This week at MQOA:

• Pg. 3 Today’s Mass readings and prayers • Pg. 5 Mass with Healing Prayer • Pg. 5 Celebrate Mardi Gras! • Pg. 5 Support our parish by giving online

WELCOME We are a new

parish, established

in August of 2017,

comprised of

St. James and

Immaculate

Conception churches.

We work together to

invite all people to a

deeper relationship

with Jesus through

our liturgies and

opportunities to learn

and to serve one

another.

FEBRUARY 10, 2019 www.salemcatholiccommunity.org

978-745-9060 info@salemcatholiccommunity.org

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A MESSAGE FROM FR. MURRAY

This week we celebrate that most romantic of holidays, St. Valentine’s Day. It is a day that reminds us of the importance of shared love and the joy that comes from the mutual love that couples have for one another. It is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of marriage in our Church and in our society. We name one of our sacraments of adulthood the Sacrament of Marriage. There is a grace that is given to couples as they start their lives together. We celebrate a lot of weddings here at Mary, Queen of the Apostles Parish. Couples are drawn here by the beauty of the churches and the attraction of Salem as well as the advantage of having hotels that are walking distance from our churches. It is not uncommon to see brides and grooms and their wedding parties walking across the street to the Waterfront Hotel or up to the Hawthorne for their receptions after the ceremonies. The Peabody Essex Museum also allows couples to have their receptions in the museum, so if one does not want to dance there is always art to look at. I am proud of the wedding ministry that we have here. Couples are welcomed by the wedding ministry team of Martin and Stacey Walsh, and with our music ministry we are able to provide a wonderful, prayerful experience for each couple and their families and guests. They can receive marriage preparation classes here and meet with Angelique Bolduc to plan the ceremony of their dreams. We will be preparing a space in the lower church at IC for brides to come and do their last-minute preparations. We have scheduled 18 weddings so far for 2019 and expect a few more will trickle in before the year is through. One of the definitions of marriage is that it is a lifelong relationship that is faithful and procreative. It is open to the possibility of cooperating with God in bringing life into the world. Love is what God is, and He wants our good, so for married couples to will the good of the other and their family is what marriage is really about. We can say about marriage that each is asked, among other responsibilities, to help one on the journey to heaven. That means that couples must love one another with this in mind. I think of my parents on this day, because February 14 is also my mother’s birthday. She was a lifelong conservative Republican, while my father was a picket-line walking (when necessary) union Democrat. My brother reminds me sometimes that around election time we could warm our food by putting it between their arguments. But we knew that, as hotly as they argued about politics, they loved one another and us. (Maybe they learned this at their marriage preparation classes!) We want to wish all married couples a happy and loving Valentine’s Day. May the love which you first professed on your wedding day continue to grow and deepen. Peace, Father Murray I apologize to those who were cold at IC a few weeks back. The bad news is that the heat went out (we're not

sure why), but everything is working again. And at St. James, a problem with a new motor caused the heat to shut off.

