The parishioners of Mary Queen of Heaven thank Fr. Martin again this year for being with us for the summer. Many blessings and farewell to Fr. Martin who will be leaving us August 30.
See you tomorrow, Tuesday, 8/22/23, in the solemn celebration of our patronal feast. Our 8am Mass will honor Mary, as Queen of Heaven and Earth. After the Mass we will pray the Litany of the Blessed Mother. Refreshments to follow in the parking lot. The 8am Mass will also be live-streamed on our website (www.maryqueenofheaven-brooklyn.org) and Facebook page (“Mary Queen of Heaven Church”).
We hope to see all at one of our Masses for The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (a Holy Day of Obligation) -Tonight, August 14, 7:30pm Vigil Mass -Tomorrow, August 15, 8am and 10am
All are invited to join in the solemn celebration of our patronal feast on Tuesday, 8/22. Our 8am Mass will honor Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth. After the Mass, we will pray the Litany of the Blessed Mother, and there will be refreshments outside for all who come. Please put this on your calendar. This is a celebration not only of Mary, our patroness, but of ourselves as a parish.
The Mary Queen of Heaven Teen/YouthClub presents Back to School SupplyCollection July 29th and 30th. Help8ing Kids in the Dominican Republic and Haiti Community.
Check out Fr. Martin Asiedu-Peprah’s July 20, 2023 Currents NET TV interview on our Facebook page (Mary Queen of Heaven Church).
We welcome Father JohnPaul Obaieri to Mary Queen of Heaven. Father has been assigned as the Parochial Vicar. Father Dominic Criscione will be with us for all the Masses of Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16 to conduct the summer mission appeal. He is representing the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He will speak at all of the Masses about their missionary work and will ask for our assistance. The second collection next weekend will be given to the PIME missionaries.,
Father Tom’s 50 years of the priesthood Thanksgiving Mass at 12 Noon will be live-streamed for this unable to attend.
Father Tom will be celebrating his 50th Anniversary at the 12:00 p.m. Mass on Sunday, July 2nd. A reception will follow in the school yard to which all are invited. We welcome Father Martin back to MQH. He will be with us until the end of August. We are inviting all of the young people of the parish who graduated at any level this year to attend the 10:00 Mass on July 9th in cap and gown, if possible, with diploma or certificate. We would like to congratulate them and bless them in their next undertaking. Father Dominic Criscione will be here on the weekend of July 15 & 16 to speak about the work of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. The second collection that weekend will go to the PIME Missionaries as part of the summer mission appeal. The Rectory Office will be closed both Monday and Tuesday for the Fourth of July holiday.
Father Ikenna will be available after each of the Masses this weekend so that you can wish him well in his new assignment. Refreshments are being served in the Parish Center. On July 2nd, Father Tom will be celebrating his 50th anniversary of priestly ordination with a Mass of Thanksgiving at 12:00 and a reception in the school yard, to which all are invited. Please be aware that the parking lot will be closed from Friday, June 30th. We would like to invite our young people who have graduated this Spring at any level to attend the 10:00 Mass on July 9th for our congratulations and a special blessing. The Summer Mission Appeal will be held the weekend of July 15 and 16.
The Rectory will be closed on Monday for “Juneteenth,” but the St. Martha’s Guild will meet in the Parish Center at 7:15 p.m. Next weekend you will have the opportunity to speak to Father Ikenna and wish him well in his new assignment after each of the Masses at a reception in the Parish Center. We would like to invite our young people who have graduated this Spring at any level to attend the 10:00 a.m. Mass on July 9th for our congratulations and a special blessing. As you know, the Bishop of Brooklyn reaches out each year to his parishes to ask our help in funding the work of the Diocese: education and formation in the Catholic faith, ministry to youth and young adults, aid to the poor and migrants, care of the sick and the aging, support for our priests and religious. You have always been very generous in the past, and already this year, just from responses to the Bishop’s mailings, we have pledged almost $49,000 toward our goal of $62,000. An in-pew appeal was made this weekend at all of the masses. If you did not have an opportunity to fill out an envelope, you may obtain one at the back of the church and return it in the collection basket or at the Rectory.
Father Ikenna is leaving to begin his new assignment as pastor of St. Jude's in Canarsie on June 30th. You will have the opportunity to thank him and wish him well after each of the Masses on the weekend of June 23rd and 24th. Sunday, July 2nd will be the 50th Anniversary of Father Tom's ordination to the priesthood. Father will celebrate the 12:00 Mass in Thanksgiving, and there will be a reception in the schoolyard after Mass. All are welcome. Please note that the schoolyard will have to be closed from the end of the 8:00 Mass on Friday to set up the outdoor reception; there will be no parking in the lot over the July 1-2 weekend. Next weekend, June 17th and 18th, we will have the Annual Catholic Appeal in-pew collection. Thank you for your generosity. Remain blessed.
Deanery Corpus Christi Day - 06/10/2023 Parish Corpus Christi Procession- 06/11/2023
The Rectory office will be closed on Monday, 5/29/2023 in observance of “Memorial Day.” We ask you to keep in your prayers those who gave up their lives in service for the country. The novena to St. Anthony of Padua will begin on Monday, June 5th. The prayers will be said after the 8:00 morning Mass. Remain blessed and enjoy the weekend.
