We are the people of Mary Queen of the Apostles Parish, in Brook Park, Ohio, dedicated to following the example of our Lord, Jesus Christ, through the Scriptures and Traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. We gather together to celebrate, to share, and to be nourished by the Eucharist. We promote religious education, spiritual growth and moral values by being faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ. To show our love for God and one another, we live our lives committed to the dignity and salvation of each person, and we live our faith through compassion and service to those in need.
Celebrate the Saints
HALLOWEEN THE CATHOLIC WAY Join us on Thursday night to celebrate Halloween the Catholic way. The evening begins at 8:30 pm with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and a brief prayer service. Adoration will remain available until midnight along with a "saint yard" of first-class relics that will be on display in the church. Light refreshments will be on hand in the St. Therese room, with Night Prayer and Benediction at 11:45 pm. Come and pray with us for all or part of this hallowed night as we begin the celebration of all the Saints!
Masses
MASSES:
Weekday Masses (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday) are at 8AM, Weekend Mass 4:30PM on Saturday evening, and Sunday morning at 9AM and 11AM.
CONFESSIONS:
Saturday 3:30-4:15PM and by appointment.
THANK YOU
THANK YOU for your generous support of our parish, everything that you give helps us to provide enriching ministries and opportunities to grow in faith. Above all, remember your parish in prayer! Fr. Michael
If you are interested in our on-line giving, contact our parish office at 216.433.1440 and speak with Trish (x21), Monday-Friday 9AM-3PM.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
IMPORTANT UPDATE: ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ON TUESDAYS Again due to unforeseen circumstances, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Tuesdays will not be held until further notice. We are grateful to everyone who signed up for Adoration on Tuesdays. You are welcome to pray in the church, which is open Monday-Friday, 8:30-4PM (except on holidays), keeping in mind that Jesus is present 24/7 in the Holy Eucharist in the Tabernacle.
STREAMING
LIVE-STREAMING OF MASSES We will stream and upload the 8AM Masses on Monday and Tuesday mornings and the 4:30PM Sunday Vigil to enable our homebound to connect with the parish. For the rest of the week, EWTN telecasts a number of daily Masses, and our Cathedral streams its weekday Masses at 12N. On Sundays, besides the Masses on EWTN, Channel 43 (WUAB-TV) broadcasts two Masses: 8AM and 10AM from our Cathedral. We realize this will be an inconvenience to some folks, but we tried to reach a compromise based on our recent survey. Initially, one possibility was to cut the streaming entirely but we will not do that.
Here's the link to "Q-Tube":
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4N7DhiHNNxaPnTKO3py7-g
We will also livestream these Masses on our parish Facebook page. You can view the video and other information on this page without being a Facebook member which you can access directly from our parish website mqabrookpark.org or Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Mary-Queen-of-the-Apostles-Catholic-Parish-342319779750650
About an hour after Mass concludes, the video will be uploaded to Q-Tube (our parish's YouTube channel). which you can access directly from our parish website: mqabrookpark.org or at "Q-tube" as shown above.
"Permission to reprint, podcast, and/or stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license A-621009. All rights reserved."
Staff
- Rev. Michael Petkosek, Administrator
- Rev. James Stenger, Pastor Emeritus
- Rev. Tom Wisniewski, Mass Assistant
- Rev. Michael Hayduk, Homebound Ministry
- Deacon Frank Wilson, Deacon
- Deacon John Zdolshek (Retired), Deacon
- Debbie Zelinski, Parish Secretary
- Bob Huczel, Administrative & Pastoral Assistant
- Elaine Gaughan, Pastoral Associate
- James Timko, Director of Music
- Trish Solon, PSR & Parish Secretary
- Nancy Richardson, Virtus & Decorations
- Ann Marie Petrik, Sacristan
- Alicia Gresko, Youth Ministry
- Scott Gray, Maintenence
Office Hours
Summer Hours 8:30AM-3PM
Phone: (216) 433-1440
Fax: (216) 433-1434
Email: mqabrookpark@gmail.com
From Fr. Michael
Brothers and Sisters,
The Diocese will celebrate Priesthood Sunday on the weekend of October 26/27. As has been the custom, seminarians will be sent to various parishes to share their stories and spend a weekend on the front-lines of parish work. I am excited to welcome Sean Homcy to MQA next weekend!
Sean will be present at each Mass where he will share his vocation story and provide insight into life as a seminarian. If you know a young man who has expressed an interest or curiosity about the priesthood—whether he is a member of our parish or not—this is a great chance to hear from and meet one of our seminarians!
Let’s reclaim Halloween! You are no doubt aware of the bizarre rise in the celebration of the ghastly every October as disgusting decorations increase all around us. Halloween is not about giant spiders, ten-foot skeletons, or dead bodies crawling out of the ground. The word literally means, “All Hallows’ Eve…” it’s about All Saints Day! Join us on Thursday, October 31 for a prayer service at 8:30 pm and visit to the “Saint Yard” where first class relics of some of your favorite saints will be on display. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (in our new monstrance!) will be available until midnight when Benediction will take place.
November is a solemn month of praying for those who have gone before us (please see a more detailed invitation in this bulletin to our annual All Souls Mass of Remembrance on Saturday, November 2). As such, it is also a time when we turn even more intentionally to the consolation that can only come from God in the midst of grief. We will celebrate a Memorial Mass on Friday, November 8 at 7:00 pm for stillborn, infant, and miscarriage loss. All are welcome to celebrate the Eucharist with us, especially those who have experienced such loss—whether recently or long ago—and are invited to this solemn encounter with God’s healing presence.
This Veterans Day, we will honor our veterans with a special dinner and prayer service in McCafferty Hall at 6:00 pm on Monday, November 11. The evening will include a presentation, “The Journey of a Wounded Soldier: Combat Casualty Care” by Army veteran LTC Rebecca Bidinotto, CRNA. All are welcome, especially veterans and their families—from our parish and beyond. Please RSVP by November 6 so that we have enough food by contacting Trish Solon at tsolon@mqabrookpark.org or 216-433-1440 ext. 21.
Increased Confession times will be available this Advent as we prepare for the coming of Christ. As well, Michelle Piccolo will lead us in a mission on Sunday and Monday evening, December 15 and 16, in realizing our Universal Call to Holiness. Michelle is a Parma native who now lives a profound witness of the Gospel as a consecrated virgin in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
Let’s do everything with sainthood in mind!
In amore Christi,
Fr. Michael
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AM 1260 THE ROCK SEVENTH ANNUAL DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR PRIESTS Make it a point to pray, fast and offer sacrifices for our priests as we observe our Seventh Annual Day of Prayer and Fasting for Priests on Friday, October 25th. Visit our website in the coming weeks for a list of churches and shrines that will be open to welcome you throughout the day, and tune in to pray with us on the air as we spiritually support those who serve "in persona Christi."
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Classes are held Monday evenings 6:45-8:15pm (Sept-May)
Contact Trish Solon for more information
216-433-1440 x21
McCafferty Hall
The hall is used for parish functions and events, such as parish dinners sponsored by the Queen's cooks, Night at the Races sponsored by the Holy Name Society, and a Spring Salad Luncheon sponsored by the Ladies Guild.
McMcafferty Hall is not available or rented out for private functions.