Queen of Apostles Catholic Parish

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Novena for Healing and Atonement

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Please join Bishop Mark Bartosic and the Viciariate II parishes for a 9 day novena for healing and atonement addressing the issue of clergy sexual abuse. This novena will be held at the 9 churches below. All of them will be at 7pm except for The National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini,  that Sunday will be held at 11am.
Through prayers and reflection of the Holy Spirit within our church, we will pray for  healing and peace for our victims, their abusers, and our Catholic churches. Join in this opportunity to walk together in the Spirit toward reparation,  forgiveness and healing.
As with our new normalcy, and for contact tracing, please sign up with each church and reserve your seat.  Please bring a friend or come alone, whichever way you decide,  reserve a spot.
Dates/Churches
 
Tuesday 4/20 Holy Child of Jesus Parish (at St. Margaret Mary Church) – 2324 W. Chase Ave.
Wednesday 4/21 Mary Mother of God Parish (at St. Ita Church) – 5500 N. Broadway
Thursday 4/22 St. Clement Church – 642 W. Deming Place
 
Friday 4/23 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church – 708 W. Belmont
Saturday 4/24 Immaculate Conception/St. Joseph Parish – 1431 N. North Park Ave.
 
Sunday 4/25 The National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini – 2520  N. Lakeview Ave.
Monday 4/26 St. Benedict Church – 2215 W. Irving Park Road
 
Tuesday 4/27 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church – 1775 Grove St. Glenview, Il
Wednesday 4/28 Sheil Catholic Center – 2110 Sheridan Road, Evanston,  Il.

Divine Mercy Holy Hour & Enshrinement

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Join us to observe a Holy Hour of Prayer in the Queen of Angels Church at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 10, 2021 as part of Divine Mercy Sunday weekend.  The hour includes solemn exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, the Liturgy of the Hours, the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, music, and a reflection from guest presider Father Xamie Reyes.   Prayer aids will be available. At the end of the Holy Hour, our Pastor Monsignor Jim Kaczorowski will lead Benediction and the enshrinement of an image of the Divine Mercy for Queen of Angels Church, site of shared worship for Queen of Apostles Parish (formerly Queen of Angels and St. Matthias).

Divine Mercy shrine at St. Matthias Church
Divine Mercy shrine at St. Matthias Church

Because of the pandemic, please register for the Holy Hour if you plan to attend.  Attendees are encouraged to plan to return for the 5 p.m. Mass which anticipates Divine Mercy Sunday.  Please register separately for the 5 p.m. Mass.  The church will be emptied for sanitizing between the two events.

The Divine Mercy Novena, prayed over 9 days from Good Friday through the Sunday following Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday). is an opportunity to express trust in the greatness of God’s mercy, to pray for different groups of souls and to immerse them in the fount of mercy represented by the blood and water flowing from the wounds of Christ crucified, as was revealed to St. Faustina Kowalska.

  • Eucharistic Adoration is time spent praying before the Blessed Sacrament, the Eucharist, recognizing that we are with Jesus when we are with the Eucharist in which Jesus is truly present.
  • The Liturgy of the Hours, or Divine Office, is the set of daily prayers prayed at different hours of each day by priests, ordinary lay Catholics, and religious communities of monks and nuns with whom it is especially associated.
  • The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is a different set of prayers, for the salvation of souls, that can be prayed with the help of the beads of an ordinary Rosary.

Easter Greetings

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Easter 2021

Dear Parishioners,

As we celebrate Easter, we know deep in our hearts that the road to Resurrection and New Life may be the one we least expect.

In his book Show Me the Way, Henri Nouwen describes our Lord’s life as one of “hiddenness.”  In other words, Christ’s journey towards Resurrection and New Life was paradoxically one of downward mobility, a life where power, popularity and ambition had no value.

As the Light of Christ from our Paschal candle shines in the darkness at our Holy Saturday Vigil service, let us say “Thanks be to God!” for all our parishioners and family members who serve and love God’s people in “hiddenness”— people who neither seek nor desire power, popularity and upward mobility.  Their only concern is that the hearts of their brothers and sisters will be set on fire by the Light of Christ.

On behalf of the staff of our newly named Queen of Apostles Parish, I wish you and your loved ones a Blessed and Joyful Easter.  May Christ our Light continue to break through the darkness of our lives and the lives of the people we love.

A blessed Easter,

Monsignor Jim Kaczorowski
Pastor

Pascua, 2021

Queridos Feligreses,

Al celebrar la Pascua, sabemos muy dentro en nuestros corazones que el camino a la Resurrección y Nueva Vida puede ser el que menos esperamos.

En su libro Show Me the Way (Enséñame el Camino), Henri Nouwen describe la vida de nuestro Señor como una de “escondimiento.”  En otras palabras, la jornada de Cristo hacia la Resurrección y la Nueva Vida era paradójicamente una de movilidad descendente, una vida donde el poder, popularidad y ambición no tenían valor.

Como la Luz de Cristo brilla en la oscuridad en nuestro servicio de la Vigilia Pascual del Sábado de Gloria, digamos “Demos gracias a Dios” por todos los miembros de nuestra parroquia y de nuestra familia quienes sirven y aman a la gente de Dios en “escondimiento” – gente que ni desea poder, popularidad o movilidad ascendente.  Su única preocupación es que los corazones de sus hermanos y hermanas se enciendan como fuego con la Luz de Cristo.

