Category: Nuntium

Men’s Club needs men to join the group and also to step forward as new officers. The current board finishes in June 2020 and three of the four officers have been serving for more than six years. It’s time for a new crew to develop and grow the membership, generate new ideas
and operate various functions, events, and fundraisers.  Queen of Angels is strong in enrollment, financially healthy, dedicated to multiple ministries and filled with hope and spiritual guidance. Our Men’s Club assists with improvements done to further enhance
resources towards curriculum, teachers, faculty, facilities, equipment, ministries, repairs, scholarships, etc. Know that every man’s participation makes a difference: in Christmas Tree shifts, Poker tournaments, Tailgates, Open Gyms, Winter Toast, Trivia Night, Golf Outings,
basketball games, Super Bowl parties, Golf League rounds, and Queen of Hearts raffle tickets. Men’s Club contributed to the parish $45,000 in 2014; $48,000 in 2015;
$55,000 in 2016; $60,000 in 2017; and $55,000 in 2018.

Queen of Heart Raffle tickets are $5 and volunteers are needed to sell tickets for two hours prior to every drawing.  When someone asks what Men’s Club does, now you know! Please step up and help.

The Respect Life Committee invites all to celebrate Respect Life Month by observing a Holy Hour of Prayer in the church from 7 to 8 p.m. on the four Fridays in October: 4, 11, 18, and 25. Each hour includes solemn exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, bilingual rosary and benediction, other prayers and music. Prayer aids will be available. You do not have to be bilingual to join in prayer. Please plan to attend these special,  evenings. Respect Life Month recognizes life in all its glory and in all its forms, providing many opportunities to embrace the whole cycle of life with which humanity has been blessed, from conception to natural death.

Each year the Queen of Angels musicians present several special events beyond our regular Sunday morning commitments. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for these 2020 events:

• Epiphany Lessons & Carols: 4 p.m., January 5, Church
• Spaghetti & Song: 6:30 p.m., February 1, Lower Voss
• Choir Festival Mass: 5 p.m., May 9, Church

Watch the parish web site and The Guide for further details about each of the events above.

The parish choirs will start their 2019-20 season at the 9:30 and 11 a.m. Masses this coming Sunday, October 6th.  At 9:30 a.m. the Schola Angelorum, St. Cecilia Choir and Cherub Choir will lead our musical prayer, and at 11 a.m. the Schola Angelorum and St. Cecilia Choir sing. More information about the music for those Masses can be found here.

This weekend, September 28-29, representatives of our Domestic Violence Outreach Committee will be present at all Masses to share their vision for ministry this year and to hand out purple ribbons in advance of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We hope you will join us in our efforts to promote services for victims, raise awareness, and prevent future abuse.

24-hour IL Domestic Violence Help Line: 877-863-6338
Counseling services at Catholic Charities: 312-655-7725