Welcome to OLQP Catholic Church!
Contact Information:
Address: 2700 19th Street South
Arlington VA 22204
Phone: 703-979-5580
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.olqpva.org
Pastor:
Fr. Tim Hickey, C.S.Sp., [email protected]
Associate Pastor:
Fr. Brandon Nguyen, C.S.Sp., [email protected]
Retired and In Residence:
Fr. Tom Tunney C.S.Sp., [email protected]
Ministerio Latino:
Fr. Joseph Nangle, O.F.M., [email protected]
Deacon:
Rev. Mr. Tony Remedios, [email protected]
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church
Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz
September 20, 2015
The Twenty-Fifth
Sunday in ordinary time
Daily Mass Schedule:
Monday-Friday — 12 Noon
Weekend Mass Schedule:
Saturdays — 5:30 pm Vigil
Sundays — 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:15 am,
1:00 pm (Spanish), and 6:00 pm (Young Adult Mass)
Baptism:
Please call or email the office to make arrangements.
Marriage Preparation:
Please contact Fr. Tim, Fr. Brandon, or Deacon Tony at least
six months before wedding date to complete requirements.
Reconciliation:
Saturdays — 4:45-5:15 pm and by appointment
Religious Education Director:
Katie Remedios, [email protected]
Social Justice and Outreach Minister:
Michelle Knight, [email protected]
Youth Minister:
Mike Mothes, [email protected]
Office Receptionist / Hispanic Liaison:
Thelma Molina, [email protected]
Office Administrative Assistants:
Jeannette Gantz Daly, [email protected]
Michele Chang, [email protected]
Office Business Manager:
Christina Kozyn, [email protected]
Maintenance Supervisor:
Michael Hill, [email protected]
Evening Custodian:
Joe Martocci, [email protected]
Whoever receives one
child such as this
receives me.
Mk 9:37
BULLETIN DEADLINE
Wednesday—9 AM, [email protected]
OLQP MISSION STATEMENT
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church is dedicated to witnessing the teachings of Jesus Christ, especially the Gospel of
Saint Matthew, Chapter 25:31-46. Our mission is to nurture
the spirit and to encourage the potential of those we serve
through liturgical celebration, educational endeavors and social ministries. The parish will continue to identify with its
origin as a Black parish. As a multi-ethnic congregation we will
seek to promote racial harmony and social justice. While our
primary focus is within the immediate community, we will also
work to provide for the well-being of the downtrodden everywhere. In this we strive for our parish community to be a caring, sharing, and loving family.
THIS WEEKEND’S SECOND COLLECTION
OLQP RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
NEXT WEEKEND’S SECOND COLLECTION
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
THE 25TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
Wis 2:12,17-20; Jas 3:16-4:3; Mk 9:30-37
Next Sunday’s Readings: (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Nm 11:25-29; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
PEACE ASPIRATIONS… “The children of my neighborhood – and
urban war zones everywhere – need to hear voices out of the
ashes that whisper life and affirmation and possibility.“
Joyce Hollyday
OUR SICK AND HOMEBOUND STRENGTHEN US
Please pray for: Elizabeth Ball, Suri Barahona, Ronald Bashian,
Gene Betit, Francis Bilgera, Precious Bowens, April Brassard, Lynne
Burgh, Ed Burlas, Brody Carroll, Louise Chambers, Carmen Rosa
Claure, Mary DaLuca, Cheryl Darby, Adrienne DiCerbo, Ernest
Donatto, Mike Dorsey, Marye Embrey, Irene Fitzpatrick, Yevette
Francois, Allison Fratus, Jeanna Fratus, Karen Gammache, Trishann
Ganley, Carmen Gonzalez, Brian Hammett, Linda Hawkins, Clare
Hayden, Dee Hickey, Margaret Hodges, Beatriz Uribe Jaramillo, Raymond Jay, Pat Johnson, Carmen Andrea Lara, Patrick Lawrey, Ally
