Please join Queen of Heaven Parish PSR Junior High students as we welcome Deacon Will Yoho and his wife, Liz, to talk about their faith-filled experience as extras in "The Chosen" TV series. All are welcome to attend the talk which will be in between the two Sunday Masses in the PLC.
Join young adults in the Diocese of Cleveland for IGNITE 2023, Catholic Young Adult Conference, on Saturday, April 29, 2023, 9:00 a.m. at Cleveland Marriott, 1360 W. Mall Drive, Cleveland, OH 44114. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. Registration fee is $55.00. The conference will conclude with Mass at Cathedral of St. John, the Evangelist, with Bishop Edward Malesic of the Diocese of Cleveland. Speakers will be Rev. Jacob Bearer, Diocese of Cleveland Parish Administrator; Pete Burak, VP of Renewal Ministries, Director of Intentional Disciples; and Sr. John Paul Myers, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation. For more information and to register go to www.ignitecatholic.com.
Save the date for Queen of Heaven Vacation Bible School, June 19 -23, 2023. The Theme is Stellar: Shine Jesus' Light! We will need many volunteers to make this a success - both adult and teens! More information on how to volunteer will be forthcoming. Keep checking back to this VBS webpage. Click on the title.
On Sunday, March 19, there will be a "Teaching Mass" for all PSR students and their parents. All students meet in the church at their designated grade level area for Mass. Parents are highly encouraged to attend this "Teaching Mass." Arrive at 9:15 as Mass will begin at 9:30 a.m. This Mass will fulfill your Sunday obligation. Pick up and drop off the students at the church.
LENT IS COMING! Join our faith community—and nearly 13,000 Catholic communities across the United States— in a transformative Lenten journey with CRS Rice Bowl. Pick up your family’s CRS Rice Bowl in the Queen of Heaven Gathering Space in the back of the church. During the 40 days of Lent, we will reflect on the impact of global hunger and climate change on vulnerable communities around the world, and we will pray, fast and give alms to help our sisters and brothers in need. Visit crsricebowl.org to learn more. Give your CRS Rice Bowl donation online and make a difference in the lives of people in your local community and around the world. Go to: www.crsricebowl.org/about. Click on the title to print out your Rice Bowl Calendar!
Are you a teen in need of service hours? Are you at least in 4th grade and want to learn to be an altar server? We need you! Please consider God’s call to serve on the altar. Our next altar server training will be on Monday, March 13, 7:00 p.m. in the church. To sign up for this training or for more information please send an email to [email protected], or call the parish office at (330) 896-2345. There is also an interest form that you can print out and bring into the parish office. Click on the title.
Please bring your old, dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday to burn for use at Ash Wednesday Masses. Place them in the basket in the Gathering Space in the back of the church by Sunday, February 19. Thank you!
Join our parish community for one of the best fish fry dinners in the Diocese of Cleveland. Fridays, February 24 - March 31, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Life Center. Menu is posted on our website at www.queenofheavenparish.org/lent-2023 Please stay after your meal each Friday and pray the Stations of the Cross in the church at 7:00 p.m.
Catholic Feminine Genius formally invites you to a Nocturnal Adoration, held at St. Paul Parish, 1580 Brown St, Akron, Ohio 44301 beginning at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, January 28th and ends after the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, January 29th. Come join us for this special time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament while the rest of the world is asleep! There will be opportunities for confession, a time slot for holy hour, and Mass. For more information, or to RSVP, please email: [email protected] or call Nora at (216) 815-1838.
Lent is just around the corner, and we need your help! There will be a meeting for all who would like to volunteer at the Friday Fish Dinners during Lent on Wednesday, February 1, at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Life Center (this was rescheduled from last week). It takes many volunteers to offer these Fish Fry Dinners, so please prayerfully consider helping. If you are interested in volunteering but cannot make this meeting, please contact the parish office at [email protected] or (330) 896-2345.
A bus will leave Queen of Heaven Church on Thursday morning, January 19, 2023, for an overnight pilgrimage to the March for Life in Washington D.C. We will return Friday night, January 20. The theme of the 50th annual march, titled “Next Steps: Marching in a Post-Roe America,” seeks to orient the national pro-life movement as it moves to dismantle abortion across all 50 states. We are celebrating the wonderful blessing of Roe v. Wade being overturned and a call to all pro-life people to work to build a culture of life in the United States of America. We envision a world where every life is celebrated, valued, and protected. Flyers/registration forms are available in the parish office and the Gathering Space. For more information, please contact Debby at [email protected]
Join Father Dave Durkee as your Spiritual Director on this once in a lifetime pilgrimage to the Shrine and the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe on February 13-18, 2023. The the six day trip is $2,095.00 ($1,000 deposit is due Friday, January 6, 2023, with a final balance due on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.) Checks should be made payable to Totally Yours Co., 909 S. IL Route 83, Suite 201, Elmhurst, IL 60126 (do not make checks out to Queen of Heaven). All credit cards are accepted by Totally Yours Co. for the deposit or payment. Please stop by the parish office to pick up all registration forms and other information about the pilgrimage from Totally Yours Tours, or contact us at [email protected] Click on the title for registration form from Totally Yours Tours.
All gift cards for the Green Good Neighbors Giving Tree Program should be turned in this weekend (November 27). A box is under the Giving Tree in the Gathering Space to collect the gift cards. Queen of Heaven Society of St. Vincent de Paul thanks you for your generosity!
Lessons and Carols will be presented on Friday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. by P.J. Chavez and his friends. Hosted by the Holy Name Society. The service includes carols and scriptural readings; music will be sacred and secular.
Monday, December 12, 2022, 6:00 p.m. Mass and a Free Mexican Feast & Talk following Mass in the Parish Life Center. During the feast, brothers P.J. Chavez and Miguel Chavez will give a presentation about Our Lady of Guadalupe. P.J. Chavez is Director of Mission & Ministry for the Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital and leads our parish in music at the 4:30 p.m. Saturday and the 11:00 a.m. Sunday Masses. Miguel Chavez is the Senior Vice President of Mission & Ministry for the Sisters of Charity Health System.
Calling all prospective high school students! Come shadow at Akron's first classical high school in the Catholic tradition and find out why a Chesterton Academy education is for you! The Chesterton Academy of Akron is accepting high school students for the 2023-2024 school year. Our affordable high school offers a rigorous classical curriculum in the Catholic tradition. Worried about high tuition prices? We will work with you to fit your financial situation! For more information, visit us online at www.akronchesterton.org, call us at (330) 299-5117, or send an email to [email protected]
The Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe is also the Global Celebration for Young People in the Catholic Church. Our Young Adult Community is invited to join us at the Cathedral to celebrate at the 4:30 PM Vigil Mass on Saturday November 19 with Bishop Michael Woost, Auxilliary Bishop of Cleveland presiding. A reception in the rectory will follow immediately after Mass.