Queen of Angels

Mission Statement We, the Queen of Angels Parish in Fort Wayne, Indiana of the Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend, declare that our primary mission is to accept the teaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ in fulfilling the Commandment of Love and Service to God and our neighbors.

We, as a community of Christians, are called to bring the mission of Christ fulfilled in participation of the Eucharist and living out our faith and commitment through Christian stewardship in humility and appreciation.

Pastoral Council Members * Brian Gillett * Julie Harber * Refugio Hernandez * Barb Brown * Cheryl Schneider * Joe Weldon * Stacie Gray * Andy Beltz * Cody Sharp Finance Council Members * Alan Bell * Tim Kearney * Tom Waning

New Parishioners, Visitors, Welcome If you are new to Queen of Angels, please stop by or call the Parish Office to register and get acquainted. If moving, please notify the Parish Office.

Sacrament of Baptism Church Office Address Please contact the Parish Office. 1500 W. State Blvd. 46808

Pastor Sacrament of Marriage Fr. Zak Barry ...... Office 482-9411 Couples planning to marry, please contact Pastor SIX MONTHS prior to the wedding date. Director of Faith Formation Michelle Meyer ...... Office 482-9411 Calls & Anointing of the Sick Please keep us informed of the sick and the shut-ins, particularly when Director of Music & Liturgy there is serious illness. Telephone anytime. Tom Remenschneider ...... Office 482-9411 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Business Manager We welcome persons interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. Richard McKee ...... Office 482-9411 Sessions begin in late August. For more information, call the Parish Office.

Parish Secretary Sacrament of Reconciliation Laverne Gladieux ...... Office 482-9411 Thursday evening from 6:30 - 6:50 pm Saturday 9 am & 3 pm School Office Address Eucharistic Celebrations 1600 W. State Blvd. 46808 Weekend Schedule Principal Vigil Saturday at 4:00 pm; Sunday at 8:00 am and 10:30 am Dennis Wiegmann ...... Office 483-8214 Holy Days & Weekdays School Secretary See Schedule inside Bulletin Christy Etter ...... Office 483-8214 Special Prayer Times Maintenance Supervisor Eucharistic Adoration: Every Tuesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm November thru Robert Carr...... Office 483-8214 March

Monsignor Faber Activities Center For rental information, please contact Laverne at the Parish Office. www.queenofangelsfw.org Bulletin Deadline Friday at Noon; sent to publisher the following Tuesday morning.

FEBRUARY 24, 2019 • SEVENTH SUNDAY IN TIME Intentions Liturgical Ministries March 2 & 3 Saturday, February 23 Servers Vigil: 7th Ordinary Sunday 4:00 pm +Patricia Behrns 4:00 pm Nathan Gilbert, Thomas Hogg, Joe Neireiter +Mary Behrns-Idzi 8:00 am Jacob Nicholson, Erick Sibri, Need Volunteer 10:30 am Louie, Nicholas & Patrick Strack Sunday, February 24 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am For All Members of Our Parish Proclaimers of the Word 10:30 am +Fr. Laurence Tippmann 4:00 pm Jeremy Elder 8:00 am Alan Bell Monday, February 25 Weekday 10:30 am Paul Reitman, Mary Strack

Tuesday, February 26 Eucharistic Ministers Weekday 4:00 pm Mary Beltz, Christy Etter, Joe Motherwell, Felicia Nino, Barb 8:30 am +Angeline R. Strahm Pentangelo

Wednesday, February 27 8:00 am Mike Carr, Jean Henry, Sarah Hilger Weekday 10:30 am Carolyn Bookmyer, Rosie O’Keefe, Mary Strack 8:30 am +Daniel J. Spillers Hospitality Ministers Thursday, February 28 4:00 pm James & Kathryn Hogg Weekday 8:00 am Vic Bobay, Joseph H. Hilger 7:00 pm +Bill McArdle 10:30 am Rosie O’Keefe, Lea Roehling Friday, March 1 Weekday/World Day of Prayer Gift Bearers 8:30 am +Jerry F. Angel 4:00 pm Jeremy & Mary Elder Family 8:00 am Tom & Eileen Fenker Family Saturday, March 2 10:30 am Paul & Samantha Reitman Family Vigil: 8th Ordinary Sunday 4:00 pm For All Members of Our Parish

