Parish News
Prayer is at the heart of all we do. It is an attitude of trust and openness to God’s plan. We encourage you to pray about how the Lord is calling you to give.
May we honor God with a generous and grateful response, knowing that
He will use our gifts for His Glory, now and forever.
~Fr. Miguel Alvizures, Pastor
Your gifts to Mary Queen are an investment in faith, hope, and love.
Every gift, big or small, makes a difference!
May we honor God with a generous and grateful response, knowing that
He will use our gifts for His Glory, now and forever.
~Fr. Miguel Alvizures, Pastor
Your gifts to Mary Queen are an investment in faith, hope, and love.
Every gift, big or small, makes a difference!
May you be blessed in return, one hundredfold!
Please return your response card to the parish office or respond online at
MQHR.org/give
Mary Queen Church Christmas Children's Choir (grades 2-8) will sing at the 4pm Mass on Christmas Eve. There are two rehearsal options Sundays 3-3:45pm & Wednesday 3:15-4pm starting November 27th
Sign up by emailing Adam Beeken abeeken@cdlex.org or using this link.
Sign up by emailing Adam Beeken abeeken@cdlex.org or using this link.
We are now accepting donations for Christmas Candles and Christmas Flowers. The names of your loved ones will be printed in the bulletin for Christmas. The candles will remain lit until January 9th in honor of your loved one(s).
Suggested donation $10 for candles and $25 for flowers.
You may place your donation along with your loved ones name in an envelope marked Christmas Candle or Flower Memorial in the Sunday collection basket or leave at the parish office BY DECEMBER 14.
You may place your donation along with your loved ones name in an envelope marked Christmas Candle or Flower Memorial in the Sunday collection basket or leave at the parish office BY DECEMBER 14.
Fellow Parishioners,
Our Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Knights of Columbus is soliciting donations so that we may participate in Supreme’s (National) Coats for Kids this winter to deliver new coats to children.
The local plan is to deliver coats to elementary school aged children in the Lexington area.
Please see the below article on the Knights of Columbus web site:
https://www.kofc.org/en/what-we-do/faith-in-action-programs/community/coats-for-kids.html
One box of 12 variety sized coats costs $237.38 purchased through the Knights of Columbus. Our council has voted to purchase 2 boxes to start.
If you would like to contribute any amount, $5, $10, $25, $250 or more for this endeavor, please mail a check to:
K of C
C/O Steve Hernandez
644 Nakomi Drive
Lexington, KY 40503
Please make the check out to: K of C Council 14372 and write “Coats for Kids” on the memo line.
A letter suitable for identifying charitable contributions for tax purposes will be mailed back to you for any amount you choose to send.
We ask that you make your contribution by 30 Nov. 2022 so that we can have a tally of funds available to make the coat purchase.
Thank you,
Steve Hernandez
Financial Secretary
Knights of Columbus Council #14372
Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary
Our Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Knights of Columbus is soliciting donations so that we may participate in Supreme’s (National) Coats for Kids this winter to deliver new coats to children.
The local plan is to deliver coats to elementary school aged children in the Lexington area.
Please see the below article on the Knights of Columbus web site:
https://www.kofc.org/en/what-we-do/faith-in-action-programs/community/coats-for-kids.html
One box of 12 variety sized coats costs $237.38 purchased through the Knights of Columbus. Our council has voted to purchase 2 boxes to start.
If you would like to contribute any amount, $5, $10, $25, $250 or more for this endeavor, please mail a check to:
K of C
C/O Steve Hernandez
644 Nakomi Drive
Lexington, KY 40503
Please make the check out to: K of C Council 14372 and write “Coats for Kids” on the memo line.
A letter suitable for identifying charitable contributions for tax purposes will be mailed back to you for any amount you choose to send.
We ask that you make your contribution by 30 Nov. 2022 so that we can have a tally of funds available to make the coat purchase.
