Mary's Corner
Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Church
426 N. West Avenue
Elmhurst, Illinois 60126-2171
Parish Office: 630/279-5700
Fax: 630/279-4667
Feast of the Body and Blood Of Christ
Do this in remembrance of me. Feed the hungry;
proclaim the good news of everlasting life.
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Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Diocese of Joliet
Honey-Do List
The car needs a tune-up, the house needs a fresh coat of
paint, the grass needs cutting and the garage desperately needs
to be cleaned out. The list of things to do seems to never end.
What about your marriage?
Isn't it time to place your relationship at the top of the
list of things that need tending to? Make a Marriage Encounter
Weekend and give your marriage a tune-up. This short weekend
together can reap benefits for you and your spouse for years to
come.
Contact Tom & Mary Leonard at:
630-577-0778.
Upcoming weekend dates:
June 22-24, Sept. 21-23 and Oct. 26-28.
Visit us on the web at wwmejoliet.org
Volunteer Tutors Needed
The Congregation of St. Joseph (formerly the Sisters of
Joseph of La Grange Park) is in need of volunteers for its adult
literacy program, School on Wheels.
Tutors are needed to teach one hour per week from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. or 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Hodgkins, Summit, Westmont, and
Woodridge.
A Two-day training will be provided from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. on two consecutive Saturdays: June 23 and June 30.
Volunteers must attend both training sessions. No prior second
language skills are needed.
For more information,
call 708-354-9200 Ext. 5060, 5085, or 5037.
Mary Queen of Heaven Preschool registration continues!
Please see our website at www.maryqueenpreschool.org and contact
the parish office for more information and registration.
Preschool tours scheduled on request.
"Ladies Night Out" Dinner
The Council of Catholic Women is sponsoring "Ladies Night
Out" on Tuesday, June 19, at 7:00 p.m. This is a great
opportunity to relax and enjoy fellowship with your friends from
MQH. We will be honoring Teri Kevil, our Woman of the Year, for
her dedication and work in our parish over the years.
The celebration will be held at Anyways Restaurant & Pub, 5
E. Roosevelt Road, Oakbrook Terrace. Dinner includes your choice
of one of the following entrees: 1) Anyway's Pasta 2) Penne
Mozzarella Pasta 3) Junior Sirloin Steak 4) Grilled Chicken Pasta
5) Mediterranean Chicken 6) Blackened Catfish or 7) Pasta
Milano as well as coffee, soft drinks or tea and an ice cream
dessert. A cash bar will also be available. The cost for the
evening will be $25 per person and checks should be made payable
to Mary Queen of Heaven CCW.
The deadline for reservations is Sunday, June 10, as we
have to give the restaurant a one-week's advance notice. Please
return your reservation as soon as possible to a CCW
representative, the church office, or drop it in the collection
basket.
CCW representatives will be in the church vestibule this
weekend to take reservations. For further information call Mary
Connelly (782-7626) or Diane Bernstein (279-7252).
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
From the Peace and Justice Ministry
The United States is the world's single largest contributor
to global warming, with average annual emissions of 19.6 tons per
person, nearly five times the world average of 3.9 tons per
person. We can all take actions to reduce the amount of carbon
pollution or heat-trapping gasses that we generate.
Reduce Energy Use
"People know that cars contribute to global warming, but
they don't realize that every time they turn on a light bulb a
power plant is discharging heat-trapping gasses into the
atmosphere" says WWF scientist Dr. Lara Hansen. "Everyone needs
to recognize the implications of energy use - it's a privilege,
not a right." Make a commitment to reduce the amount of energy
you use. Simple actions like using compact fluorescent light
bulbs, driving less, adjusting thermostats, and recycling can
reduce your emissions.
People's Resource Center
MQH Peace and Justice Committee is offering YOU a great
opportunity to be part of the group from Mary Queen who are going
to stock shelves at the People's Resource Center in Wheaton on
Saturday, June 23 from 8:30 until noon. Mark your calendar. We
have five members of the Peace and Justice committee signed up.
We have room for about 8 parishioners to participate in this
project.
Don't wait! Call Milt Honel (279-7086) to confirm that we
still have room in one of the vehicles driving to Wheaton.
You will have an opportunity to help the clients served by the
PRC...we might even stop off for lunch on the way home. So call
Milt. We are going to have fun and we will be doing our Good Deed
for that day.
Market Day
Orders for June are due by Monday, June 18, at noon. Turn
in your order form in the box in the back of church or at the
rectory. Pickup on Saturday, June 23, from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. in
the Social Hall.
If you have questions or would like to place an order,
please call Maria at 279-2238 or Karen at 279-4108.
Prayer Requests
To pray for our sick is an important privilege of our parish
family. We hope that you will pray for these persons every day.
