A Touch of Heaven in Brooklyn - Serving God’s People for 90 Years: 1927-2017 Love Lives Here

SUNDAYS Saturday: 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 Noon WEEKDAYS Monday - Friday: 8:00 am Saturday: 9:00 am

HOLYDAYS Vigil: 7:30 pm Day: 8:00 am 10:00 am

CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 4:00 pm

1395 East 56st Street · Brooklyn · NY · 11234

Our Mission: We, the parish community of Mary Queen of Heaven, are called to live and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to all with whom we come into contact. We are committed to being a vibrant and welcoming community of faith by worshiping God through prayer and sacrament, teaching and sharing our faith,

and serving others as Jesus did. We seek to become a faith community that invites people of all races and cultures to become part of our parish family.

REV. THOMAS F. LEACH Pastor

REV. IKENNA OKAGBUE Parochial Vicar

DCN. JEAN BAPTISTE BOURSIQUOT Haitian Ministry

CARLOS FERNANDO ROJAS Director of Music

MRS. MARY CASATELLI School of Religion, Principal (718) 763-2590

PARISH STAFF MASS SCHEDULE

(718) 763-2330 (Telephone) (718) 763-6592 (Fax)

Website: www.mqhchurch.net Email: mqhchurch@aol.com Facebook: “Mary Queen of Heaven Church”

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday: 9:00 am -12 Noon, 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Saturday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Sunday: Closed

MRS. MARY-CASSANDRA ODENAT Parish Secretary

MS. KATHLEEN LAURIA Ministry of Consolation

MS. CAROL POLANISH St. Vincent DePaul Society Respect Life Committee

MS. CAROL ANN SALAMONE Ministry to the Homebound

MS. HELEN JAMES Immigration Resource Ministry

RECTORY

MS. MARY BELLONE, Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Academy Principal, (718) 763-2360, www.mqhca.org

CELEBRATING 90 YEARS OF HEAVEN IN BROOKLYN

2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER/DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY APRIL 8, 2018

SPECIAL EVENTS AT A GLANCE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR PARISH. Weekly Tithing Collections for April 1st: $7,841.00

Attendance: 1,456

RECURRING EVENTS/MEETINGS AT A GLANCE

DEVOTIONS AT A GLANCE

Exposition & Benediction

First Fridays, 10:00 am to 12:00 Noon in the Parish Center Chapel

Miraculous Medal Novena

Mondays, Novena & Benediction following the 8:00 am Mass

Morning Prayer

Monday to Friday, 7:45 am, Saturdays 8:45 am

Rosary Monday to Friday after the 8:00 am Mass, Saturday after the 9:00 am Mass

Baptisms Last Sunday of the month, 1 pm. An appointment must be made with one of the priests or the deacon.

Bereavement Support Group

Call the Rectory Office (718-763-2330) for referral.

Boy Scouts

Every Friday, 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm, Parish Center Teen Room

Charismatic Prayer Group

Every Friday of each month 7:00 pm in the Parish Center.

Cub Scouts

Every Friday, 6:45 pm - 8:15 pm, Parish Hall

Girl Scouts Most Sundays, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, Parish Center Teen Room. Kindergarten-Grade 12. For more info.: Jeanne Cirone 917-601-3460, jmcirone@gmail.com

Haitian Choir Rehearsal, Every Saturday, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Church

Holy Name Society

Monday after the 2nd Sunday, 8:00 pm, Parish Center

La Legion de Marie

First and Third Sunday of each month, 1:00 pm in the Parish Center. Second Saturday of each month, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm Committee Members in the Parish Center.

Line Dancing Wednesdays, Parish Hall, 6:30 pm-9:30 pm, $8 per person

Prayer Group Cenacle

Thursdays, 7:30 pm, Parish Center

Rosary Society

First Sunday of each month, 1:00 pm-3:00pm, Parish Hall

Seniors Every Wednesday, 1:15 pm - 4:00 pm, Parish Hall. All seniors are invited.

Youth Group First & Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Parish Center Youth Room

THE SHEPHERD’S VOICE

Dear Parishioners, In today’s beautiful gospel, Jesus ap-pears to apostles who have not only locked themselves in the Upper Room, but are closed inside themselves because of fear. He wishes them peace, forgives their infidelity, and gives them a mission: forgiven and reconciled, they are to extend that forgiveness to others. We see the mercy of God at work. Easter is all about the new life Jesus in-vites us to live. His disciples are changed, giv-en hope, and empowered by the Spirit Jesus breathes upon them to attempt heroic things. They begin to center their lives on the breaking of the bread and prayer in common; they serve one another and share everything in common. The testimony of their speech and their com-mon lives brings many more to faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. We too should be living a new life in Christ. We renounced Satan and professed faith in God at Easter, after having prepared ourselves for all of Lent. For forty days we identified habits that needed to change. Did they? Are we living a different way now? What still remains to be done so that we can live in “the glorious freedom of the children of God”. In the Good Shepherd, Fr. Tom Leach

