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In English arlingtondioce... En Espanol arlingtondioce... INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY Evening and weekend activities (except scheduled Masses): OLQP follows the decision of Arlington Public Schools for cancellation of evening and weekend activities. Those traveling outside the local school district should use their best judgment. For the most up-to-date information for Arlington Public Schools, please call 1-866-322-4277 or visit School Status Alerts - Arlington Public Schools (apsva.us) Parish Office Staff and Weekday Activities, 8:30am-4:30pm: Office and weekday activities follow the decision of the Federal Government. Tune in to your local radio and tv stations for updated information or visit www.opm.gov/ policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/ Scheduled Masses: The decision to cancel Masses within the Diocese of Arlington is made by Bishop Burbidge and broadcast on local radio and tv stations. To the extent it is possible, notice will be placed on the parish website www.ourladyqueenofpeace.org and parish calendar http://calendar.olqpva.org/. Use your best judgment when traveling outside the immediate area. 2024 BISHOP’S LENTEN APPEAL (BLA) BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW This weekend each household is asked to make a BLA pledge or gift. This appeal provides an opportunity to unite as a Catholic family to support programs, ministries and services helping tens of thousands of people. After reflecting upon God’s blessings to you, please consider a pledge to the BLA. Each donation is vital to the success of the appeal and the important work that it funds. You may complete a pledge card at Mass, mail in your pledge, go online to www.arlingtondiocese.org/BLA. PARISH ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS 2024-2025 The Parish Advisory Board (PAB) election has concluded. Congratulations to our newly elected members! The following members will serve for the 2024-2025 term. Thank you to all who participated in this process through nominations, voting, prayers, and support for lay leadership at OLQP! Newly elected members: Nishia Cairo Milagros Lovo Onyebuchi Lazarus Medani Melvyn Mendez Re-elected members returning for a second term: David Carlson Joy Womack Joining current members: Karen Cavanaugh Susanne DeSantis Maude Holt Debra Johnson Liza Maggio Christine Ng We would like to extend our gratitude for the service of the following outgoing members who have concluded their terms: Cecilia Braveboy Michael Leen Mary Strimel Leah Tanyag MEDOR REFLECTION: Water is not just essential to life, for many of us it is essential to our way of life – washing our faces, brushing our teeth, cleaning dishes, brewing coffee without a second thought. Our friends in Medor need water for cooking, drinking, and washing – just as we do – but because there is no running water, they gather it at springs and streams, carry it home, and decontaminate it themselves so that it is safe to use. Medor residents use these same streams and springs to bathe themselves and wash their clothes. Please remember our brothers and sisters in Medor and their daily quest for clean water. Donations for the Haiti Easter Drive help support the Medor’s clean water program, improving the safety and wellness of the entire community. Checks can be made out to OLQP with "Haiti" on the memo line and mailed to the parish office or placed in the Haiti box at the church entrance. Online donations can be made here. SUNG STATIONS OF THE CROSS Come refresh your soul during Lent with the Sung Stations of the Cross. In the musical style of Taize, these unique stations invite you to pray along with thoughtful reflections on the Via Crucis and join in a meditative refrain. The Sung Stations will be offered Wednesday, March 20 -- at 7 pm in the church and live streamed at YouTube and FaceBook page . Reconciliation will be offered from 6:30-8 pm. HOLY HOUR SONG – SILENCE – SCRIPTURE Please join us in the church for Holy Hour this Thursday at 7pm. (The 4th Thursday is Holy Thursday so we have moved Holy Hour to the 3rd Thursday for March.) We will gather this month on the 21st. We will meditate on Scripture readings, (in Spanish and English), sing Taizé style songs and sit quietly in prayer in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. A wonderful opportunity to slow down and sit with God in the midst of our busy lives. CRS RICE BOWL – With two weeks left in Lent, reflect on how the Eucharist unites us with our sisters andbrothers in Uganda, El Salvador and Indonesia. Can you find these countries on the map? Use the Prayer on the Bowl nightly. What are your Lenten promises? Visit crsricebowl.org. EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS We invite you to remember a deceased family member with an Easter Flower Memorial, to be published in the Easter bulletin, March 31. Please send an email request to Christina at office@olqpva.org with the information below (Easter Flower Memorial in the subject line) or complete this form, check payable to Our Lady Queen of Peace Church (donation amount is at your discretion) and send to the parish office (attention Christina) by Monday, March 25. Donations can also be made through Faith Direct — please remember to also send an email to office@olqpva.org. (FaithDirect.net, parish code VA271, select “general donation” with notation “flower memorial”.) Remember the deadline is Mon., March 25. TEACH 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – Are you connected with TEACH? Are you interested in helping to educate students in Guatemala? If the answer is yes to either or both questions, this Party is for you. Saturday, April 6, 6:30pm, St. Mary of Sorrows, 5222 Sideburn Road, Fairfax. Contact Joan Brown, 703-608-5059, jogebrown737@gmail.com before March 31. CARPENTER'S SHELTER DINNER, Thursday, March 21 This month's dinner is fried or baked chicken, veggie