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UN MENSAJE DEL PADRE MURRAY

Esta semana celebramos la más romántica de las fiestas, el día de San Valentín. Es un día que nos recuerda la importancia del amor compartido y la alegría que proviene del amor mutuo que las parejas se tienen unas a otras. Es una oportunidad para reflexionar sobre la importancia del matrimonio en nuestra iglesia y en nuestra sociedad. Uno de nuestros sacramentos de la adultez es llamado Sacramento del Matrimonio. Es una gracia que se da a las parejas cuando comienzan sus vidas juntas. Celebramos muchos matrimonios aquí en la parroquia María, Reina de los Apóstoles. La belleza de las iglesias y las atracciones de Salem nos ayudan para estas celebraciones, así como la ventaja de tener hoteles que están a poca distancia de nuestras iglesias. No es raro ver a novias y novios y sus invitados cruzando la calle hasta el hotel Waterfront o hasta Hawthorne para sus recepciones después de las ceremonias. El Museo Peabody Essex también permite que las parejas tengan sus recepciones en los salones del edificio, por lo que si uno no quiere bailar, siempre habrá arte para mirar. Estoy orgulloso del ministerio de bodas que tenemos aquí. Las parejas son bienvenidas y con el equipo del ministerio de bodas de Martin y Stacy Walsh y el ministerio de música, podemos brindar una maravillosa experiencia de oración para cada pareja, sus familias e invitados. Aquí pueden recibir clases de Pre-Caná y reunirse con Angélica para planificar la ceremonia de sus sueños. Estamos preparando un espacio en la iglesia de abajo en IC para que las novias vengan y hagan los preparativos de última hora. Tenemos hasta 18 bodas inscritas solo para este año, pero esperamos que entren unas cuantas más antes de que termine el 2019. Una de las definiciones de matrimonio es que es una relación de por vida que es fiel y pro-creativa. La pareja está abierta a la posibilidad de cooperar con Dios para traer vida al mundo. El amor es lo que Dios es y Él quiere nuestro bien, por lo que para las parejas casadas querer el bien del otro y sus hijos es de lo que realmente se trata el matrimonio. Podemos decir, sobre el matrimonio, que a cada uno se le pide, entre otras responsabilidades, que se ayuden unos a otros a llegar al cielo. Eso significa que las parejas deben amarse unas a otras con esto en mente. Pienso en mis padres en este día, porque el 14 de febrero también es el cumpleaños de mi madre. Ella era una republicana conservadora de toda la vida, mientras que mi padre era un demócrata sindicalista (cuando era necesario). Mi hermano me recuerda a veces que, en tiempos de elección, podíamos calentar nuestra comida poniéndola entre sus discusiones. Pero sabíamos que, tan apasionadamente como discutían sobre política, se amaban el uno al otro y a nosotros. (¡Podrían haber aprendido esto con un buen pre-cana!). Queremos desearles a todas las parejas casadas un feliz y amoroso día de San Valentín. Que el amor que profesaste por primera vez en los días de tu boda, continúe creciendo y profundizándose aún más. Paz, Padre Murray Pido disculpas a los que tuvieron frío en la iglesia hace unas semanas. La mala noticia es que se apagó la calefacción. No estamos seguros de por qué, pero todo ha vuelto a funcionar, lo mismo en St. James, donde un nuevo problema del motor provocó un apagón del calentador. Nuevamente, ya lo hemos resuelto y estamos trabajando otra vez con normalidad.

TODAY’S MASS READINGS:

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time in year C can be found

starting at number 942 in the Journeysongs book.

The prayers for the Mass are found starting at number 140

(grey section).

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WEDDINGS AT MQOA

At Mary, Queen of the Apostles Parish, the sacrament of marriage is a sign of God’s invitation to unimaginable intimacy with Him and one another. If you are an engaged couple and want to get married at Immaculate Conception or Saint James Church, please contact our pastor, Father Bob Murray: rmurray@salemcatholiccommunity.org to set a date as soon as possible. Father Murray will also connect you to our marriage ministers, Martin and Stacey Walsh: weddings@salemcatholiccommunty.org who will help you with marriage preparation and wedding coordination. Please Note: Weddings are scheduled at least nine months to one year in advance.

YOUTH GROUP

Join us for youth group, held at Immaculate Conception lower church hall every Friday evening, from 5:30-7:30, Open to English- and Spanish- speaking middle and high school students. There’s great food, fun, and faith-filled friendships. Email Angela Quintin at info@salemcatholiccommunity.org for more information.

THIS WEEK AT ALPHA…

…we dined on roasted

chicken and butternut

squash, rice and lentils, salad

and dessert, and asked the

question “Who is Jesus?”

If you’ve ever wondered

about that, plan to join us in

the fall at our next Alpha series.

Find out more about Alpha and watch for upcoming

series dates on our website:

www.salemcatholiccommunity.org/alpha

COMING SOON TO MQOA

We are working on a new website

for MQOA in 2019. Stay tuned for a

new web address and email

addresses for the parish, and plan to

visit and keep in touch often!

UPDATE: Until our website is up and

running, our weekly e-newsletter is on

hiatus. Stay tuned, the emails will

resume as soon as possible!

HELP NEEDED LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY MEALS A team of volunteers serves a meal at Lifebridge on the first Sunday of every month, and help is always needed. For more information about how you can help, email our office at info@salemcatholiccommunity.org

GRAND ANNUAL… IT’S NOT TOO LATE

If you haven’t made a donation to our Grand Annual

fund drive, it’s not too late! Your gifts help support

infrastructure projects and repairs, and support the

day-to-day running of our parish. You can put your

yellow Grand Annual envelope in the collection

basket any week, or use any envelope with a note

that your donation is for the

Grand Annual. Every dollar

helps us move forward as a

parish to serve God and God’s

people in the city of Salem.

Thank you!

