Weekly bulletin column from our pastor, Fr. Bob Murray

MQOA is participating in a parish-wide survey!

I hope your Lent has gotten off to a good start.

Weekly column from our Pastoral Associate, Margo Morin

Our pastor's weekly bulletin column

Welcome to Lent (almost)! The season kicks off with a short reading, like, really short… but FULL of imagery. I hope you enjoy digging in to your mental images of the characters in this Sunday’s Gospel and I pray that your conversations are amazing!

Welcome to the Stations of the Cross at Mary, Queen of the Apostles Parish in Salem, Massachusetts. This page is accessible using the QR-Code on the outdoor stations near the side entrance of the Immaculate Conception Church.

Weekly column from our Pastoral Associate, Margo Morin

Our pastor's weekly bulletin column

If I had to describe Jesus’ personality based only on the Gospel readings from the last couple of weeks, I’d say “it’s complicated.” The Jesus we read about is doing amazing things, but there’s a real humanness to him that comes through, I think. Kids’ coloring pages always present Jesus as this smiling, floaty figure, un-ruffled and cheery all the time, but here, he seems to be “in a MOOD.” This might be an interesting time to talk about how your group members think about Jesus, and whether their understanding of Him has changed since their childhood days of coloring pages, especially if they’ve been getting to know Him better through Beta-ing for a while. I pray, as always, for amazing conversations in your group this week!

Weekly message from Margo Morin, our Pastoral Associate

Our pastor's weekly bulletin column.

Hello beta leaders! I could have written 20 questions for this week’s beta, there’s a lot to dig into here. You probably know that at MQOA we have discerned a need for our parish to be a place of hospitality and healing, and both are featured in this reading! MQOA’s next night of Healing Prayer online will be Tuesday, February 9 at 7:00, please invite your small group members to check it out! You can learn more about how healing ministry works, view the Alpha Film Series video on healing, and (at the bottom of the page) find out more info on our monthly healing prayer nights: www.mqoa.org/healing

Our weekly column from Margo Morin, MQOA's Pastoral Associate

Our pastor's weekly bulletin column

MQOA parish, comprised of two historic churches and located in the center of beautiful Salem, MA, is dedicated to being a place of hospitality and healing to all. Candidate must be a practicing Catholic, possess a deep sense of the evangelizing and healing mission of our parish, the importance of outreach in the Church with immigrants of first- and second- generation, and experience in attending to the pastoral and social needs of Hispanics in the US.

Weekly newsletter message from our Pastoral Associate, Margo Morin

Our pastor's weekly bulletin column, in English y español.

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