January 29, 2023
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Mary Our Queen Catholic School will be hosting their Open House this Tuesday, January 31st. We invite you to join us during Catholic Schools week and see why your child belongs at Mary Our Queen Catholic School. Every classroom this day will be featured in our Showcase of knowledge. You will have the opportunity to tour our campus, visit the classroom, meet our Principal and other MOQ Parents. Please call us at 402-333-8663 or email at moqschoolomaha@moqschool.org for questions. This week will also be Catholic Schools Week.
Our Men’s Club will be hosting their 30th Annual Wild Game Feed next Saturday, February 4th. This is the Men’s Club’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The proceeds from this event allows the Men’s Club to support Christmas families, tuition assistance, athletics, robotics and much more. The Men’s Club have been a Blessing to Mary Our Queen and would like to take this opportunity to invite you to come help support Mary Our Queen’s Men’s Club.
We invite you to mark your calendars for February 25th which will be our Annual Parish Fundraiser – the MARQUEE. The theme for our MARQUEE this year is – One for the Generations. This year our Parish celebrates our 60th Anniversary. Our MARQUEE celebration is in light of all that has been done to build up our community for the last 60 years. We are grateful for the work of our MARQUEE Chairs Mike and Rachelle Heser and Adam and Tiffany Heser and for all involved in organizing this event.
This week, our Parish hosted a luncheon for the Parish Offices of St John Vianney and Mary Our Queen so that we can get to know each other. The hope is that our offices be integrated into one office that serves both Parishes when we become a Family of Parishes. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we pray for a smooth transition.
We are in the midst of changing our database, communications and online giving software. This will give us the opportunity to integrate our Church software to something which is more comprehensive instead of using multiple software applications that requires the replication of different tasks. We will be sending communications to inform you of the process and how you are able to log into this new software with ease. As we enter the new year, you will be hearing about our Stewardship renewal plans for our Parish. This will not be just monetary, but it will incorporate the financial, ministry and spiritual needs of our parish and school community.
With Fr Tom Bauwens slowly transitioning in, we will be returning to having weekday 6:20am Masses from Tuesday to Friday. Please note that Mondays at 6:20am will still be a Communion Service. We will relook at reinstating the 5pm Mass on Sundays after Mary Our Queen and St John Vianney becomes a Family of Parishes on July 1st.
God’s Blessings,
Fr Marc