Winstan Ley, Maria Linares, Lidia Montero Lopez, Mary Helen Madden, Wil McBride, Stefan McGuigan, Martha Gladys Medina, Roberto Méndez, Mary Miller, Yvonne Mockler, Carmen Montijo, Dorothy Moran, Bob Morsches, Chelsea Murray, Abdulla Nasim, Patrick
Ogden, Delfima Pacheco-Choque, Catherine Parr, Mary Pasquarella,
Catherine Peake, Yulmar Perla, Paul Ramirez, Kate Ring, Maritza
Roldan, Carolyn Santos, Jane Shepard, Jeffrey Smith, Mary E. Smith,
Eva Souza, Michael Arthur Sweat, Marguerite Thomas, Christian
Ventura, Claudia Waller, Dottie Williams, Mary Woods, Claudia Zapata.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 19-25
5:30 pm - for Kathleen Zakreski (D) by Winnie Robinson
8:00 am - for Ann Kristine Miller Duenas (D) by the Family
9:30 am - for Rita Garland (D) by Tom Fisher
11:15 am - for Madalyn VanAllan (D) by Giovana & Jim VanAllan
1:00 pm - for Agustin Gil (D) by Isabel Staff
6:00 pm - for Rogelio Adawag (D) by Gladys Adawag
IN LOVING MEMORY
LUCAS MARTINO GUAJARDO
BORN INTO ETERNAL LIFE SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
SUNDAY COLLECTIONS
Sunday Collection: $8,845
Faith Direct August weekly average: $7,670
JUST$ - Thank you to all who contributed to the Food Pantry last
week through the Just$ program. Your on-going generosity enables
OLQP to distribute groceries and fresh produce to about 170 recipients each week. Giant, Safeway and Shoppers cards are available
after masses for your personal use or as a donation to the Food
Pantry.
2015 MARRIAGE JUBILEE MASS will be celebrated by Bishop
Loverde at 2:30 pm on Sunday, October 25th at St. Agnes in Arlington. If you are celebrating your 25th or 50th wedding anniversary
this year, please contact Jeannette in the parish office to register no
later than September 25 ([email protected] or 703-979-5580).
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION KICK OFF
WELCOME BACK BBQ, FAMILY MASS AND BACKPACK BLESSING, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Activities begin at 4 pm with a
Family Mass in the Church. A BBQ picnic will follow. Families are
asked to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Religious Education
updates will be shared. Join us for food, fun and fellowship as we
start the new year together.
4th SUNDAY YOUNG ADULT POTLUCK
Attention Young Adults: join us after the 6 pm Mass next weekend
Sept 27th in the Founders Room starting at 7:15 pm. The theme for
our potluck will be the OLQP MASSive Tailgate Party. All are welcome and feel free to bring your favorite tailgate food. The Founders Room will be open before Mass to drop off food/drink items.
More on EDUCATION IN MEDOR - The chapel school students,
some of the poorest of the poor, are highly motivated. Last year,
79% of the 38 chapel school students who took the 6th Grade National Exam passed, in comparison to the 75% national pass rate.
This allows them to attend secondary school in Medor, where they
may live in the student dorm or with relatives or friends. There is no
government support for the chapel Schools. Funding has been inconsistent, preventing regular payment of teacher salaries. The
parents pay what they can, but the chapel schools are in danger of
closing due to lack of funds. To learn about Medor: check Dr.
Sue's blog at marysusancarlson.tumblr.com.
Please keep the people of Haiti in your prayer
FR. KELLY LECTURE SERIES CONTINUES - Friday, October
2nd at 7:15. Dr. Trudy Conway, professor emeritus of Mt. St.
Mary’s University will speak on “Justice and Mercy: A Catholic
View of the Death Penalty.” This year’s series is inspired by the
Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis, especially
these words in his prayer: “proclaim liberty to captives and the
oppressed.” Questions? Michelle Knight [email protected].