Sunday, March 3 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am ++Ruth & John Hamm, Sr. Pray For Them 10:30 am +Evelyn Linder Please remember in your daily prayers Alice Bates, Ann Hogan, Audrey Roy, Barbara Geiger, Bud Bauer, Bunny Laskowski, Carol Smith, Catherine Graham, Christopher Brandell, Christopher Kirk, Sue Brown, Don Lazoff, Dorothy Hensinger, Emma Lazoff, Felicia Nino, Henri- Scripture Readings etta Parrot, Irma Gerhardstein, Jan Evers, Jean Shipka, Jim Harvey, John McEvoy, Julia Trahin, Kathy Lenz, Larry Schneider, Linda Readings for the week of February 24, 2019 Behrns Irwin, Linda Herron, Linda Szymczak, Margaret Brielmaier, Sunday: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 [8a]/1 Cor 15:45-49/Lk 6:27-38 Marian Jacquay, Marsha Jordan, Mary Hilger, Mary Ellen Schon, Monday: Sir 1:1-10/Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5 [1a]/Mk 9:14-29 Max Cambre, Michael Cole, Pat Gensic, Penny Hayes, Ralph Tuesday: Sir 2:1-11/Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40 [cf. 5]/ Maldeney, Ricky Talarico, Ron & Sharon Boren, Rosie Houser, Tom Mk 9:30-37 Behrns, Thomas Hensinger, Thomas Szymczak and Tom Lauer. Wednesday: Sir 4:11-19/Ps 119:165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175 [165a]/Mk 9:38-40 Do you know of a parishioner that is in the hospital, in a nursing Thursday: Sir 5:1-8/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [40:5a]/Mk 9:41- home or is homebound? Please call the Rectory (482-9411) with up- 50 dates. Friday: Sir 6:5-17/Ps 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35 [35a]/Mk 10:1-12 Saturday: Sir 17:1-15/Ps 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18 [cf. 17]/ Online Giving Mk 10:13-16 Download the Online Giving app on your Next Sunday: Sir 27:4-7/Ps 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 [cf. 2a]/1 mobile device, search for our Parish and begin giving. Cor 15:54-58/Lk 6:39-45 Your continued support helps sustain our parish.

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continued... Our Parish Support Budgeted Monthly ……. $35,000.00 From the Pastor’s Desk... February to date ……………………$23,646.19 So now, our young ladies can wear an appropri- February 17, 2019 Other Collections ate : a white because they are in Offertory ...... $4,090.25 Children’s Collection ...... $34.95 the sanctuary which represents the heavenly Loose Collection ...... $368.50 Debt Reduction ...... $640.00 nature of the liturgy. The black scapular some- Online Giving ...... unavailable SVDP ...... $20.00 what matches the black and white the male altar TOTAL ...... $4,458.75 servers wear, but instead of being dressed as priests, they look very similar to cistercian nuns. So, not only are they dressed appropriate- From the Pastor’s Desk... ly for their gender and environment, but they can also be aided in reflecting on a possible What an interesting month it’s been, full of snow and ice, winter sports (speaking for myself, at least), freezing cold and fairly warm weather, the annu- religious vocation. al flu bug, many days off school, and much more. I’ve made some good pro- ~Fr. Zak gress this month in simply organizing files and office space, as well as begin- ning to prepare next year’s budget.