April 14, 15, Saturday, Sunday

*Girl Scouts Cookie Sale – After all weekend Masses, Church Vestibule

April 22, Sunday

*Clothing Drive – 8:00 am-12:00 Noon, In front of the church

April 28, 29, Saturday, Sunday

*Defensive Driving Class – 4/28/18 10:00 am-4:00 pm, Parish Hall *Cub Scouts Bake Sale – After all weekend Masses, Church Vestibule

*Filipino Mass and Fellowship 4/29/18, 3:00 pm, Church/Parish Hall

ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL (ACA) 2018 The Lord calls us to care for one another and the church. It is up to us to answer that call in the ways we know how. You can answer the call of Jesus who asks us to feed the hungry, welcome the stranger, visit the sick and imprisoned, honor our mother and father, celebrate the Eucharist and educate and make disciples of all nations through your donation to the 2018 Annual Catholic Ap-peal. The In-Pew Solicitation will be conducted in church in a few weeks.

CALLED TO HELP A parishioner feels called to offer her assistance to fami-lies that have members who have special needs. If you wish to contact this parishioner, please call the Rectory Office during office hours.

THIS WEEKEND—Saturday & Sunday APRIL 7TH & APRIL 8TH

The Book Club is currently reading “The Reporter Who Knew Too Much”

by Mark Shaw for discussion on Wednesday, April 18th at 7:30 pm in the Parish Center

Lounge Room

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The book for May 16th is “A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

JOIN IN OUR READING AND DISCUSSIONS

MONDAY, APRIL 9TH

HOLY NAME SOCIETY: 8:00 pm, Parish Center

THURSDAY, APRIL 12TH

PRAYER GROUP CENACLE: 7:30 pm, Parish Center

FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH

CUB SCOUTS MEETING: 6:45 pm, Parish Hall CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP: 7:00 pm, Parish Center Chapel BOY SCOUTS MEETING: 7:15 pm, Parish Center Teen Room

MEETINGS—REMINDER FOR THIS WEEK

MARY QUEEN OF HEAVEN CATHOLIC ACADEMY NEWS

Want your child to love learning? Enroll in Kindergarten at Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Academy. Scholarships available. To learn more, call 718-763-2360 or visit mqhca.org. Students of all faiths are welcome.

May Christ’s resurrection fill you with hope and peace!

Ms. Mary Bellone, Principal

GIRL SCOUTS Girl Scouts will be meeting on Sunday at 11:30 am in the Parish Center Teen Room.

The Girl Scouts will be selling cookies in the church vestibule after all of the Masses next weekend, April 14th and 15th.

HOLY NAME SOCIETY MASS The Holy Name Society Mass will be held on Sunday at 12:00 Noon in the Church.

CELEBRATING DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Please join us in this celebration as we gather together to sing and praise God. Sunday, at 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm in the Parish Hall (entrance through 56st Street parking lot). Includes: Opening Prayer Sacrament of Reconciliation (available) Eucharistic Exposition & Adoration Rosary Prayer & Song Message of Diving Mercy by Fr. Ikenna Okagbue Chaplet of Divine Mercy Act of Consecration & Benediction

FRENCH/CREOLE MASS The French/Creole Mass to celebrate Divine Mercy Sun-day will be held on Sunday at 2:00 pm in the Church.

Mary Queen of Heaven 90th Anniversary Dinner Dance

Join Mary Queen of Heaven Family and Friends to cele-brate 90 years of parish community in the Old Mill Basin section of Brooklyn.

Where: El Caribe Country Club When: Sunday, April 15, 2018 Time: 3:00 pm Tickets: $125.00 per person

Purchase tickets at the Rectory Office during office hours.

DIVINE MERCY Sister Faustina was a young, uneducated nun in a convent of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Poland during the 1930s. ... she re-

ceived extraordinary revelations — or messages — from our Lord Jesus. Jesus asked Sr. Faustina to record these experienc-es, which she compiled into notebooks. These notebooks are known today as the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, and the words contained within are God's loving message of Divine Mercy. ...

Saint John Paul II canonized Sr. Faustina in 2000 making her the "first saint of the new millennium." Speaking of Sr. Faustina and the importance of the message contained in her Diary, the Pope call(ed) her "the great apostle of Divine Mercy in our time."

Today, we continue to rely (on) St. Faustina as a constant reminder of the message to trust in Jesus' endless mercy, and to live life mercifully toward others. We also turn to her in prayer and request her intercession to our merciful Savior on our behalf. … ©www.thedivinemercy.org

from the Holy Name Society to all those who supported the St. Patrick/St. Joseph Dance in March.

ST. BERNARD SPRING FLING RAFFLE RIOT

2055 East 69th Street. Friday, April 20, 2018 at 7:00 pm. $50.00 per person. Contact St. Bernard Rectory Office at

718-763- 5533.