A nombre del personal de nuestra parroquia, ahora llamada Reina de los Apóstoles, les deseo a ustedes y sus seres queridos una Pascua llena de bendiciones y gozo.  Que la Luz de Cristo continúe rompiendo la oscuridad de nuestras vidas y las vidas de la gente que amamos.

Una bendita Pascua,

Monseñor Jim Kaczorowski
Párroco

Easter 2021 Greetings from Cardinal Cupich * Carta con Saludos de Pascua del Cardenal Cupich

Letter from Fr. Larry McNally

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Dear Family of Queen of Apostles,   

Holy Week Greetings.  I am looking forward to celebrating with you the Triduum and celebrating Easter Sunday Morning Mass.  This is my favorite Church week of the year.

I want to tell you all that I am retiring after just about 44 years as a priest.  I love being a priest, and I have so enjoyed my life as a priest.   I have enjoyed my time here with you, and you have helped me grow as a priest.  I thank Fr. Jim for all his support of me and our parish over these past few years.  I thank him also for advocating for me and graciously inviting me to stay on for a few extra months after our merger to be here with you.  I am so grateful for the extra time to be here with you while the Cardinal and Vicar for Priests helped me to discern my next position.

To our St. Matthias Parishioners I am glad through your generosity we were able to paint the interior of the Church to help us to celebrate the Sacraments of our Church.  Yes, the last months have been at times painful and sad for us, but let us join now with Queen of Angels and be one with them now known as Queen of Apostles.

And to Queen of Angels Parishioners, thank you for your friendly welcome each and every Sunday Morning.

 I will be moving to the Bishop Lyne Retirement Home in Palos Park in April.  The room I have been assigned to is not ready for occupancy yet.

I will be back in the summer hopefully after the Covid 19 is mostly over to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for my wonderful time here.

Please know that you will continue to be in my daily Prayers.

I thank you so very much for your priestly support in my time here.  I so appreciate it.

As my Grandmother used to say, “God loves” and He does.  And I love you, too.

GOD’S BLESSINGS!

Fr. Larry

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Querida familia de la Reina de los Apóstoles,

Estoy muy agradecido por el tiempo extra para estar aquí con Uds., mientras que el Cardenal y Vicario de sacerdotes me ayudaron a discernir mi siguiente paso.

A nuestros feligreses de San Matías, me alegro por su generosidad de poder pintar el interior de la iglesia para ayudarnos a celebrar los sacramentos de nuestra iglesia. Sí, los últimos meses han sido dolorosos y tristes a veces para nosotros, pero unámonos ahora con la Reina de los Ángeles y seamos uno con ellos ahora conocida como ,

Saludos de Semana Santa. Estoy deseando celebrar con Uds. el Triduo Pasucal y celebrar la Misa del Domingo de Pascua por la mañana esta es mi semana favorita del año en la Iglesia.
Quiero decirles a todos que me voy a jubilar después de unos 44 años como sacerdote. Me encanta ser sacerdote, y he disfrutado tanto de mi vida como sacerdote. He disfrutado de mi tiempo aquí con Uds., y me han ayudado a crecer como sacerdote. Gracias a Padre Jim por todo su apoyo a mí y a nuestra parroquia en estos últimos años. También le agradezco que me haya abogado y me haya invitado gentilmente a permanecer unos meses más después de nuestra unión para estar aquí con Uds.  Estoy muy agradecido por el tiempo extra para estar aquí con Uds., mientras que el Cardenal y Vicario de sacerdotes me ayudaron a discernir mi siguiente paso.

A nuestros feligreses de San Matías, me alegro por su generosidad de poder pintar el interior de la iglesia para ayudarnos a celebrar los sacramentos de nuestra iglesia. Sí, los últimos meses han sido dolorosos y tristes a veces para nosotros, pero unámonos ahora con la Reina de los Ángeles y seamos uno con ellos ahora conocida como Reina de los Apóstoles.

 

Y a los feligreses de Reina de los Ángeles, gracias por su amable bienvenida cada domingo por la mañana.

En abril me trasladaré a la Casa de Jubilación del Obispo Lyne en Palos Park.  La habitación a la que me han asignado todavía no está lista para la ocupación.

Volveré en el verano, después de que con suerte el Covid 19 en su mayoría haya terminado para celebrar una Misa de Acción de Gracias por mi maravilloso tiempo aquí.

Por favor, sepan Uds. que seguirán estando en mis oraciones diarias.

Muchas gracias por su apoyo sacerdotal en mi tiempo aquí. Lo aprecio mucho.
Como mi abuela solía decir, “Dios ama” y lo hace. Y yo también amo a Uds.
¡BENDICIONES DE DIOS!

Padre Larry

Remembering Fr. Harry Bonin

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Father Harry Bonin passed into eternal life this past Monday, March 22, 2021. 

Father Bonin was the choir director while resident at Queen of Angels and teaching at Quigley North in the 1970s.  He later returned to help as a weekend celebrant in more recent years as a retired priest, until his health made the long drive from his home no longer safe  He was a great advocate for the poor and homeless, and fostered justice in his parishes by learning Spanish to better serve those in his local flock.  He will be greatly missed!

The funeral for Father Harry Bonin will be streamed live at 11 a.m. Monday, March 29, 2021 on the website of St. John of the Cross Parish in Western Springs (click on the blue banner for the live video broadcast).

Queen of Angels Choir with Father Bonin (right end of top row), c. 1980
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