On that note, I haven’t forgotten that I promised the parish a stewardship report. Next Parish Potluck I wasn’t thinking about the fact that we run a fiscal year from July-June, but I’ll Our next parish potluck will take place next provide at least some information here. As a parish, we report certain infor- Saturday, March 2, following our 4:00 pm mation to the diocese each calendar year. This includes information about our Mass, in the Activities Center. Please bring a parish size, sacraments celebrated that year, and some financial information. dish or two to share. We hope you will join

Our report for last year states that we have 1184 registered parishioners in 497 us! families. We send out 286 adult envelopes, 125 of which are used on average each Sunday, and we print 300 bulletins each week. These are all numbers that Parish Fish Fry I hope to see increase over time, as we dedicate ourselves more and more to our Our Parish Fish Fry will be on Friday, call to be disciples of Jesus Christ who proclaim his Good News and call others March 8, 2019 from 4:30-7:30 pm. We are to a deeper union with Him in the Church. looking for some new faces to take part Our records show that of our parishioners, 112 attend Catholic grade-school in this supersized ministry. Middle & High and 52 attend Catholic high-school. We have 5 elementary students in religious School students are needed to help with education and no high-schoolers. Especially with the addition of our new prin- clearing & cleaning tables once people are cipal, Mr. Dennis Wiegmann, and many other ongoing improvements in our done eating, help with serving drinks, replen- Catholic school, I hope to see these numbers grow as well. As I mentioned last ishing side dishes, etc. We also need adult month, our Catholic school is one of our main parish ministries and provides countless opportunities for evangelization, Catholic formation and catechesis. volunteers during the day to help with the prep work such as setting up tables & chairs, The sacraments for the year are also reported to the diocese. In 2018, there were prepare food, help with dishes, etc. A sign up 5 infants and 1 adult baptized here at Queen of Angels. 22 children made their sheet is located on the table in the back of and 11 were confirmed. There was 1 wedding and 11 funerals, Church. 22 anointings of the sick, and 31 communion calls. It is not all work! You will make new The only financial information in the report was the total annual salaries for friends, find that volunteering can be reward- church staff (not including the school - even though as has been said that is a ing and fun, and you will feel the importance part of the parish) and the amount we donated to our annual mission speaker. of being a member of the Queen of Angels The combined salaries for the music director, DRE (director of religious educa- tion), business manager, pastor, secretary, custodian, and housekeeper were community. We truly appreciate the time and $166,876.44 and we raised $1,409.59 for the Archdiocese of Bombay when Fr. talent our volunteers share with our Parish! Lourdino Fernandez came at the beginning of September. Please contact Laverne at the Parish Office to volunteer! Our total offertory collection was $422,776.59 for last year, and we pledged ****Donations of desserts are needed. $63,275.76 for the Annual Bishop’s Appeal, which was $10,219 over our goal. Please drop off to the Activities Center I do still intend to give a more complete report to you all, but please consider kitchen, Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 pm, this a first effort in good faith. or on Friday, March 8, all day! We appre- Also, you may notice that some of our servers are dressing differently at Mass. ciate your generosity! The Rosary Society generously donated 12 white and several black scapu- lars for our female altar servers. As I might have mentioned before, the cassock ’ PRAYER INTENTION and that all the servers have been wearing are actually priestly garb. FOR FEBRUARY Seminarians wear this attire as they are discerning a call to or preparing for priesthood, and servers dress this way to encourage vocational discernment. Hence it doesn’t make sense for girls to wear the cassock, since it is a male Human Trafficking garment. (No, it’s not a dress. Guys don’t wear dresses, and girls don’t wear For a generous welcome of the cassocks.) Only in 1994 did the Congregation for Divine Worship clarify that victims of human trafficking, the law of the Church permits female altar servers, so before this point cassock of enforced prostitution, and surplice would have been totally appropriate for all servers. continued in next column" and of violence.

