News - March 2024

Our Easter collection is one of our two major annual holy day collections to support our parish. Of course, we primarily depend on the support of our parishioners every week throughout the year to fund our total operating budget. This includes the maintenance of our beautiful basilica, where we gather in shared worship, and our many parish ministries that support each and every one of us at all stages of our lives, every day of the year...

Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! Happy Easter! Thank you for your presence and prayers as we celebrate this special feast. I especially extend a warm welcome to all those who are visiting us from other places or faith backgrounds. As we gather today, we celebrate the beautiful gift of life that God has blessed each of us with...

We know that our Easter collection is one of our two largest special collections of the year, and is a necessary part of our ability to support the many ministries, liturgies, and outreach that touch us throughout the year. The dedication of the people of Queen of All Saints to maintain our faith community in times of challenge has always been a hallmark of our parish...

The days are coming... Last weekend I wrote about the most sacred week in the life of the Church which begins with the Palm Sunday liturgies. We then enter the three most sacred days – the Triduum – Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter. During these three days, or rather, evenings, we celebrate not history, but mystery. We celebrate not what once happened to Jesus, but what is now happening to us as a people called to conversion, gathered in faith and gifted with the Spirit of holiness. 

Our Easter collection is one of our two major annual Holy Day collections to support our parish...

I love the way today’s first reading begins: “See, the days are coming when ...” These words of anticipation touch our hopes and spark our expectations.

It is hard to believe that it was just four years ago that a global health crisis from COVID-19 was sprung on us very quickly and without warning.  Every day seemed to bring more uncertainty and we were called upon on very short notice to do our best for ourselves and for each other, even in our gatherings for Mass and other liturgies here at Queen of All Saints.

We are midway through the season of Lent. It is a good time to take stock of our fidelity to our Lenten promises and strengthen our resolve to be faithful to the end. Lent, as a season, does not have the mass appeal or media coverage of Christmas or Easter. It is a quiet time, a somber time, a time to look inward and assess where we are in our relationship with God...

Let’s live this Lent not as a time to “give something up” but rather to “give something back” - the gift of time to look inward to ourselves...