AROUND TOWN

ROSARY SOCIETY NEWS Father Robert Lauder will be the speaker at the Rosary Society meeting after the 12:00 Noon Mass in the Parish Hall on Sunday, May 6th. All are welcome to attend.

SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018 SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER—DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Readings: Acts 4:32-35, 1 Jn 5:1-6, Jn 20:19-31

8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 pm 2:00 pm

Martin Glenn Louis Graziano The Holy Name Society Martin Glenn Suze & Edvard— In Thanksgiving

Requested by: Carol Polanish Felix Katz The Holy Name Society Suze & Edvard Mathador

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018 THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Readings: Is 7:10-14; 8:10-Heb 10:4-10, Lk 1:26-38

8:00 am People of the Parish

TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018 Easter Weekday Readings: Acts 4:32-37, Jn 3:7b-15

8:00 am

Terence Noel (Living) - Birthday Blessing

Requested by: The Noel Family

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 Feast of St. Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr Readings: Acts 5:17-26/Jn 3:16-21

8:00 am

Martin Glenn

Requested by: Connie Main

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018 Easter Weekday Readings: Acts 5:27-33, Jn 3:31-36

8:00 am

O’Hara & Keane Families

Requested by: The O’Hara Family

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018 Easter Weekday Feast St. Martin 1, Pope & Martyr Readings: Acts 5:34-42, Jn 6:1-15

8:00 am

Martin Glenn

Requested by: Jerri DeLuca

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2018 Easter Weekday Readings: Acts 6:1-7, Jn 6:16-21

9:00 am 5:00 pm

Michael Giannettino-32nd

Anniversary Mary Ellen Flynn

Requested by: Barbara & Ida Giannettino Mr. & Mrs. John Montebianco

SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2018 THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Readings: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19, 1 Jn 2:1-5a, Lk 24:35-48

8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 pm

Gladys, Rachel, Raphael & David Zila (Living) - In Thanksgiving Elaine & Vincent Tropeano Margarita & Jose Alvarez (Living) Annette Pierre

Requested by: Gladys Zila Maxime The Tropeano Family Magdalena Rodriguez Marybeth & Terry Dillon

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK

Bells

In Memory of Martin Glenn Requested by: Ellen Hypolite

MARRIAGES Please speak with Fr. Tom, Fr. Ikenna or Dcn. Jean Baptiste at least 9 months before your wedding. Access www.pre-cana.org to ob-tain Pre-Cana information.

VOCATIONS Anyone seeking information regarding the Priesthood, Permanent Deaconate, Religious Life or to serve in our Parish as a Lay Minister, please speak with Fr. Tom. “By your endurance you will gain your souls.” Are you being invited to gain your soul and the souls of countless others for Christ as a priest, deacon or in the consecrated life? Contact the Vocation Office at 718-827-2454 or email: vocations@diobrook.org.

SICK CALLS WILL BE MADE AT ANY TIME Please call the Rectory Office to arrange a communion call to the sick, elderly or a pastoral visit to a hospitalized loved one.

Please remember Mary Queen of Heaven when you are completing your Estate Planning and your Will.

***SICK LIST*** You must call into the Rectory Office only on Mondays before 3:00 pm to add a name to the Sick List. The name will then appear on the list for 4 weeks, after which time it will be re-moved. You must call again to the Rectory Office only on Mon-days before 3:00 pm to have the name re-added to the list.

Frank & Teresa Arcuri Nick Berlingieri Teresa & Joe Burns April Burroughs Ciarra John Connolly Josephine Deluca Zackery DeLuca Thomas DiPietro Charlene Dominique Vivian Endall Anthony Galati Rosalie Galati Barbara Giannettino Teresa Hamalak Bob Harsen Leonard Jones Patricia Joseph Joanne & Kathryn Kearney

Dianne Klink L.A. Mariano Theresa Marino Kenny Mintzes & Family Dominique Mottola Mary Moss Felicia Nwaogu Jack Occhiagrasso James O’Reilly Carol Polanish Ronald Russo Ruth Saunders Jerome Sergeant Oby Udorji Veanne Wright Theresa Rose Wunder

MASS INTENTIONS: If you have scheduled a Mass Intention and wish to walk the gifts up to the altar during Mass, please inform one of the ushers, BEFORE Mass.

MQH GIFT SHOP: Purchase personal and special occasion gift needs. Open after each Mass on Saturday evening and Sunday.

Please remember to visit the Rectory Office during office hours to schedule your Mass Intentions and Memorial Masses.

Also remember our Saints’ Shrines and Votive Candle Offerings in Church.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN OFF ALL MOBILE DEVICES WHILE IN CHURCH.

REST IN PEACE: to all of our deceased relatives and friends and de-ceased members of the parish.