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MASS WITH HEALING PRAYER Our monthly Mass with healing prayer is this Tuesday night, February 12 at 7:00 PM at Immaculate Conception. Join us for a beautiful bilingual (Spanish and English) Mass, then stay to receive prayer from our team for healing, or receive the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. All are welcome to come and receive prayer. To learn more about Catholic healing Masses, visit this site: https://tinyurl.com/cathhealing To learn about the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, visit:

www.franciscanmedia.org/sacrament-of-anointing-of-the-sick/

COFFEE AND

CONVERSATION Join us for coffee, conversation and cake on the second Sunday of each month after the 9:00 Mass at Immaculate Conception church. Bring a friend or make a new one, and carb-load while you’re at it! All are welcome. See you there, Sunday Feb. 10 at 9:45 AM!

GIVING ONLINE HELPS OUR PARISH When a winter storm comes on a weekend, it leads to a lower collection that can cause problems with parish budgeting. To help the parish avoid these problems, you can sign up for online giving through WeShare. Online giving allows you to automatically give to the parish on a schedule. If you’re not signed up to give online, please consider signing up for it. You can sign up here: www.tinyurl.com/MQOAchurchgiving. Thank you for your continued generosity!

SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul of Salem will be holding our monthly collection this weekend, February 9 and 10, and will be at the church doors after every Mass. During the last month, we were blessed to receive $10,980 from our collection boxes and many very generous benefactors. Through your gifts, our volunteers were able to bring God’s love and mercy to over 50 families, providing $2,632 in food vouchers, $942 for utilities, $3,548 in rent, and $1,826 for other bills. We also provided supplies for a Christmas meal to 48 families, Christmas plants to 36

homebound people, and two meals at Lifebridge. In the Gospel next week, the disciples decide to leave everything to follow Jesus. We are also called to follow Jesus, who tells us that “whatever you do to the least of mine, you do for me.” Through your gift to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, you can show your love for our Lord and your love of your neighbor who is hungry, hopeless, alone and frightened. We gratefully acknowledge your generous contributions, which help the needy of Salem.

MARDI GRAS PARTY Before you give up sweets for Lent, join us to celebrate Mardi Gras! Our Youth Ministry is throwing a fun dinner to bring us all together for a fun night, and to raise funds for our Youth Group. Great food, great people, great fun! Plan to join us at 7:00 PM at St. James church hall on Saturday, March 2. Tickets are available at the parish office and will be available for $15.00 after Masses in the coming weekends. For information: call or email our parish offices.

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YOUR GENEROUS GIVING THIS WEEK AT MQOA

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 8:30 AM Rosary at Immaculate Conception chapel 9:00 AM Mass at Immaculate Conception chapel 10:00 AM AA meeting ― St. James conference room TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 9:00 AM Mass at Immaculate Conception 10:00 AM AA meeting ― St. James conference room 7:00 PM La Misa en español ― IC WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 8:30 AM Rosary at Immaculate Conception chapel 9:00 AM Mass at Immaculate Conception chapel 6:30 PM Bingo ― St. James church hall THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 8:30 AM Rosary at Immaculate Conception chapel 9:00 AM Mass at Immaculate Conception Memorial: Joanne Judge 10:00 AM AA meeting ― St. James conference room FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 8:30 AM Rosary at Immaculate Conception chapel 9:00 AM Mass at Immaculate Conception chapel 10:00 AM AA meeting ― St. James conference room 6:00 PM Youth Group at Immaculate Conception

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 5:00 AM Hispanic Intercessory Prayer Group ― IC 10:00 AM AA meeting ― St. James conference room 1:00 PM ASASV meeting ― SJ conference room 3:00 PM Confessions at Immaculate Conception chapel 4:00 PM Mass at Immaculate Conception 5:00 PM Renewal of Vows at Immaculate Conception ― Paul and Donna Sullivan

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 7:30 AM Mass at St. James Church Memorial: Brian Owens 9:00 AM Mass at Immaculate Conception Church 10:30 AM Mass at St. James Church - with Wondrous Stories Memorial: Milvea Porto Martinez 12:00 PM Mass at Immaculate Conception Church ― en español. 6:30 PM Mass at Immaculate Conception Church

ONLINE GIVING

If you’ve never given online, now is a great time to start! Giving online helps you manage your budget, give more intentionally, and avoid the need to remember to bring cash to Mass. It helps your parish by giving a dependable donation income weekly or monthly. It’s easy to sign up today:

www.tinyurl.com/MQOAchurchgiving

March 2-3, 2019 Collection: $5,398.50 Online: $958.89 Mailed: $1,161.00 Total: $7,518.39 Utilities: $908.00 PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR CHECKS TO “MARY, QUEEN OF THE APOSTLES PARISH.”

Mary, Queen of the Apostles Parish relies on the weekly offertory and oth-er donations to serve God and God’s people. By giving $10 or $20 in our weekly collection, you help make Masses more beautiful, ministries more per-sonal, service to the poor more possible, and opportunities to grow in faith more plentiful. Thank you for your financial and prayerful support.

