Volume 19, Number 2, May 2022

Getting Back On Track

Our schedule has been a little irregular since the beginning of the pandemic, depending on when we have content to publish, but for this issue, that wasn't the problem. Christmas provided plenty of content—as you will see—we just got behind schedule. The main mission of The Queen's Messenger is to communicate to you the Parish's events in a timely fashion, which didn't happen with this issue, but its secondary mission is to document these events for the future, so we're publishing this content rather than skipping it to catch up. The next issue—Lent and Easter—should appear on June 1, which will catch us up for now–The Editor.

Christmas Party with Bonfire

Before COVID, the Bonfire and the Christmas Party were separate events. However, in 2020, we didn't have a bonfire event, and the Christmas Party was turned into a drive-through visit to Santa held in our parking lot. This year, we held a combined event in and around the Pavilion. Santa made an appearance, of course, and chili dogs and hot cocoa were available, as were s'mores with marshmallows toasted in the bonfire. Jerry Kessler and Mark Blackburn led the caroling afterward. (Archie Phillips contributed the photo of Fr. Charley with Santa.)

Christmas Decorations

Bev Massa and her Arts and Environment team and all others who helped get the church, the gathering space, and the outside of the building ready for Christmas did an awesome job. Here are some photos of their work.

Christmas Eve Mass

Christmas Crèche Collection

Who knew? Fr. Charley is a crèche collector, and he put his collection on display in our gathering space for Christmas. Beautiful!

Fr. Charley's 30th Anniversary of Ordination

(All photos except the first slider slide are by Bev Massa.)