There are openings for PSR teachers for the 2019-2020 school year. Please prayerfully consider sharing your gifts as a teacher of our youth. Also, we need volunteers to help clean, supervise the children with social distancing practices, taking temperatures, etc. PSR is at 9:30 am on Sundays starting September 20. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Donna White at psr@qofh.church or by calling the church office at 330-896-2345.
Homestead Hospice (formerly Clear Path) is sponsoring a Dementia/Alzheimer's Support Group for anyone with a loved one who suffers from Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease. To be held the 2nd Thursday of each month starting September 10 from 6:00 pm-7:00 pm. These will be held at Queen of Heaven Church in the Parish Life Center with proper social distancing. Weather permitting we may also hold them outside on the grounds or under the church pavilion. Please join Homestead Hospice Social Worker, Anita St. John, and Homestead Hospice chaplain, William Kremer, for information and ideas for coping and supporting loved ones afflicted with Dementia. If interested in attending, please RSVP office manager Debra McClintock at Homestead Hospice 330-564-1444 ext. 3201.
Please join us as we continue our “in-office” Sunday Grief Support Group on September 20th with limited seating for appropriate social distancing. September topic is “Understanding Different Types of Grief”. We will meet 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the following locations: Saint Joseph Cemetery, Avon (NEW office); Holy Cross Cemetery, Akron (office); Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park (office); Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland (office); All Saints Cemetery, Northfield (office); and All Souls Cemetery, Chardon (office). Meeting sites are sanitized and seating is arranged so everyone is at a safe distance. Participants are requested to RSVP so we can plan appropriate social distancing at each location. We require all in attendance to wear protective face coverings. To RSVP or for questions, please contact Rhonda at rabrams@clecem.org or at 216-930-4866. To view our most updated calendar of events, please visit clecem.org.
Please join our parish community for Avila Holy Hour for Vocations with Benediction on the First Friday of every month in the church. Our next Avila Holy Hour will be on Friday, September 5 after the 8:30 am Mass (9:00-10:00 am). All are encouraged to come pray for vocations. For more information go to https://queenofheavenparish.org/adoration.
The Diocese of Cleveland requires that parents of children to be baptized receive instruction regarding the nature of the Sacrament and what role they, as first instructors in the faith for their children, will play in their child's faith formation. Normally our parish offers quarterly in-person classroom instructions to meet this requirement. Due to the meeting restrictions that we're following, these classes have been temporarily halted. CLICK ON TITLE TO READ MORE.
Catholic schools make a profound impact on a child’s life and now, more than ever, children need the faith and values present in our Catholic schools. You can help provide more opportunities for students to obtain a Catholic education. This coming weekend, a special appeal, the Faith and Values Appeal for Education, will be held across the diocese to raise funds to help provide tuition assistance to needy students and their families right here in our diocese. CLICK ON TITLE TO READ MORE.
Check out the new Wellness Bulletin that gives you health tips and insights to maintain your health especially during these challenging times. Click on the title for the pdf page.
Legion of Mary Cleveland West Comitium invites you to a traditional Eucharistic Procession on Saturday, September 5, 2020, at 12:00 pm (noon) at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland. The Cathedral is located at 1007 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44114. The (less than one mile) procession will be through the sidewalks of downtown Cleveland, as we walk, pray and sing in honor of our Eucharistic Lord Jesus and Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary. CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFO.
Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth Chapter of Magnificat, a women’s ministry modeled after the Visitation, invites you to a Breakfast Saturday, September 19, 2020, Ohio Prestwick Country Club in the Patio Room, located at 3751 Glen Eagles Blvd. Uniontown, Ohio 44685 (note: location was changed from Walsh University). Alexandra Andrews will be the guest speaker. The cost is $22.00 by mail or $23.00 online. CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFO.
Registration for the live-streamed conference on Saturday, October 17, will open on August 17 at the cost of $25.00. To register, visit the website at www.clecatholicwomen.org. Each registered participant before October 1 will receive a “conference care package” in the mail that includes a beautiful journal/workbook to use throughout the day and a few other special items.
Our country needs so many prayers right now – from the damages done by COVID-19, the riots and the lootings, the division among people. We have so much to pray for! For nine Tuesday evenings beginning September 1st at 6:00 p.m., St. Francis de Sales will have a public recitation of the Rosary and private prayers specifically for the healing of our country. Be assured social distancing requirements are in place. And please join us for our 6:30 p.m. Mass following the Rosary.
PSR will begin this year on Sunday, September 20, 2020, either virtually or at the church. We are still working out all the details of how things will work this year, so we appreciate your patience. More information will be provided before we begin on September 20. Please understand as mandates change our guidelines will change as well. CLICK ON TITLE TO READ MORE.
The Novena will begin on August 15th, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and will end on October 7th, the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. We will have two intentions: to pray for the restoration of the faith in the United States, and to pray for the universal Church as the Amazon Synod approaches. Click on title for more information and to sign up for this powerful novena!
The time is now to call upon God, through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary, to heal our country and return it to holiness. Click on title for more information.
Prayer Shawl Ministry meetings continue to be suspended until the Diocese of Cleveland gives the OK for meetings to resume. If at any time you need to pick up yarn, cards or if you need a shawl to give away, please call Ginny or Barb and we will meet you at Nativity of the Lord Jesus. Ginny 330-644-4132; Barb 330-699-4769.