To request a Mass in honor or in memory of a loved one, please

call the parish offices

at 978-745-9060, or email info@salemcatholiccommunity.org

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MASS MINISTER SCHEDULEs

SATURDAY, Feb 9 4:00 PM IC Greeters: Liz Borkowski *greeters needed Lectors: Marie Goreham Eucharistic Ministers: Joe Carmody SUNDAY, Feb 10 7:30 AM SJ Greeters: Beth Griffin Lectors: Sean Leonard Mary Plue Eucharistic Ministers Dana Dooley Richard Poisson 9:00 AM IC Greeters: Barbara Kostan Ted Kobialka Lectors: Rebecca Goppe Suellen Costarino Eucharistic Ministers: Beverly Horowitz Joseph Szymanski David Arias 10:30 AM SJ Greeters: name *greeters needed Altar Servers: Lindth Radley Valsote Steve Szpak Clay Wolfe Lectors: Eileen Luddy Aida Oquendo-Nieves Eucharistic Ministers: Betty Richard Anne DeVoe Steve Costello Patrice Bergevin Christine Ndjee 6:30 PM IC Lectors: Karen Hayes Stacey Walsh Eucharistic Ministers: Lynne Cunningham

SATURDAY, Feb 16 4:00 PM IC Greeters: Liz Borkowski *greeters needed Lectors: Paula Keene EM: Nancy Roney SUNDAY, Feb 17 7:30 AM SJ Greeters: Beth Griffin Lectors: Patrick Dooley Joyce Harrington EM: Judy Quinlivan Leo Higgins 9:00 AM IC Greeters: Carol Collins John Wilkinson Lectors: Diane Curran Jerry Collins Eucharistic Ministers: Sue Sirois Mark Carmody Jo-Ann Gates 10:30 AM SJ Greeters: *greeters needed Altar Servers: Ryker Taguiam Azriel Taguiam Lour Drick Valsote Lectors: Mary Lou Britton Aida Oquendo-Nieves Eucharistic Ministers: Glenn Bergevin Claudia Nicgorski Mary Ellen Abodeely Philip Abodeely Diane Lewandowski

6:30 PM IC Lectors: Millie Bergeron Karen Hayes Eucharistic Ministers: Kelly Tetrault

SATURDAY, Feb 23 4:00 PM IC Greeters: Liz Borkowski *greeters needed Lectors: James Fouhey EM: Joe Carmody SUNDAY, Feb 24 7:30 AM SJ Greeters: Beth Griffin Lectors: Sean Leonard Joyce Harrington EM: Dana Dooley Richard Poisson 9:00 AM IC Greeters: Victoria Jackson Ted Kobialka Lectors: Lloyd Ternes Kate Sousa Eucharistic Ministers: Philip Moran Darlene Willnow David Henry 10:30 AM SJ Greeters: *greeters needed Altar Servers: Aisling Hinchey Steve Szpak Lindell Dre Valsote Lectors: Eileen Luddy Aida Oquendo-Nieves Eucharistic Ministers: Susan Laperchia Anne DeVoe Mary Ellen Abodeely Betty Richard Glenn Bergevin

6:30 PM IC Lectors: Millie Bergeron Stacey Walsh Eucharistic Ministers: Christine Williams

NEW: TWO LECTORS starting with this new schedule, you’ll see

that there are two lectors assigned to

each Mass wherever possible. If you are

assigned, please be sure to sign in and

check in with the other lector to decide

who will do each reading, the Prayers of

the Faithful and the announcements at

your Mass.

PLEASE CHECK IN Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Altar

servers, please check in in the sacristy

when you arrive to serve for Mass.

There’s a log book in each of our

churches. Also, please come early and

greet our guests at the church doors

before Mass. Thanks!

NEW MINISTRY SCHEDULER Thank you to Jessica, our new Mass

ministry scheduler! To send your

scheduling preferences and requests to

Jessica, please email them to:

info@salemcatholiccommunity.org

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CARDINAL SEAN As announced, Cardinal Sean directs that the distribution of the Precious Blood for the faithful is suspended, during the flu season. In addition, the exchange of the Sign of Peace may be offered without any physical contact. Instead of a handshake, the faithful may bow to the persons nearby. Finally, parishioners are reminded that if they are ill or suspect they are ill with a contagious illness, they are not bound by the Sunday Mass obligation. They should remain at home and return to church when they are well, waiting at least 24 hours after they have completely recovered.

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