Natalie Baker Pam Bondfide
Pat Caffarelli Rose Caffarelli
Kathy Calzante Cosmore Ciancio
Dennis Ciancio Lou Ciancio
George Cibula Paul Cirone
Ida Corriedo Cynthia Catalano Family
Deacon Bob Delbeke Trudi Dolato
Baby Dobrowolski Virginia Feret
Kathy Filipiak Cecilia Garstki
Mary Goggins Mary Hagerty
Anna Heffel Jen Huwalt
Tom Huwalt Michelle Humann
Maureen James Richard Jones
Kathy Johnston Irene Kmieciak
Bernadette Kohn Anne Kostas
John Larkin Baby Emma Lynde
Marie Mangano Robert Manion
Dennis McCabe Kathryn Passarelli
Mary Piszczor Raymond Mitchell
Fred Moss Mary Sabel Oye
Geri Pstrzoch Baby Faith Reid
Robert Restivo Vera Rossiano
Agnes Sabel Patricia Sabel
Joaquina Scroppo Jess Smith
Mary Spierowski Rachael Thompson
John Unger Richard Vanni
If you or a family member would like to be included in our
prayers, please call the rectory at 279-5700. Also, please let
us know when a name should be removed.
Catholic Charities
is in need of
new born/infant clothing, diapers,
and newborn "care packages"
Last year, Children's Services of Catholic Charities,
provided loving care for 398 children in foster care, many of
whom needed long-term, specialized therapy to heal from the abuse
and neglect they have suffered. Our maternity services helped
mothers with keeping and raising or finding an adoptive home for
15 of their infants.
In order to continue providing these services Catholic
Charities needs your help. One way you can help is by conducting
clothing drives or "baby Showers" for new clothes and
newborn/infant "care packages" (wipes, lotion, powder, shampoo,
bibs, pacifiers, grooming sets, medical kits, newborn
developmental toys, diapers, etc.) for these babies.
You are in a unique position to dramatically impact the
first days of a baby's life or a child's first stay in their new
foster home by helping us replenish our supply of newborn, infant
and children's clothing for boys and girls sizes 0 to 3T.
Please do not donate used clothing, as we cannot use those.
We will accept any size clothing and diapers.
For more information, please contact Rose Bayr Maritato at
630-495-8008 x 33.
L.O.S.S. Support Group
(Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide)
Through the collaboration of Catholic Charities (the
Archdiocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Joliet), support groups
are in place for anyone who has lost a relative or friend to
suicide. A trained facilitator and a mental health professional
assist these groups. The groups meet from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
monthly. For more information, call toll free at 1-800-240-7011.
The next meeting dates are as follows:
June 20 - St. Paul the Apostle Activity Center
130 Woodlawn in Joliet
June 26 - St. Daniel the Prophet Parish Center
101 West Loop Drive in Wheaton
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Diocese of Joliet
Make a Marriage Encounter weekend and watch your love for
each other grow.
Contact Tom & Mary Leonard at: 630-577-0778.
Upcoming weekend dates:
June 22-24, Sept. 21-23 and Oct. 26-28.
Visit us on the web at wwmejoliet.org
There is good news to share with you about the 2007
Catholic Ministries Annual Appeal.
Many thanks to those who have already pledged to the
Appeal. We are half-way to our Diocesan goal, with
$3,766,00 pledged. This year we have 16% more donors and
24% more revenue compared to this time last year.
Still, half-way to goal is half-way. If you have not
had the opportunity to make a pledge pledged, now is the
time to so, before busy summer schedules take over. You
can either send your pledge on the forms in the back of
church or give directly through the Diocese of Joliet
website www.dioceseofjoliet.org. Click on Donate Now Click
and Pledge.
At Mary Queen of Heaven parish, we have reached 42% of
our goal, with $11,527.00 pledged. Let's make sure that we
reach 100%.
The ministries of the Diocese touch so many of our
families and our neighbors that it is our responsibility to
our neighbors and friends. Please be generous. Thank you!
Holy Hour of Adoration,
Reparation and Consecration to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Praise, Prayer and Benediction
Friday, June 15, 2007
7:00p.m.
Notre Dame Parish
64 Norfolk
Clarendon Hills, IL
RE Registrations
Registration is taking place for our Religious Education
program. FYI - if you have a preschool or kindergarten child you
would like to see in the program next fall, get your registration
in today. The 3:15 Kindergarten session is already at capacity.
However, there is space at the 5:15 Kindergarten session. These
classes always fill up quickly and enrollment is limited at those
grade levels.
Like many other parishes in our diocese, we hold an annual
discernment process rather than elections for new PPC members.
This prayerful process can help people to know more about what is
involved in serving on the PPC and it helps to discern those
persons with the gifts most needed at a particular time in the
life of our parish.
The discernment process will begin when nominations are taken
after weekend Masses on June 23-24 and June 30-July 1. If you
are interested in being nominated (or nominating yourself) for
the PPC, you may want to consider attending the next PPC meeting,
which will be held on June 25 at 6 p.m.
