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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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​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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MATTHEW 25, LOOKING FOR SORTERS – We are looking for a few good people to help sort for our very busy store. Sorters help with the store, the Afghan families, Feast on the Streets and Solidarity for Immigrants and Refugees. This is a great activity for youth, 16 years and older. Please consider helping one of the oldest ministries at OLQP. We need people Monday thru Thursday, 9 to noon. If interested, please contact Sally Diaz-Wells at sdiazwells@olqpva.org
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FOOD PANTRY – We are looking for 5 families/groups/ friends to volunteer to glean at 2 local farmer’s markets on Sundays. Fairlington Farmer’s Market is up and running and the volunteers need to arrive at 12:30pm. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour to collect everything and place it in the car. The items are brought back to Father Ray Hall where they are refrigerated (if necessary) or placed in the room for produce. The Columbia Pike Farmer’s Market will begin in June. Training will be provided. We are hoping to have enough interest that each group would only have to do it once per month or every 5 weeks. Interested? Contact Sally Diaz-Wells, sdiazwells@olqpva.org. Thank you for your continued support. 

Special 2nd Collection: SPIRITAN PENTECOST APPEAL – Weekend of June 4-5
It is the custom of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) to have a special collection on Pentecost Sunday to unite our parishioners and the people we are privileged to serve overseas. This annual collection helps the Spiritans spread the Good News “to the ends of the earth”. It is a great symbol of solidarity between the Spiritans at home and those Spiritans who serve in the Missions abroad, e.g., in Mexico, Taiwan, Tanzania, Vietnam and the Dominican Republic. As your pastor and associate pastor we want to personally thank you for your sacrifice for the work of the Church and your support of the missionary efforts of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. God bless you for your kindness. Fr. Tim and Fr. Martin

ISIDORE'S GARDEN Thank you to all who helped with Isidore's Garden Planting Day on May 14. A special thank you to Fr. Martin who blessed the garden and MFNV Extension Master Gardeners, Judy Johnson and Nina DeRosa, who helped plan the garden.
Please consider helping with this ministry that supplements our food pantry. We need volunteers during the growing season to help care for the garden...no experience required! Harvesting takes place on Tuesdays for the produce to be included with the food pantry distribution. Please e-mail julenejarnot@gmail.com for more information. Visit https:// www.ourladyqueenofpeace.org/isidores-garden.html to sign up for a week. Thank you.

DIOCESAN FAMILY FESTIVAL You and your families are invited to join Bishop Michael Burbidge and others from around the diocese for the second annual Diocesan Family Festival on Saturday, June 11, from 4pm - 8:30pm at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Front Royal. The event is free! It starts with an outdoor Vigil Mass at 4pm. You can bring your own picnic or purchase dinner from one of the many food trucks. Enjoy games, rides & inflatables for kids; lots of vendors, and musical guests including: Celtic rock band Scythian, and popular singer-songwriter Karla Miranda. To learn more visit: arlingtondiocese.org/ familyfestival/. Space is limited so be sure to register. 

NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH   “You don’t have to be perfect to be a perfect parent.” That’s the message that Adopt US Kids conveys about becoming an adoptive or foster family. Youth in foster care don’t need perfection; they need the commitment and love a forever family can provide. Learn more at www.adoptuskids.org, and consider joining the Building Forever Families ministry to adoption & foster care. Drop off donations for Comfort Cases in the vestibule of Fr. Ray Hall. Contact Rebecca Carpenter (rebecca.e.carpenter@gmail.com) or Debra & Ralph Johnson (debralpholqp@gmail.com) to learn more. 

NEWS FROM MEDOR Soirisne Saul, the director of Medor’s clean water program, visited 375 families from January through March this year to provide instruction on how to purify water. This was no easy task because he walked many miles over rugged terrain to reach each family. He states that ~65% of the families use treated water. With the unrest in many Haitian cities, the people of Medor avoid leaving their community in order to keep themselves safe. Getting supplies for cleaning the water has become very difficult. It is admirable that, despite Haiti’s difficulties, so many Medor families recognize the importance of clean water and find ways to follow water purification guidelines. We are grateful to Soirisne for his excellent work!

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).
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VIRGINIANS ORGANIZED FOR INTERFAITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (VOICE) is ready to mobilize. Our Lady Queen of Peace VOICE will hold one more listening session 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. Next session: Saturday, May 28 at 10am. 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). 

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). 

PLANT HOPE – Moms Demand Action, Arlington invites you to join in the WEAR ORANGE event to end gun violence on Satur- day, June 4, 5-6pm at Hope Garden (2100 Clarendon Blvd. – corner of 15th St N and Courthouse Rd). This Wear Orange event honors victims of gun violence in America. Bring a rock to add to the memorial garden and bring a small toy (new or gently used) for the community partners. Remember to Wear Orange or plan to buy a new orange Moms t-shirt!  Be part of the nationwide call to End Gun Violence!
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2022-2023 FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM Faith Formation Registration for all our programs (Family Cir- cles, 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 pro- gram 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.

ECO-TIP: Try planting native plants in your garden. These are plants that grew naturally in our region before human settlement. When established, they require less water and attract pollinators. Enter your zip into nwf.org/nativeplantfinder for a list of plants native to our area. 

WEBINAR ON REDUCING ENERGY WASTE: St Luke in McLean invites you to a free webinar on "Reducing Energy Waste: The Quickest, Easiest, and Most Effective Way to Care for Creation". Wed. May 25, 7 pm. RSVP to Care4Creation@SaintLukeMclean.org to receive Zoom link. 

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. 

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.

TOASTMASTERS International  Are you looking to? Build your confidence? Grow as a speaker? Learn Leadership Skills? Improve your communication and presentation Join via Zoom Sunday, May 22, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm. Email to receive the meeting details: bjwendroff@gmail.com.

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 Saturday mornings from 10am to 11:30am — one session remains: May 28. Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89814163166?pwd=eFIwL3UrcTlzblpvbXRXNVNNVHpQUT09.

OLQP Weekly Moment 
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Join the parish community on Truth  at 5:23 pm to reflect on the topic of Truth. 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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