BEREAVEMENT WORKSHOP - Receive information and emotional support for grieving the loss of a loved one. This free six-week
workshop/support group is facilitated by a Palliative Care licensed
professional counselor. Thursdays, 10/1 -- 11/5, 6:30-8 pm at the
Virginia Hospital Center’s Cancer Resource Center Library. Park in
Green Parking and enter through the Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko
Outpatient Oncology Center. To register, call 703-558-0901 or email: [email protected].
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP - Come, listen, and find God in
SACRAMENTAL LIFE OF THE PARISH
This week we welcome 1 new Christian:
Nicholas Wolfe Keightley
Baptized 9:15 am Saturday.
the silence. Groups meet on Friday mornings, 10:30-11:45 am,
please contact Janet O'Neil at [email protected] and Monday
evenings 7:30-8:30 pm, please contact Susan Thompson at [email protected]. Beginners and those who would simply
like to visit a group are welcome.
September 19-20, 2015, The 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
JUST A THOUGHT OR TWO... In the second reading, St.
James very bluntly contrasts selfish ambition, jealousy and
general disorder with gentleness, mercy and peace. This
Monday we celebrate the International Day of
Peace. Throughout the world there will be thousands if
not tens of thousands of gatherings of millions of people,
all of them struggling for peace in the midst of selfish ambitions, jealousies and general dis-order. We have this
day precisely because of the lack of peace…and mercy and
gentleness. According to the High Commissioner for Refugees, war, oppression and violence have forced more
than 60 million people from their homes. The number of
refugees and internally displaced peoples has reached its
highest number since World War II. It seems each day
there are dreadful photos of the horrors of war and violence on the front pages of our newspapers…it all seems
so overwhelming, the tragedies too great to respond to…
but we must respond! It is God’s call to us to be peacemakers and not warmongers. We are called to stand up to
violence and war, to band together and make our voices
heard! This week in honor of The International Day of
Peace let us, each one of us, find one action to take that
will support peace movements here in the US or internationally. The Reign of God is being built right here and
now as we strive to be peacemakers in our homes, in our
schools, in our neighborhoods, in our country and in the
world. Peace will not simply happen we must build it by
our actions. What action can I take this week that will
help peacebuilding locally and/or internationally? What
new habits can I adopt that would deepen my peacebuilding?
God’s Blessings,
Fr. Tim
PLEASE CHECK PARKING LOT FOR SPACES before parking on
the street. Some of our neighbors have been in touch to say they
find it difficult to find parking on Saturday and Sunday evenings. If
you attend the 5:30 pm vigil Mass or the 6 pm Young Adults Mass,
kindly check the parking lot for open spaces before parking on the
street. Thanks!
HONEY HARVESTING WORKSHOP
Join the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild for a honey harvesting
workshop on Saturday, September 26th, 9 am - 12 noon or noon - 3
pm. Space is limited so please pre-register by contacting Joe Bozik
at [email protected] or 202-374-0541. The $25 workshop
fee includes a bottle of fresh honey. The workshops are held at the
greenhouse behind the monastery gift shop, 1400 Quincy St. NE,
Washington, DC 20017. Details: www.fmgg.org.
QUEEN OF PEACE ARLINGTON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Phone (703) 521-8615; web site: www.qpafcu.com
Serving the Queen of Peace Community 1964-2015
Office Hours: Sunday, 10:45 am - 1:00 pm, Saturday 4:30 pm – 5:25
pm (before the 5:30 pm Mass), the first Thursday of the month, 7:30 9:00 pm, and by appointment. The office is located in the Ministry
Center, first floor, main entrance to building.
Credit Union Membership for the Whole Family/household! Our Federal Credit Union Charter defines the Field of Membership as being
open to Parish members and employees, Immediate family (wherever
they live) of parish members and employees, and Immediate family/
household of any current credit union member. “Immediate family” is
defined as spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, stepparents, stepchildren, stepsiblings, and adoptive relationships. Please
see the credit union if you have any questions.
