General News

Blood Drive at St. Thomas Church in the Student Center Friday, August 21, 2020 8:30 AM 6:00 PM There will also be a blood drive at St. Mary Hall on Monday, August 10th, 8 AM to 5:30 PM The American Red Cross now faces a severe blood shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations during this coronavirus outbreak. Go to redcross.org, put in the zip code 06268-Storrs, then choose St. Thomas and make your appointment today. Walkins will be accepted also. Donating blood is a safe process and people should not hesitate to give or receive bl...

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Because of uncertainties surrounding Covid19, the Annual Silver and Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass will not take place this year. Bishop Cote will offer a private Mass for the intentions of all couples celebrating specific anniversaries this year. Each couple who registers will receive a signed certificate from the Bishop. The names of all registrants and their anniversary dates will also be listed on a special Anniversary Page on the Diocese of Norwich Website. If you are celebrating a significant anniversary this year and would like to be recognized by Bishop Cote, pl...

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Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish is looking for an experienced Faith Formation Director at St. Mary Church in Coventry, CT. For more information about duties and hours, contact Liza Roach at: lroach@norwichdiocese.net.

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After thoughtful consideration of our current circumstances and after consulting with other Pastors in parishes, we have come to the decision to postpone the Sacraments of Confirmation, scheduled for July 26th, First Holy Communion scheduled for August 2nd, and First Reconciliation scheduled for July 18th and July 25th. We understand the disappointment the students and families will feel over the rescheduling of these beautiful sacraments, but our main concern right now is for the safety and well being of all our families, loved ones and friends that would be attending or w...

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WAIM is in need of volunteers who can help at the loading dock one or more mornings a week. It does entail some physical labor lifting small furniture sometimes and generally helping load and move materials to quarantine. There are strict COVIDrelated policies in place to keep everyone safe and there cannot be more than 4 workers on the dock. Anyone interested should call or email Merle Potchinsky, WAIM Human Services Manager, at 8604567270, ext. 17, or: hsmanager@waimct.org. Her office hours are Tues, Wed. and Thurs, 912

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Dear Parish Family “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad”. I am very happily writing to you with some good news regarding the celebration of public Mass. I’ve received word from the diocese that weekend public Masses will resume on the 4th of July weekend. Our Lady Queen of Peace parish will resume our regular weekend Mass schedule of Saturday Masses at 4:00 (St. Mary) and 5:30 (St. Thomas). Sunday Masses at 8:30 (St. Thomas) and 10:30 (St. Mary), while continuing to stream Mass from St. Thomas. Weekday Masses will contin...

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Now that the Masses have started on the weekends, we will need additional volunteers to check in and count people as they come in as the amount of people allowed at each Mass has been decreased and needs to be monitored. Lists of names will be provided and the time of Mass. We need at least two people for each of the 4 Masses. Please contact Rick Parr at rick.parr@hotmail.com about the dates and Mass times that you are available to help, then a monthly schedule will be created.

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As of June 25, 2020, and even in the midst of a global pandemic, the parishioners of Our Lady Queen of Peace have generously pledged or given $56,200.82, or 72.46% toward our $77,556.00 goal for the 2020 Annual Catholic Appeal. This year’s Annual Catholic Appeal theme, “One Faith, One Family,” truly underscores the essence of what it is to be members of our Church. Jesus taught us to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, and mind and to love our neighbors as ourselves. By showing our love of others, and recognizing that we are truly one family, we dem...

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