Thank you,
Steve Hernandez
Financial Secretary
Knights of Columbus Council #14372
Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary
Our Music Ministry is looking for:
Skilled Instrumentalists
Trumpets, Trombones, Flute, Clarinet for the 10pm Christmas Eve Mass
Skilled Instrumentalists
Trumpets, Trombones, Flute, Clarinet for the 10pm Christmas Eve Mass
Tenors for our Christmas Choir www.mqhr.org/christmaschoir (but all parts welcome)
Music Ministry Intern for Spring 2023 (contact Adam Beeken abeeken@cdlex.org)
Last month the Diocese released updated COVID guidelines. The summary for our parish includes:
- Eucharistic Ministers are no longer required to wear masks.
- The Cup may return to Mass.*
- Music ministers are recommended, but not required, to be vaccinated.
- May increase congregational singing
*We will return to having the Cup at Mass when we have sufficient Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Please consider signing up as part of this ministry. Our target goal is the First Sunday of Advent, November 27.
Adult Formation on Sunday mornings is held in the ELC Media center (also known as the school library) to coincide with the children's formation class time at 9:15-10:30am. All adults are invited!
Estaremos ofreciendo catecismo para adultos los domingos por la mañana en el laboratorio de ciencias de la planta superior de la escuela para coincidir con la hora de la clase de formación para niños de 9:15 a 10:30 a. m. ¡Todos los adultos están invitados!
St. William and Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary
Giving Tree 2022
It’s almost that time of year for the Giving Tree 2022! Gift tags and money
donation envelopes will be placed on the Giving Tree in the gathering area
of the church on Friday, November 18, 2022. There will be no on-line gift tags. Please purchase gifts NEW.
Donations welcome at THIS LINK.
Checks are accepted and can be mailed to:
St. William Catholic Church
521 W. Fifth Street
London, KY 40741
Please write ‘Giving Tree’ on the memo line of the check.
Your continued support of this program is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Watch for the large truck to arrive in our parking lot next week to receive NEW or GENTLY LOVED toys for all ages for the Faith & Community Christmas Store.
The truck will be here through the month of November to accept donations.
Preschool Teacher Assistant Needed
Please send a resume or letter of interest to Ms. Brown at
becky.brown@maryqueenschool.org
Please send a resume or letter of interest to Ms. Brown at
becky.brown@maryqueenschool.org
The MQHR Craft & Vendor Fair will be here before you know it on December 3! Reserve your spot today by emailing Kris at MQHRHolidayFair@gmail.com.
MAGNIFICAT BREAKFAST
Saturday, December 3
Come to a Magnificat breakfast on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at the Cathedral of Christ the King, 299 Colony Blvd., (Hehman Hall) Lexington, KY where Hilda Pullen will be the speaker. Hilda, as one of eight children, was raised by a widowed mother in Pennsylvania and Detroit, Michigan as a Catholic. She met her husband, John Pullen, and had five children. Hilda suffered the difficult loss of two children, one as an infant and the other from a life-long illness. Her 3 daughters remain. IBM moved the family to Lexington in 1957, where the family became parishioners of St. Peter's Catholic Church. Hilda has been active in the Right to Life board of Central Kentucky since 1973. She begins each day with a rosary and a Mass on EWTN. She is a member of a rosary club and has made many fine pieces. She still enjoys gardening, a weekly bridge game and her cherished home. Please contact Pat Hunt by email at magnificatrsvp@gmail.com by November 30 to reserve a spot. An email confirmation will be sent to you. We cannot accept walk-ins. Please cancel reservations, if you cannot attend, three days prior to event. If circumstances prohibit timely cancellation, please consider sending a donation to our Magnificat Chapter to cover the cost of the meal that was ordered. Payment of $15.00 can be made at the time of the breakfast for those with reservations. Breakfast will be served by Suggins Restaurant. Mass at 8AM. MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR FUTURE BREAKFASTS: 2/11/23 and 4/29/23.