DIDN’T GET TICKETS TO SEE POPE FRANCIS? The Integrity of
Creation Team wants you to know about other opportunities
around the Pope’s visit. On Wednesday Sept. 23rd, there will be an
interfaith prayer vigil for Creation at John Marshall Place Park on PA
Ave., next to the Canadian Embassy from 7 pm to 7 am. Come for
an hour or stay all night. (https://franciscanaction.org/article/signinterfaith-prayer-vigil ) On Thursday Sept. 24th there will be a Climate Rally on the National Mall between 3rd and 7th Streets beginning at 7:30 am. Details are still emerging, but it may be possible to
see the Pope’s address to Congress on Jumbotrons from this event.
(http://www.moralactiononclimate.org/) Help us express our faithbased concerns for the health and well-being of our Earth and its
most vulnerable citizens by attending these two events.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Volunteers are needed to monitor the
paper goods donations and to transport the donations to Christ
House on September 28th. Can you spare a few minutes before and
after the Mass you attend to help with this collection? Please email
Michelle Knight: [email protected].
HEAR the STORIES of IMMIGRANT WORKERS
In our Community this Sunday
Please join the parish for an important event this Sunday at 2:30
pm in Fr Ray Hall. We will share spaghetti, watch a labor documentary, and then listen to immigrant parishioners and SEEC
day laborers share their experiences at work which will be translated simultaneously from Spanish to English using headsets.
Email Laura Bandini at [email protected] with questions.
INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE/
MARCH FOR LOW WAGE WORKERS SEPT 22nd
Join the Labor Team for an interfaith prayer service, march, and
prayer at the Capitol for labor justice, to show that we share the
Pope's values and commitment to low wage workers. Fr Bob Richter will be one of the leaders of the prayer service! Meet on September 22nd at 9:15 am at the park on 2nd ST, NE and Mass Ave,
NE by Union Station. Email Ricardo Gillardo with questions: [email protected].
HOUSEHOLD PAPER GOODS COLLECTION - Please donate toilet
paper, paper towels, tissues, etc. on the weekend of September
26th and 27th. The collection is part of Catholic Charities Fall Harvest and will benefit food pantries throughout the diocese. Leave
your donations on the stage at Fr. Ray Hall. Please e-mail Michelle
Knight: [email protected]
Eco-Tip: Say NO to bottled water: 1 billion dollars worth of plastic
is dumped in U.S. landfills every year. Bottling water produces 2.5
tons of carbon dioxide yearly.
Tap water is Cheap, Safe, and Eco-Friendly.
www.olqpva.org — follow us on Twitter: olqpva
REFLECTION: Over 325 actions for peace and
justice across the U.S. next week
by Rev. John Dear
Starting this weekend, over 325 demonstrations, marches, vigils and other public
events will be held all across the U.S., covering every state, as part of the second
annual “Campaign Nonviolence” week of
action. Tens of thousands of people will be
gathering and taking to the streets to
“connect the dots” and speak out against
all the issues of violence, including poverty,
war, racism, police brutality, gun violence,
nuclear weapons and environmental destruction, and call for a new culture of
peace and nonviolence as Dr. King envisioned.
Last year, we organized 238 actions in late
September. This year’s week of events,
with well over 300 actions, are listed and
documented at
www.campaignnonviolence.org and
www.paceebene.org/programs/campaignnonviolence-week-of-actions/#Actions.
The Campaign Nonviolence week of action
coincides with Pope Francis’ visit and International Peace Day, September 21st.
The array of events is breath-taking. In Wilmington, Delaware, hundreds will march
through town on Sunday against poverty,
racism, war and environmental destruction. Near Las Vegas, Nevada, people will
gather outside Creech Air Force Base,
headquarters of the U.S. drone war program, to vigil against our drone attacks in
Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Oklahoma
City, hundreds will gather on Monday night
to hear a leading African American minister
engage the city’s police chief about racism
and police brutality in Oklahoma.