entree, mac & cheese, biscuits & honey, green salad, fruit, brownies and lemonade. Contributions can be brought to the Parish Office 8:30-4:30, Monday-Friday the week of dinner, or Fr. Ray Hall kitchen on the day of dinner 4:30-5:00pm. Please label food with date and description andplace it in the refrigerator, freezer or counter. If delivering directly to the Shelter (930 N. Henry Street in Alexandria), label food the same and add our church name & "dinner". If you are a new contributor, or have a question, please contact Mary Resnick, 703-462-4841, mary.resnick@gmail.com. Thank you! COMMITMENT TO SERVICE Jesus rose from supper and took off his outer garments…Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel from around his waist….Then he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” -- John 13 During the upcoming season of Lent, commit to following Jesus’ example of service. Please take a purple Commitment to Service card from the back of church and reflect on how you plan to serve. Keep your card in a place where you will be reminded daily and then bring it back on Holy Thursday (March 28) as your offertory gift. WORLD WATER DAY is Friday, March 22: According to the UN, 2.2 billion around the world don't have access to clean and safe drinking water. About 3.6 billion people, 46% of the global population lack adequate sanitation. Pray for improved access to these vital services and support clean water programs like our own in Medor, Haiti. LENTEN QUIET PRAYER Pause and praise in OLQP Minkisi’s “Lenten Quiet Prayer,” a brief virtual scripture prayer time with gospel music, Wednesday, March 20, 1:00-1:20 pm. For registration to the Zoom, send your name and phone # to Cecilia Braveboy, JISAAC3@VERIZON.NET by Sunday, March 17. LENTEN CHALLENGE FOOD CHOICES MATTER: WHY I EAT LESS MEAT In 2017, I was hospitalized and diagnosed with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD). I was stunned, and immediately learned all I could about this disease. CKD affects the ability of the kidney to properly filter body waste and water and helps regulate blood pressure and hormones. It often affects people with diabetes and heart disease. It can lead to the need for dialysis, and even death. Fortunately, I don’t have diabetes or heart disease and my doctors advised me that my condition could be managed through medications, diet, and exercise. Recommendations included eating less meat (especially red meat), less salt and consuming (or avoiding ) certain fruits and vegetables. CKD has been a wake-up call to reduce my meat consumption. My wife, an excellent cook, has become an expert in plant-based meals which we enjoy year-round as part-time vegetarians. In Lent, we honor God’s Creation and the holy season, by eating meat only on Sundays. God has blessed me with the restoration of my kidney function to a nearly normal level. Eating less meat has been beneficial for my health while also benefiting the health of Our Common Home. Reducing meat consumption reduces greenhouse gas emissions and is one small way I can love the Earth this Lent--and beyond. Bill Larme, Chair, Integrity of Creation Team Join OLQP’s Ministry of Welcome USHER/GREETER MINISTRY St. Paul instructed the assembled Community to “welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, to the glory of God.” (Romans 15:7) Ushers welcome the faithful, assist with distribution of materials, with seating, with visitors and new comers, take up the collection and organize and ready the gifts for presentation. They also assist in tidying the church in preparation for the next liturgy and place items in the lost and found that have been left behind. Serve each week or on occasion at the mass you normally attend. Arrive 20 minutes early for any special instructions; depart 10 minutes after Mass. We are recruiting for all Masses. Please contact Ginny Franco vfranco1@verizon.net, 703-919-5763. ADVOCATES for JUSTICE — The 2024 Virginia General Assembly concluded on March 9. A conference committee had been established to meld the budgets for both of the chambers (Senate & House). An agreed upon budget was then delivered to Governor Youngkin. He has been reviewing it and in accordance with the line item veto authority granted to the Governor, he has begun the process of identifying those budget items he supports and those he does not. Advocates have some resources from which to choose to keep abreast of the progress of the Governor’s decisions. (VPAP.org; TheCommonwealthInstitute.org — both are non-partisan and not for profit organizations), among others. Advocates can send a note to Governor Youngkin to express their opinion about the budget (https://www.governor.virginia.gov/communicating-with-the-governors-office). Advocates are encouraged to contact their elected Members in both chambers of the General Assembly to express their opinion on the outcome of the 2024 Session. Use this link to find your Member and their email address. (https://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/) The calendar reminds us that as the time of preparation for the conclusion of Lent intensifies, let us remember the three pillars of Lent and raise our voices in prayers of gratitude for our public servants and in petition for the guidance of the Holy Spirit as they finalize the legislation and the budget that will govern our civic lives for the next two years. ALTAR SERVER MINISTRY – Calling girls, boys, adults! We are looking for parishioners to assist the priests during Mass as Altar Servers. If you are interested, and you have already made your First Communion, contact Kezia Charles (KeziaC@gmail.com) and Christina Kozyn (CKozyn@olqpva.org). There will be a training for new and current Altar Servers on Saturday, March 16, from 2:00pm - 3:00pm in the church. Adults and children* are welcome to join the ministry! * Parental consent and contact information needed for those under age 18. |
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) |