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Saturday August 13, 2022 8:30am-1:30pm STM Gathering Space APPOINTMENTS ARE ENCOURAGED redcross.org or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS Masks are no longer required but are recommended and donors can request that the employees with whom they come in contact wear a mask. Save time by using RapidPass® to complete your pre-donation reading and health history online before you come to your appointment. Get started at RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass or by using the Blood Donor App. For detailed donor eligibility questions, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org.

Bring by school supplies for the Nativity School, Hope Hall, St. Ambrose Academy & Holy Cross School. Collection boxes will be at both STM & OLQP. CLICK TITLE ABOVE FOR LIST OF SUPPLIES. Supplies can be dropped off at Mass or at the Parish office during normal operating hours. Supply collections will be gathered up until 8/21/22. If you can, we could use helpers to sort the supplies on 8/22 at St. Thomas More in the Gathering space at 3:30pm. Contact Gail Kindlon at gailkindlon@gmail.com for more information.

So that we can be current with our parishioners, please call the office if you have moved and have a new address, changed your phone number (i.e. gotten rid of landline), email address or any other information that would be helpful to us. You can also email Robin at robin.levy@dor.org. If you have not officially registered at either parish please let us know so that we can get you on our parish rosters. Thanks so much. OLQP 244-3010 STM 381-4200

Building Skills and Knowledge for a Diverse World High school students and rising 8th graders: Join our new youth minister Nora August 8-12 from 1-7pm each day at Nazareth College to learn more about different faiths and gain skills for conflict resolution, dialogue, and tolerance. You can find the registration form at the Nazareth College Hickey Center Interfaith Studies website and see a video with more information about the program.

This Saturday (8/6) will be the last Faith & Family Fun Night for the season. It will be held at Our Lady Queen of Peace starting at 6:00pm. We will continue to explore the Parables of Jesus, through Games, Arts & Crafts and Skits. The theme this week will be "The Good Samaritan and Workers in the Vineyard". Food & drinks will be provided free of charge. We look forward to seeing you!!! VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES are available too - contact Jennifer Abdalla at jennifer.abdalla@dor.org

High School Hangout & Campfire Wednesday August 3rd 7-9pm at OLQP. Join our new Youth Minister, Nora, for an evening of games, icebreakers, s’mores, and getting to know each other. We’ll play, pray, eat, and spend a little time talking and brainstorming about the year ahead. Bring your ideas and a folding chair. Friends are welcome! To RSVP call the office or email dawn.savacool@dor.org

This Monday (8/1) at Our Lady Queen of Peace 7:00pm, Nora will be available for an informal listening session for parents of teens that are starting 9th-12th grades in the Fall. This time will be available to share ideas, concerns and ask questions concerning the Youth Ministry Program. Light refreshments will be available.

We had a great first Faith & Family Fun Night at OLQP this last Saturday. Please check out some of the pictures and videos from this event in our Parish Social Events page. We will be having 3 more Faith & Family Fun Nights this summer after Saturday Vigil Masses (listed below). These events are in support of Pope Francis’ World Meeting of Families. The next event will take place on: July 23rd - OLOL 6:30pm. We will continue to explore the Parables of Jesus, through Games, Arts & Crafts and Skits. Picnic food will be provided free of charge. Other dates for Faith & Family Fun Night to add to your calendar include August 6th - OLQP 6:00pm and August 20th - OLOL 6:30pm. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - contact Jennifer Abdalla at jennifer.abdalla@dor.org

Listening Sessions for Parents of High School Teens – How are you doing? How are the kids? What do they (and you) need from your parish? These informal sessions are a chance for the parents of teens starting 9 th -12th grade in the fall (public, private/ Catholic, or homeschool) to share ideas and concerns, ask questions, and get to know Nora, our new Pastoral Associate and Youth Minister. We hope you can join us at the following session: Monday August 1st at OLQP at 7pm in Slattery Hall.

Join us as we participate in the Eucharistic Revival in the United States. Live the Eucharist this month by applying God's word at Mass to your life. Each week, listen for the "kernel of wisdom" that stands out to you in the first and second readings or the Gospel. How can that message be applied to your life in the week ahead? Being sent forth at the end of Mass calls us to keep living as disciples out in the world. How can you make God's word a living presence in your life this week? Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration. ~St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta