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.
Masses
MASSES:
Weekday Masses (Monday-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. (Se habla Español)
THANK YOU
THANK YOU for your kind offerings in continuing to support the work of your parish. Everything you all are doing is most appreciated! 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-1PM.
Fr. Jim
CLERGY'S MESSAGE
Next clergy message is May 6
MOVIE NIGHT
MOVIE NIGHT Join us Saturday, May 11, 6PM in McCafferty Hall for a night at the movies. We will be showing “The Hill”…the true story of Rickey Hill, a baseball player who overcame a physical handicap in order to be drafted in the majors. Since it’s baseball season, we’ll have hot dogs, popcorn, chips, and pop…hope to see you there!!
STREAMING
LIVE-STREAMING OF MASSES We will stream and upload the 8AM Masses on Monday and Tuesday mornings 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. James Stenger, Pastor
- Rev. Robert Reidy, Senior Associate
- Rev. Norm Gajdzinski, Weekend & Weekday Assistant
- Rev. Tom Wisniewski, Mass Assistant
- Rev. Michael Hayduk, Homebound Ministry
- Deacon Tom Bizon, Deacon
- 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 the Pastor's Desk
We warmly greet all of you on this glorious feast of Easter! Our Catholic faith focuses on the Resurrection of Jesus and His love for each of us. Therefore, as Christians, we live in hope and trust. We are one people of God redeemed by the Light, Christ Jesus, and so may we walk by the Light and live by the Light together in love.
A special thank you to all who have helped so much with our Holy Week and Easter Liturgies: Our ushers, Eucharistic ministers, lectors, liturgy coordinators, computer steamers, decorators, musicians and choir.
As a side note, I have been given permission to reside at Divine Word Catholic Parish in Kirtland upon my retirement, June 30.
We continue to pray for all of you and your families. May the Risen Christ fill us with joy on this Easter day!
May I suggest the following three prayer intentions to our shut-ins who are involved in the Ministry of Praise and Mercy for the month of April: For a return to the practice of the faith for those who have been away from the Church; for our brothers and sisters who receive their Confirmation on April 8; for our 2nd graders who are preparing for their First Communion on May 5.
Fr. Jim, Fr. Rob and the entire staff
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Classes are held Monday evenings 7PM (Sept-May)
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.