In Tucson, people will gather to vigil outside the Raytheon Missile Systems headquarters, the leading for-profit weapons
manufacturer which builds drones, cluster
bombs, cruise missiles, Star Wars “kill vehicles” and Mavericks. In San Francisco, people will gather at the Montgomery Street
Bart Station to sing songs of peace while
distributing leaflets and offering materials
on issues of violence. Bangor, Maine, will
host a rally to end violence. In Washington,
D.C., people will gather outside the White
House on Tuesday to vigil against all these
forms of violence and call for a new culture
of nonviolence.
In Great Falls, Montana, a rally will be held
at Calumet Refinery opposing Tar Sands
extraction and refining. In Ashland, Oregon, their Peacebuilding Resource Faith
will begin with a welcome from the mayor
and the introduction of the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission. Erie, Pennsylvania, will have a vigil in Griswold Plaza. Salt
Lake City will have a public rally in a park
against nuclear weapons and a birthday
party for Mahatma Gandhi. In Houston,
activists will hold peace and justice signs
along various highways and freeway overpasses.
Several cities will have events all week
long. In Memphis, for example, they will
have an interfaith vigil, a public “fast from
violence,” a forum on gun violence, another forum on racism, and still another forum
on prison reform. In Raleigh, they will hold
anti-racism workshops and a peace vigil. In
Boise, they will host events against the
death penalty, environmental destruction,
protection from nuclear waste and a closing ceremony on nonviolence. Little Rock
will host an Equality Summit for LGBTQ
rights, a peace vigil, a public dialogue on
the Pope’s encyclical on the environment,
a panel on peace in the Middle East, and a
food drive for the poor of Arkansas.
I myself will take part in events in Washington, D.C. and in northern New Mexico, at
“The Gathering for Mother Earth,” sponsored by Tewa Women United. There, at
the San Ildefonso Pueblo, one of the poorest counties in the nation, located just below the mountain of Los Alamos where all
our nuclear weapons are built, and one of
the richest counties in the nation, indigenous women will lead workshops against
poverty, nuclear weapons, and environmental destruction. I will speak on the
need to deepen our nonviolence, and to
continue to organize and resist this culture
of violence.
These pueblo women, to my mind, embody
the struggle of nonviolence in our country.
For decades, the nuclear weapons manufacturers have been dumping radioactive
waste down the mountain onto their sacred land. They have been resisting violence every day of their lives. In their
peaceful spirit, they will call us once again
OLQP Bulletin Back Page—September 19-20, 2015
to wake up and protect Mother Earth and
our children.
As Pope Francis visits the United States this
week, and challenges us to end poverty,
war, executions, racism, nuclear weapons
and environmental destruction, many of us
will take to the streets with the same message. It is a message not heard in the discourse for next year’s presidential election,
but the plea of ordinary people across the
country who are sick of violence.
The message is simple: “We want a new
culture of nonviolence. We want to live in
peace with justice for one another. We
want to take care of the earth, stop killing
others, and start rebuilding the world so
that everyone has food, housing,
healthcare, education, employment and
dignity.”
Not only is it unusual to see a week of coordinated nationwide actions for peace
and justice in the United States, it’s unusual that these events cover the whole gamut
of issues involving violence and injustice.
Millions of people are fed up with every
form of violence, with the entire culture of
violence, and want a new culture of nonviolence as Dr. King taught.
Though the mainstream media does not
cover such grassroots organizing, we take
to the streets anyway to speak out and
stand up in the hope of building a new,
larger grassroots movement that will wake
more people up and turn the tide of our
nation.
In effect, we are trying to build a
“movement of movements,” based on the
insight that the only way change happens
in our nation’s history is through bottom
up grassroots movements. Next week will
mark another start in the rebuilding of that
movement.
John Dear is Pace e Bene’s Outreach Coordinator and an author, most recently of Thomas
Merton: Peacemaker. He is a Pax Christi USA
Ambassador of Peace.
September 18, 2015
http://paxchristiusa.org/