with CRS Rice Bowl on the memo line. VIRGINIANS ORGANIZED FOR INTERFAITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (VOICE) is ready to mobilize. Our Lady Queen of Peace VOICE will hold three (3) listening sessions of ten (10) parishioners per session at 1915 S Edgewood Street. Each discussion will center around VOICE's 2022 priorities of Mental Health and Addiction and Affordable Housing, plus any topic close to your heart. Upcoming sessions: Wednesday, May 18 at 7pm; Saturday, May 28 at 10am. Pick a session and let us know you plan to attend (Chuck Moran at chuckmoran106@gmail.com, Roy Tucker at roytucker12@gmail.com or Shirley Hopkins at sblackbabae@gmail.com). OLQP4Afghans — Despite your generosity we continue to need specific items, as shown on the SignUp Genius list (OLQP 4 AFGHANS ). In particular, we are looking for a Smart TV so one of our families can learn/improve English language skills, and a car seat so another family has a safe way of taking their younger children to medical appointments. If you have questions, please contact us at OLQP4Afghans@gmail.com. Our best wishes for a happy Mother’s Day to all those helping with this program, as well as all the Afghan mothers in our community. TOASTMASTERS International Are you looking to? Build your confidence? Grow as a speaker? Learn Leadership Skills? Improve your communication and presentation skills? Visit Spirited Speakers Toastmasters – It will change your life! Join via Zoom Sunday, May 22, 11:30 am-12:45pm. Email to receive the meeting details: bjwendroff@gmail.com. The OLQP LECTOR MINISTRY is Calling It’s not too late! OLQP is seeking new lectors to proclaim the Word at Mass. If you are interested in lectoring once a month, have been a registered parish member for at least six months, and open to attending an early June training, contact coordinator Cecilia Braveboy, jisaac3@verizon.net, for more information. ECO-REFLECTION -- Benefits of trees: removes carbon dioxide, reduces erosion, prevents flooding, adds oxygen and food for animals and for us. Plant a tree. GABRIEL PROJECT is not open for regular distribution of baby items but they are still distributing diapers and wipes to mothers who come for food. We are in urgent need of size 2, 3 and 4 diapers. If you can contribute it is greatly appreciated. For any other Gabriel Project baby item donations please email Rosie at rosie.saberton@verizon.net or Chrissi Gelson at chrissi152@gmail.com. IT’S ABOUT LOVE: Are you the mother of a child or adult who is differently abled, experiencing developmental, intellectual, or other challenges? This can be a tough - and isolating - journey of mothering. You may be inundated with messages about what is “wrong” with your child and how to “fix” them. You may feel overwhelmed by needs you cannot possibly meet on your own. Positive support and understanding are not always available. It’s About Love is a new ministry dedicated to the spiritual needs of moms of people with special needs. We can’t solve all the challenges you experience. But we can, together, create a space for tapping into our own wisdom as women, and being open to the love and wisdom of the Divine Mother. If you are interested, please contact Morna Murray (mom of a young adult with developmentally different abilities), mornam1@gmail.com, or 860-538-1007. Details about our first meeting will be coming soon! READING SCRIPTURE WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS With Rev. James Okoye, CSSp, DPhil When Israel was in Egypt's land, Let my people go. Oppress'd so hard they could not stand, Let my people go. Go down, Moses, Way down in Egypt's land, Tell old Pharaoh Let my people go. Scripture kept African Americans alive in the days of slavery. Reading it with their own eyes, encountered God in a different manner. We try to see how they read and the God they met. Meeting via Zoom for five Saturday mornings from 10am to 11:30am, remaining date May 14, 21, 28. Zoom link: (passcode 068124) https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89814163166? pwd=eFIwL3UrcTlzblpvbXRXNVNNVHpQUT09 Download the Workshop Workbook here. CATHOLIC CHARITIES is helping the refugees and immigrants that are being bused from Texas. They are arriving without any support or instruction. Volunteers are needed to meet the buses, help them with a meal or to speak to them in the following languages French, Portuguese, Spanish (some do speak English). This is not an everyday commitment, but when needed. If you can help, please contact Pam Stuckey at 301- 325-4307 or parishioner Emma Grayeb at 703-899-6449. WORLD YOUTH DAY: There are still a few spots available for the World Youth Day Pilgrimage, July 28-August 7, 2023 in Portugal. We hope you’ll join Father Martin and Rebecca on this walk in faith and fellowship with our brothers and sisters from around the world. To register or for more information, please contact Rebecca Grant Jenkins, rgrantjenkins@olqpva.org. |
OLQP Weekly Moment
Join the parish community on Thursday at 3:30 pm to reflect on the topic of Following. There is no time requirement for your reflection and no virtual meeting to join. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, please pause for your reflection knowing you are with others from the OLQP community. Anyone wishing to add the OLQP moment to their calendar can email "OLQP Moment" to Patrick Julius at patjulius@verizon.net to receive the information in a calendar request. Please specify if you want the reminder in Spanish. |
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Our Lady Queen of Peace
2700 South 19th Street Arlington, Virginia, 22204, USA 703-979-5580 Office 703-979-5590 Fax office@ourladyqueenofpeace.org Office hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm (closed on federal holidays) Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday: Vigil Mass at 5:30 pm Sunday: 8 am, 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 1 pm (Spanish), 6 pm (young adult) |