Those who are nominated must attend an orientation session and
Discernment Day to continue in the process. These are the steps
involved in selecting our new PPC members for next year:
1. All nominations will come from the parish at-large. All
registered parishioners, adults and teens, are invited to
nominate a candidate. A nomination must include the name of
the person being nominated and the reason why he or she is
being recommended for the PPC.
2. Those eligible for the PPC must be Roman Catholics in good
standing with the Church, who have already received the
Sacrament of Confirmation and who support the parish. There
will be two positions open for adults and two for youth
members.
3. All nominees will be contacted by telephone on July 1.
4. Those accepting the nomination will be required to attend both
an orientation session and Discernment Day.
5. The orientation session is scheduled for July 5 at 7 p.m.,
with an alternate date available for anyone on vacation that
week. The orientation session will be held at the Parish
House, where PPC meetings usually take place.
6. The Discernment Day will be held on Sat. Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to
noon in Barrett Hall. Attendance is required and there is
only one date available because we use an independent
facilitator to help us.
7. Attendance at one of the orientation sessions and at
Discernment Day is mandatory for nominees. These dates are
being published in advance so that anyone who is interested in
serving on the PPC can hold these dates on their calendar.
Those who cannot make the sessions may consider entering the
process the following year.
Our parish will once again use as our Independent Facilitator,
Ms. Rita Kattner, Director of the Office for Consultative Bodies
for the Archdiocese of Chicago. She has served as a consultant
for many years for parishes in Chicago and also in the Diocese of
Joliet. Rita is a specialist in Parish Pastoral Councils who
earned her doctoral degree on this subject from the University of
St. Mary of the Lake. She also works at the national level to
develop tools and processes for parishes.
The Orientation Session is designed to help nominees know if this
is a ministry to which they are truly called. During the
Discernment Day, those present will prayerfully discern our new
PPC members. Some of the nominees may discover that they are
well suited to service on the PPC. Others may find themselves
interested in another ministry or to service on one of the PPC
Commissions.
The PPC is a visioning and planning body. PPC members should not
be the "do-ers" in the parish. This should be their primary
ministry and they should be able to devote the time their service
requires. Qualities that are desirable in candidates include the
following:
* Persons who possess good "people-skills"
* Persons who are able to see the parish in its "big picture"
- beyond special interests
* Persons of compassion, care, and integrity
* Persons open to the Holy Spirit
* Persons that model tolerance, as Jesus did
* Persons who are bridge-builders
* Prior experience serving on a Commission would be helpful
but this is not a requirement.
* Persons who have a sense of humor
Please prayerfully consider nominations and submit yours after
one of the Masses during the weekends of June 23-24 or June 30-
July 1. Thank you for your consideration!
DISCERNMENT PROCESS FOR NEW PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL MEMBERS
NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED JUNE 23-24 AND JUNE 30-JULY 1
In two weeks, parishioners of Mary Queen of Heaven will be
invited to nominate candidates for our Parish Pastoral Council.
For the coming year, we are in need of adding two adults and two
teenagers. Please read the important information that follows
about our PPC Discernment Process.
MQH Garden Club News
If you've seen more color around church, school, the parish
house, and the patio off Barrett Hall, it is because of several
people who came out on Thursday, May 24th and Saturday, May 26th
to prepare the soil by weeding, tilling, and raking, then
planting all our beautiful geraniums, snapdragons, and impatiens.
Those who were able to help were Ron Cirone, Katie Converse,
Jerry Cote, our youngest gardeners, CJ and Patrick Cote, Kelly
Guerra, Ed Hayes, Don Jacobsen, Rose and Jose Pizarro, Derrick
StaRosa, and Debbie Styka. Special thanks to Jerry Cote, who
roto-tilled the gardens to soften the soil for planting. Others
who weren't able to join us these days will be scheduled for
watering along with these gardeners during the summer months.
Thanks to everyone! Rose Wilkes and Sheila Reiter
Attention Spring 2007 First Communion Parents: This past week we
collected the remaining First Communion banners from the wall of
Church. We will keep them in the RE office for the next couple of
weeks before we dispose of them. If you want your child's banner,
please call the REO at 832-8962 to make arrangements to claim it.
Religious Education
Catechists Needed
Catechists are still needed for next fall. At this time we have
several openings at various grade levels at all 3 sessions. If
you love children and you love your faith, we invite you to join
our staff. We will help you with the rest. Our Religious Ed
Program is one of the best in the area, which is reflected in our
continually growing enrollment. But we cannot do it without you.
Please call for more information to see how you can help.
FYI: Just so you are aware, we are in the RE office during the
summer. If you need to contact us for any reason, please feel
free to call and leave a message - 832-8962.
If you have any questions or need more information, please call
Mary Ann Woods at the REO, 832-8962.
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