The merger of Queen of Angels Parish and our neighbors at St. Matthias Parish will take place on Saturday, August 1, 2020. As of that date, the two parishes will be seen as one entity by the Archdiocese, with one Pastor and one set of records. Monsignor Jim
Kaczorowski has been appointed to be the Pastor for this new parish. Those are the only things that really must change as of August 1. With the help of our Pastor, parish leaders and staff, the true unification of our people, ministries and operations will develop
over time and as possible during this pandemic. The focus at the moment is on reopening school facilities and making plans for the Fall, such as for CCD and events delayed last Spring.
Temporarily, the new parish will be known as Queen of Angels and St. Matthias Parish until we can hold a process to name the new
parish. We will see this name used more often starting next week, because it points toward our two parishes beginning to become one people. The church buildings will retain their own names. St. Matthias School will be run by the Office of Catholic Schools as an IB World School, and Queen of Angels School will be the parish school for the new parish.
An important step in joining the two parishes is for parishioners to get to know each other, which will be easiest for those involved in similar ministries across the two parishes. Though this work is made more difficult by the pandemic and social distancing
requirements, phone calls and video conferencing can make it possible to take some first steps. We will do our best to match ministries together so that our parishioners can get to know each other.