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Exploring the theme of BELONGING

Calling All Alpha Guests (and anyone interested in ALpha)!!

This Sunday I am returning from England after attending a conference sponsored by the worldwide organization of which we are a part. The Divine Renovation Ministry, started by a priest in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has grown to be a worldwide organization that has the vision to begin a renewal process in the church beginning with thirty-three thousand parishes across the world. Why 33,000? That is roughly ten percent of the number of parishes that exist around the world. The vision of the founder, Father James Mallon, and his team is that by affecting ten percent, the whole world will be affected by the change. What is changing?

This past week I, Stephen, and some members of the parish traveled to Hamden Connecticut to join with other parishes that are actively engaging in parish renewal using the Divine Renovation Model. This model was developed by a priest in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Happy Easter tide. Today we conclude the “Octave of Easter”. It is the first week after this extraordinary moment in which God so loves the world that he sends his son to die for us sinners as if each of us is the only one. He then offers the resurrection to show us that nothing will separate us from the Love of God in Jesus Christ.

We concluded MQOA's 31st Alpha a few weeks ago and we got results from their feedback.

On Tuesday, we conclude our 31st series of Alpha here at MQOA!

This Fall, we welcome guests to our 31st Alpha Series at MQOA!

Last week we wrapped up our 27th and 28th Alpha series. It is a very bittersweet moment. I will have fewer trips to BJ’s Warehouse in the future but I will miss seeing our guests and team each Wednesday. I will miss the great food and catching up with guests and praying with the team.

Who will you invite? Alpha is back in-person starting in September. Explore faith while building community.

Join this year's Alpha Team! We are hosting two Alphas this fall (more in the spring). Daytime and Nightime.

Alpha has a rich history in Salem, first starting in the early 2000s and brought back by Margo in 2016. We hosted the Alpha series for Adults, in English & Spanish, Youth, Young Adults, and Families, especially those preparing for Confirmation. It has been the heartline through the collaborative, closing and merging, and creation of MQOA Parish and recently the pandemic. Through it all, there jas been a space for guests to explore faith, ask questions and create a community.

Calling all Alpha Guests!!

All Alpha graduates from MQOA and beyond are invited to join us for a Holy Spirit Day on Sunday, December 4, 2021

I had been delving into the Book of Acts with professor Matthews at BC’s School of Theology and Ministry when I found out that I would be interning at St. Mary, Queen of the Apostles. With Mary and the apostles at the forefront of my mind, I thought how fitting! Of course, the scene of Pentecost in the Book of Acts is one of the most thrilling in Scripture. The Holy Spirit gushes into the upper room in a violent wind and tongues of fire land on everyone’s head; it’s like reading a Marvel comic! Centuries of art, as well as Scripture (Acts 1:14), attest to Mary being at the very center of this event.