**This is a Word Document of the Parish Pastoral Plan, 2009.  Click on the link above and it will open a new window.  CLick on it again and the document will load.

***To use Google Translate to view this document in another language, please click this link, below:

Pastoral Plan May 2010

The link above is the flyer promoting the Pentecost Mass & Family Picnic on Sunday, May 23 at 11 AM at the Sacred Heart Campus of Belmont Abbey College.  Please join us for the celebration of our Parish.

Above, is a link to a Word Document for the the March, 2010 PPC Meeting.

Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church

Parish Pastoral Council Meeting

March 18, 2010 (approved minutes)

DIRECTIONS to CAMP HOPE:

Driving from Gastonia on Franklin (Hwy 74).

Take Hwy 74E towards Charlotte.  Once in Belmont, drive past Holy Angels down to the traffic light at McKenney Chevrolet, make a right onto Park Street.  You will follow Park Street until it dead ends at a traffic light.  Make a Left onto Central Avenue.  Central Avenue becomes South Point Road.  Camp Hope will be on your right – approximately one mile beyond Duke Power.  Turn in at the Camp Hope sign and follow the road to the end – there is minimal parking at the end of the road – you may need to park at the gravel parking site on right and walk the remainder of  the way into the camp.

Driving from Gastonia on I-85.

Take I-85N towards Charlotte.  Take Exit 27.  At the top of the ramp, make a right which will take you down the hill to the 2^nd traffic light.  At this light is the Exxon, McKenney Chevrolet, Taco Bell and Walgreens.  Go thru the traffic light, this road becomes Park Street. You will follow Park Street until it dead ends at a traffic light.  Make a Left onto Central Avenue. Central Avenue becomes South Point Road.  Camp Hope will be on your right – approximately one mile beyond Duke Power.  Turn in at the Camp Hope sign and follow the road to the end – there is minimal parking at the end of the road – you may need to park at the gravel parking site on right and walk the remainder of  the way into the camp.

BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF GOD’S CREATION – “BE ENERGY WISE” MEETING, APRIL 21^st

By Peter Liberatore

Peter Liberatore, George Burazer and Patricia Vasil, of Queen of Apostles Catholic Church joined 65 other participants from 11 diocesan parishes at a meeting promoting “Parishes & Parishioners Energized! Switching on the Call to be Faithful Stewards of Creation, Switching Off Excess and Wasted Energy” on Saturday, March 13 at Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church in Charlotte. 

The event offered presentations on Catholic Social Teaching and Franciscan spirituality on the care of creation, as well as tips and tools for parishes to be better stewards of their energy resources.  

A follow-up planning meeting will be held at Queen of Apostles Church on Wednesday, April 21 from 7-8:30 PM in the MAK Center.

This meeting will focus on how we, as Catholics, can examine our responsibility to be good stewards of creation.  “Be Energy Wise: Lighten Your Carbon Footprint” is a meeting that will provide an educational forum with a question and answer session with Duke Energy representatives with the goal of looking more closely at energy issues that affect our health, our finances, our region, and our world. 

Attendance at the event is free.  Please contact Patricia Vasil, Chair of Community Ministries at Queen of Apostles for more information: pavasil44@att.net.

** You may have to click on the above link twice to open the Word Document.

**The link above is a PDF Document.  The Lent 2010 Schedule is available here or in The Queen’s Herald link.

Come and join us as we gather to celebrate the “Word made Flesh” among us! This is an opportunity to give thanks to God for his presence as Light in the midst of our darkness. Let us together keep the feast!

Thursday, December 24
Christmas Eve
3:45 pm CAROLS OF THE SEASON
Join our Children’s Choir and our Youth in song together as we prepare for our children’s celebration.

4:00 PM THE FIRST CHILDREN’S MASS OF CHRISTMAS
This children’s liturgy will help our youngest members deepen their understanding of the birth of Christ and the religious meaning of this feast. Come and listen to our Children’s Choir as well as our Youth lead the assembly in song. **CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO COME TO THIS MASS DRESSED AS ANGELS, SHEPHERDS, BARN ANIMALS, KINGS, QUEENS AND ROYALTY!

5:15 PM CAROLS OF THE SEASON
Join our children’s Choir and our Youth in song together as we prepare for our children’s celebration.

5:30 PM THE SECOND CHILDREN’S MASS OF CHRISTMAS
This second children’s liturgy repeats the first and helps our youngest members and their families celebrate the feast of Jesus’ birth. Come and listen to our children’s choir and our youth lead
the assembly in song. **CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO COME TO THIS MASS DRESSED AS ANGELS, SHEPHERS, BARN ANIMALS, KINGS, QUEENS AND ROYALTY!

7:30 PM SEASONAL MUSIC
Our choir, brass ensemble and strings will provide seasonal music as we gather to celebrate the liturgy.

8:00 PM FIRST SOLEMN MASS OF CHRISTMAS
With brass and strings, with voice and prayer we join the choirs of angels and proclaim “Glory to God in the Highest” and celebrate the Eucharist together as a church family to keep Christmas.

Friday, December 25
Christmas Day
9:30 AM SEASONAL MUSIC
The choir, with brass and strings, invite your participation in songs of this blessed season.

10:00 AM SOLEMN MASS OF CHRISTMAS
Again with brass and strings and voices raised in song we celebrate the Eucharist and keep the great Christmas feast.

Thursday, December 31
New Year’s Eve
7:00 PM HOLY DAY MASS
We gather to anticipate the Holy Day and pray for the new year as we honor Mary the mother of God and as we remember the World Day of Prayer for Peace.

Friday, January 1
New Year’s Day
10:00 AM HOLY DAY MASS
We gather to celebrate the Holy Day and pray for the new year as we honor Mary, the mother of God and as we remember the World Day of Prayer for Peace.

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