3 February 24, 2019 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time PARISH/COMMUNITY NEWS This Week In Our Parish Sunday, February 24 Collection of Blessed Palms Collection of Blessed Palms 9:00 am -12:00 pm K of C Breakfast - Activities Center Baskets will be at the church entrances this weekend for col- 10:30 am Mass for Fr. Laurence Tippmann lection of blessed palms. The palms will be burned, and the 9:15-10:15 am Religious Education Classes ashes will be used on Ash Wednesday. Tuesday, February 26 9:00 am-5:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration Cookie Sunday 7:00 pm Bible Study - Teacher’s Lounge There will be no Cookie Sunday held during the months of Wednesday, February 27 March and April as we prepare ourselves for the holy season 9:15 am Pray the Rosary - Church of Easter. 9:30 am Rosary Cenacle - Chapel 7:00 pm Art & Environment Committee Meeting - Rec- tory Next Bible Study Would you like to understand God's will for you and be com- Saturday, March 2 5:00 pm Parish Potluck - Activities Center forted by it? Then get prepared to meet God through His Word in the of Matthew! Sunday, March 3

Our next Bible Study will becoming up soon. We will meet 9:15-10:15 am Religious Education Classes on Tuesday nights, 7-8:30pm in the school building. There will be reading for you during the week, then reflection & discussion when we come together. Get to know God & your- self better as well as to be challenged to grow in our faith. Job Opportunities Call Laverne at 482-9411 or Paula at 403-0358 to participate. ; The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is currently seek-

ing candidates for the position of Communication’s Direc- Social Concerns Meeting tor. The Director of Communications serves as a member Our Social Concerns Committee will meet on Monday, March of the Bishop’s Cabinet and provides effective manage- 4 at 7:00 pm in the Teacher’s Lounge at School. We will be ment that serves the Diocese as a tool for the Bishop to addressing cards for St. Patrick’s Day, and discussing the up- communicate and to evangelize in Northeast Indiana. The coming Matthew 25 Collection. New members are always Director of Communications further manages diocesan welcome! communications, both printed and digital, including the management of public information, media relations, dioce- Knights of Columbus san publications, and the weekly Diocesan Today’s Catho- lic Newspaper. For further information and to apply please Family Breakfast visit www.diocesefwsb.org. Come join us for an 'All You Can Eat' breakfast buffet, prepared by the Knights of Columbus ; The Secretary for Catholic Education in the Diocese of from 9:00AM - 12:00PM in the Activities Cen- Fort Wayne-South Bend is looking for a new Superinten- ter today. Cost is $8/Adults, $4/Children (ages 6 dent to oversee the formation of the 13,000 students in its -12), and $20/Family (Members of same household). $5 car- ryout packs will also be available! Proceeds this month will 43 schools. We are looking for someone to work with the help support our Diocesan and Franciscan seminarians. Secretary and the Bishop to fulfill the mission of forming virtuous Christian disciples of truth and prayer in a life of Attention, gentlemen of Queen of Angels! Do you want to faith. Requirements for this position are to be a practicing become part of an organization that promotes Faith, Family, and Fraternity? Then consider joining our Council and find Catholic with a working knowledge on Church Doctrine out about the 4 MORES: MORE Knights bring MORE hands and Law as well as an Indiana School Administrator/ and hearts to raise funds and to evangelize, doing GOD's good Superintendent’s License with a minimum of 5 years ex- works helping MORE people in need! So for MORE infor- perience. Deadline for applications are March 8, 2019. For mation, contact our Membership Director, Ben Hottinger at more information or to apply, contact Stephanie Howe at (260) 485-7368, or visit our website at www.kofc11043.org. 260-422-4611 ext. 3335 or [email protected].

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School News Lunch & Learn Monday, February 25 - Blue Dress Down Lunch ‘N Learn at St. Vincent de Paul Parish will host Melinda Day Richey who will discuss “Stretching in Place”: Tips and sugges-

Tuesday, February 26 - Favorite Sweat- tions on how to stay flexible, how to stretch safely and stretches shirt Day; Steven’s Puppets @ 1:00 pm and exercises for standing and sitting on Monday, March 4, at 11:30 a.m. in Spiritual Center Room A, 1502 E Wallen Rd. Pot- Wednesday, February 27 - Silly Sock & Crazy Hat Day; Bin- luck lunch (please bring a dish to share). Open to anyone age 55 go and over.

