Calendar for Lent

OLQU February 17, 2023

Two-page calendar for Lent—updated 2/24.

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Confirmation Rite of Enrollment

OLQU February 3, 2023

The candidates will celebrate the Rite of Enrollment on Sunday, February 5th at the 10:00 AM Mass. This is their time to formally make the commitment to continue growing spiritually and see the sacrament as the beginning of a mature life of faith. Please keep them in your prayers as they move toward receiving the sacrament on Saturday, April 1st! They are: Jayci Cloys, John Dempsey, Gregory Ebelhar, Matthew Hammer, Emily Huddleston, Jayleena Laney, Anthony Torres, and Marli Waldon.

Holy Family Soiree

OLQU January 18, 2023

Please support the Catholic school that our Parish supports!

The HFS Parent Teacher Organization cordially invites you to attend our 31st Annual Soiree, formally known as the Silent Auction on February 11, 2023 at 6 PM in Fr. Messmer Hall. It’s our biggest fundraiser of the year and we’re soaring with the Eagles! Our theme is a Mardi Gras party and we’re going to have a “Mardi” good time with New Orleans cuisine, games, live entertainment, as well as a live auction event in addition to the silent auction! Please plan to join us—invite some friends! Tickets on sale now: $85/single and $125/couple OR check out our sponsorship opportunities.

Email Britton Robert at Britton.robert@hfscatholic.com for more details on how to become a Sponsor!

OLQU.org Is Back!

OLQU January 18, 2023

Behind the Blue (or Purple or Green) Page, your Communications Ministry has been working with the Parish staff to build a new web experience for the Parish. Right now, only a few of the planned features are available, but over the next few weeks, we’ll be adding features including a new and more informative Ministries page, a contact page for your questions to the Staff, a Map page for visitors looking for us, and an improved calendar.
Check us out!

Mass Times

OLQU August 17, 2022

Saturday, 5 PM, Sunday, 8 and 10 AM

(Overflow/Socially-distanced Seating in Joy Hall at 5 PM and 10 AM Masses)

For live Masses go to live.olqu.org

Daily Mass in St. Joseph's Chapel

Tuesday – Friday, 12 Noon, with Adoration at 11:30 AM

First Fridays: Adoration begins at 11 AM

Confession: Saturday, 3:30-4:30 pm

OLQU June 4, 2022

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has called for a Eucharistic Revival, a three-year “grassroots revival of devotion and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.” Particularly right now, the bishops feel the Church in the United States needs (1) healing, (2) unity, (3) formation, and (4) sending. The mission of the revival is to renew the Church by enkindling a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Locally, we will prepare for the Eucharistic Revival with a Forty Hours Devotion, beginning June 17 at the Cathedral of St. Paul. The devotion will culminate with a Eucharistic procession through the streets of downtown Birmingham on June 19, the Feast of Corpus Christi at 7 PM.

A Promotional Video invitation from Bishop Raica in English with Spanish subtitles is available at https://vimeo.com/715628447 or on the diocesan website and is shareable from the Diocesan Facebook page.

40-Hour Devotion Adoration Sign-up

To ensure at least three adorers are present in the Cathedral at all times throughout the devotion, we are asking adorers to sign-up for specific time slots. Both individuals as well as parish, school, apostolate and movement groups are invited to sign up for a particular hour. The hour may be spent in silent prayer, with the leading of suitable devotions, or the singing of appropriate songs. The link to sign-up may be found here: https//www.signupgenious.com/go/5080d4eaaaf23a6f49-40hours.

OLQU May 27, 2022

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.

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.)