Please support the Knights of Columbus Friday Fish Dinners in the Queens School cafeteria.  Dine-in, drive thru and take out are available each Lenten Friday from 4:30 – 7:00pm, with the exception of Good Friday April 3^rd.  Each week, you are invited to come over to the Church after the fish fry to join us in praying the Stations of the Cross so together we can walk with Jesus on his lonesome road to Calvary. 

You can also pray the Stations of the Cross on Friday afternoons at 2:15pm with the students of Queens School on February 27 and March 6, 13 and 20.

THE DISCIPLE MAKER INDEX is a diocesan wide online survey that helps our leaders understand the needs, beliefs and practices of those who attend Mass and participate in parish life.  This information is helpful to our Bishop and his staff and also to us when we are determining priorities and programs and where we should devote our resources.  It doesn’t take long to complete and is very easy to do. The survey link is below.

This event is free but we do take a free will offering to defray our expenses in hosting the event. 

I am in the confessional on Saturday afternoons from 3:30 until the start of the 5pm Mass. 

This Lent I am asking you to consider making a donation in support of the robust Catholic ministry taking place each week in all the Jackson prisons and now also in the county jail. Hundreds of bibles have been distributed along with other materials to support the ministry, all thanks to your generosity. The priests, deacons and laity involved in restorative justice ministry are carrying the light of Christ into there places where it is so badly needed and so greatly appreciated.

THE DIOCESAN SERVICES APPEAL theme for 2026 is “What we give is what we have from the Lord” (1 Chronicles 29:14).  The diocese needs to raise $6,000,000 through the DSA to cover two-thirds of its operating budget and provide vital support to more than 100 programs and ministries.  The Queens 2026 parish DSA goal is $211,856.  Last year, our goal was $220,214 and we took in pledges and gifts totaling $249,139.   While it is always my hope to attract new givers to the parish and to the diocese, it remains true that if everyone who gave last year gives again and at the same level, we should have no problem surpassing our goal.  We will watch the DSA video with a message from Bishop Boyea and start soliciting your gifts and pledges on the weekend of March 7-8.

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teaching” (Heb 13:8-9).

Fr. Tim MacDonald

Pastor