THE DIGNITY PROJECT
Your help is needed to build the Dignity Project at the Catholic Action Center for the elderly and disabled who are without a home and care. A sad but often hidden and lonely secret in Lexington is that many of those left on our streets are elderly and disabled….people who may have lived a life with and now find themselves without: without a home, without family or friends to care for them in their aging and not fitting into the systems that provide care for our citizens who are aging. Often it is a temporary situation as they wait for a bed to open in assisted living but with the Baby Boomer generation aging, and services overwhelmed by the need, a temporary displacement to live in a car or on the streets is robbing our brothers and sisters of their dignity, safety and health. Other shelters in Lexington are not available for them because of their mobility and health issues. This gap in our community must be addressed. We at the Catholic Action Center have been taking many folks in but need to retrofit areas and add services in order to care for them with dignity and safety.
Many of you know the struggles to care for aging parents, siblings, spouses and the systems that have to be overcome to find that care. That takes time, persistence and love. We need your prayers and donations to make this happen. Please consider making a donation to the Dignity Project this holiday season!
Donations can be made online at catholicactioncenter.net or
mailed to Catholic Action Center P.O. Box 324 Lex. KY 40588
Mark that it is for The Dignity Project and if you wish, make it in honor or memory of a loved one. Email caclex2000@gmail.com with any questions.
HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON MINISTRY FOR THE BEREAVED
IS OFFERING A PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO MOURN.
How can I make it through the holidays while missing the one I love? Whatever your age, whoever has died, whatever the cause of death, holidays lived in the absence of a loved one can be a very difficult time. This program offers words of faith, support, personal testimonies, acts of kindness, and powerful tools to aid you through the holidays.
CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE CHRIST CATHOLIC CHURCH
299 Colony Blvd * Lexington, Ky . 40502
Sunday, Dec 4, 2022
Program 2:00-4:00
Parish Room A * Enter though Hehman Hall
For more information contact us ckotzbauer1@gmail.com
Deacon Bob Kotzbauer @859-273-3645 or Connie Kotzbauer @859-351-1498
Calvary Cemetery
December 11 Worldwide Candle Lighting at South Elkhorn Christian Church 4343 Harrodsburg Road 6 PM meet 6:30 PM program begins hosted by Compassionate Friends. Please join all bereaved parents around the globe as we remember our children who have died, at any age and from any cause. You may bring a picture for the memory table. All family and friends are welcome. If you can't join physically, please light your own candle at 7 pm, and imagine the wave of light circling the earth.
December 20 One year anniversary of first Columbarium installation in the new St. Gertrude the Great section: "Eternal Father, I offer thee the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen."
Calvary is the Cemetery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington located at 874 West Main Street
Please join us in prayer and gifts of support for those who call upon us
throughout our diocese. Why do we have a Diocesan Annual Appeal?
As a designated Mission Diocese, the Catholic Diocese of Lexington and our parishes raise money each year to provide for those we serve through missions and ministry throughout our 50-county geographic area. We walk alongside our brothers and sisters in mutual support and ask you to join us.
All funds given to the Diocesan Annual Appeal are crucial to provide support for:
• Charitable outreach in the forms of food, clothing, counseling and emergency assistance in Eastern and Central Kentucky
• Formation of a new generation of Priests and permanent deacons
• Sustaining parishes including parishes with missions in remote parts of the diocese
• Educating students in our Catholic schools
• Programs and ministries that are beyond the resources of any one individual parish that are shepherded by the Chancery office
throughout our diocese. Why do we have a Diocesan Annual Appeal?
As a designated Mission Diocese, the Catholic Diocese of Lexington and our parishes raise money each year to provide for those we serve through missions and ministry throughout our 50-county geographic area. We walk alongside our brothers and sisters in mutual support and ask you to join us.
All funds given to the Diocesan Annual Appeal are crucial to provide support for:
• Charitable outreach in the forms of food, clothing, counseling and emergency assistance in Eastern and Central Kentucky
• Formation of a new generation of Priests and permanent deacons
• Sustaining parishes including parishes with missions in remote parts of the diocese
• Educating students in our Catholic schools
• Programs and ministries that are beyond the resources of any one individual parish that are shepherded by the Chancery office
