LIFE CHAIN OCTOBER 5^th:  The Annual Life Chain is at 2:30pm on Sunday October 5^th.  Queens parishioners will be on the north side of Michigan Avenue from the downtown side of Wisner St. (east) going up to West Avenue.  Signs will be provided.  This is not a protect. It is a prayer vigil to bring public awareness that the plight of the unborn at risk of abortion continues. Queens is the only church that covers a whole block by ourselves, or in this case three whole blocks!  We can only do it if you show up as consistently as you have in the past.  I look forward to seeing you there!

50 YEARS OF PRO-LIFE ACTIVITY IN JACKSON will be celebrated in the Queens parking lot after the Life Chain on Sunday the 5^th.  After you stand your post on Michigan Avenue until 3:30m come join us here for a free picnic sponsored by Jackson Right to Life marking the golden jubilee of pro-life events in Jackson.  On behalf of everyone, I congratulate Kathy Potts and Beth Thorrez and their board for all the fine work they do! 

THE PUBLIC ROSARY will take place at 2:00pm on Sunday October 12^th at the Horace Blackman Park next to the old Hayes Hotel in downtown Jackson.  There will be the patriotic rosary, the sung chaplet of Divine Mercy and a Eucharistic Procession through the streets of downtown.  There is limited seating, you might bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. 

Each time we think we are done with portrait appointments for the parish directory, we discover more people who want to be in the book who missed the deadline.  Therefore, we have added two more days and that will be it for this edition.  You can call or stop by the Queens Parish Office for portrait appointments on Monday October 6.  The other dat September 29 is now full.  There are still 14 open slots between 4 and 8pm on the 6th.    You can also book your own appointment online:

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Join Catholic women from all over the state for inspiring speakers, confession, adoration, food and shopping, and Mass with the Bishop.  As an added bonus, Fr. Mathias Thelen will be there!  If you would like to ride a Lumen bus instead of driving, one will depart from the rear of Queens School at 7:45am on Saturday October 11th.  Contact the QMM parish office at 517.783.2748 or email ecrosby@queenschurch.com to reserve a spot. 

If you want a fun and easy way to learn more about the scriptures, consider taking part in the Bible Timeline:  the Story of Salvation, a new 24-week scripture series from Ascension Press.  The class is forming now. 

This was set to begin on September 30th but we are going to delay it a couple weeks as we just found out the whole series has been redone with new materials and we want to get it hot off the press.  If the materials arrive in time the Timeline Bible Study should begin on October 21st in Vincentian Hall at 6:30pm.

The class will be broken up into three 8-week sessions lasting until Spring of 2026.  This is a low-cost, easy way to learn more about the Bible using a mix of video learning, lecture and table discussion. 

Come make friends.  Come make a difference in your faith.  Use the link below to register as so many others already have:

Your $150 ticket gets you dinner for 2 and many chances to win great prizes including the grand prize of $10,000!  Tickets will be on sale by the elevator after some Masses and at the parish or school office during the week. 

The Men’s Club is looking for volunteers to help them spread wood chips on the playgrounds this Saturday at 9am.  All you need to bring is gloves, a metal rake and a push broom. If you have a gas-powered or electric leaf blower, that would be a huge plus. 

“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