Thursday, February 28 - Jersey Dress Down Day; Panda Express Day Mardi Gras Dinner Friday, March 1 - Dress Up for Jesus; Miraculous Medal St. Vincent de Paul Parish will celebrate Mardi Gras on Tues- Blessing following 8:30 am Mass day, March 5, with a New Orleans style dinner and activities for children from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in their Parish Hall. The “cookoff You Can Lend A Hand Coupon Books challenge” between Father Andrew Budzinski and Father Jay Horning will be a 6 p.m., bonfire and prayer service with music Queen of Angels students are once again selling the YCLAH by Choristers Choir will be at 7:30 p.m. — school door #9. Coupon books after all Masses. They are $3.00 with $2.50 coming back to our school. Books are also available in Menu includes: Gumbolaya Soup: $3 (w/andouille, mussels, the school office. New coupons this year! Please help support shrimp and chicken); Muffuletta: $3.50 (layered w/cheeses, our school! meats and olives – it’s an antipasto platter stuffed into a sand- wich); ¼ pounder hot dog: $2; artesian hamburger: $5; assorted chips: 50¢; king cake: $1 (rich brioche cinnamon roll topped Continuing School Needs with colorful sugar -watch out for the hidden baby Jesus); Students request that parish members remember to save world’s greatest chocolate cake: $3 (drizzled chocolate icing Campbell’s Soup Labels, Box Tops for Education, pop can cascaded over four indulgent layers of moist cake and fudgy tabs, used ink jet cartridges, used batteries and cell phones. All frosting and accented with flaky dark chocolate shavings for the of these items can be redeemed or recycled. Thank you!! ultimate chocolate experience); Bananas Foster: $3 (dessert made from bananas and vanilla ice cream with a sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana li- Substitute Teachers Needed queur); bottled water / coke / diet coke / sprite: $1 Are you a retired educator or have an interest in substitute teaching? Queen of Angels School is looking for substitute teachers to work in our school when teachers are absent. If you CCHS Alum Open House have an interest, please go to the Fort Wayne-South Bend The CCHS Alumni Association will have an Open House March Catholic Schools Office page on the diocese website and fill 17, from 1-3 p.m. at the East State Professional Park, 4618 E. out the information to apply. You can also contact the school State Blvd Ste. 100 (South end of the building from Redeemer office at 483-8214 if you need help finding the application Radio at State and Reed). For information call Leanne 260-493- information. 0290 or Sylvia at 260-493-7479.

Our Military Services Please keep in your prayers: Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Gillett, USCG, 1st Sgt. Air Force Alec Cawlfield, Larissa Yuncker, 1LT Kyle Grabowski, Air Force Specialist Austin Rowlands, LCPL Brandon Coburn, HN Cody Leffers, USN, PFC Chase Gray, PVT Shawn Clark, SSG Luke Jamison, CPL Derek DeRoche, SSGT Matthew Shaffer, SSGT Nickolas Timmis, SFC Audrey Ryan, Joseph Olinger, CW2 Rodney Bearman, SGT Ernest Verhest, CPL Bradley Dunlap, PFC Jeff Oury, Lt Col. Joseph Clemmer, CDR Patrick Gerhardstein, SPC Scott Bailey, PVT Chito Anicet, PVT Marlon Anicet, CAPT Shannon Stineburg, PVT Jose Torres, LTJG Josh Wagner, Jr., SGT Paul Hilger, SPC Michelle Hilger, A1C Theresa Hilger and PV2 William Hilger.

If you have a child, grandchild or sibling in the Armed Forces that you would like to add to our special prayer list, call the Rectory at (482-9411). Please help us keep this list up to date.

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