All are welcome to attend 5pm mass for extra blessings of St Patrick & St Joseph then can walk on over to the Commons PTO’s St Patrick’s Day Party held Saturday, March 16th from 6-9pm in the gym, 4412 N Western Avenue. The Men’s Club will be hosting “spirits” in Mission Hall. Pizza, wings, beverages, crafts, music, cake walk, and entertainment from John O’Hara Irish Dancers will all be included. Suggested donation $40 per family/$10 individual. Optional donations greatly appreciated-veggies, chips, appetizers, Irish soda bread, desserts, and/or Irish themed cakes or cookies for the cake walk prizes.

Notre Dame College Prep recently announced its Fall 2023 Semester Honor Roll. The following individuals who earned honors are Queen of Angels graduates and/or Queen of Apostles parishioners.

Summa Cum Laude
Zachary Grace ‘26
Michael Look ‘27
William Suminski ‘26
Jack Williams ‘25
Timothy Witchger ‘24

Magna Cum Laude
John Look ‘27
Anthony Spalla ‘24
Jacob Suminski ‘24

Parishioners are invited to participate in Lenten charity projects with the 200+ children in our parish’s Religious  Education and Confirmation Preparation programs. Efforts to help the hungry near and far include:

•  SVDP Lenten Food Drive—bags are being distributed at church this weekend with suggested donations
•  CRS Rice Bowl—pick up banks in the gathering space at church; return to church during Holy Week, March 23-31.

All are invited to attend the Confirmation of 60 of our young people at 1 p.m. this Saturday, February 24, at Queen of Angels Church. The Most Reverend Daniel Turley Murphy, Bishop Emeritus of Chulucanas, Peru, will celebrate the Mass and confer the sacrament. These young people, called candidates during their time of preparation, come from Queen of Angels School and 20+ different public, private and charter schools or homeschooling. Twelve candidates are in high school.

Candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and have many different interests and after-school activities. Their Confirmation Prep classes helped them deepen their relationship with Jesus, get to know the Holy Spirit a little better, and become familiar with the rituals of the Confirmation Mass. They wrote letters to Father Jason requesting that he present them for Confirmation, and they reflected on the lives of the saints by whose names the bishop will call them. Our young people were asked to perform and document at least 5 hours of Christian service.

Through study of healthy relationships, Catholic Social Teaching, the Beatitudes, and the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, the candidates made connections between their actions and their faith. The Confirmation candidates also spent time deepening their sacramental and prayer life to grow in discipleship. They attended Mass regularly with their families and as a group in October for the Rite of Enrollment. They experienced praise and worship music, inspiring talks, Eucharistic Adoration and Mass during the Rise Up retreat last Fall. They recently went to confession to purify their hearts for the coming of the Holy Spirit.

During their preparation, they have prayed in written and spoken word, in song, with the Scriptures, in quiet meditation, in rap, in gesture, and in ancient chants. These candidates have also been challenged to continue to develop their faith beyond Confirmation as fully initiated Catholic Christians.

Let us invite them into the ministries of our parish and mentor them in responsible citizenship in our Church. Please join them this week in praying for the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom, Knowledge, Counsel (Right Judgment), Understanding, Fortitude (Courage), Piety (Reverence) and Fear of the Lord (Wonder and Awe).