Advent Penance Services will be held at Queen of Peace Church & at our neighboring Parishes during the month of December. Please click on the above title link for the listing of locations, dates, & times.

Choir practice for Christmas will be held on Mondays at 7 PM in Church. Please consider joining in! “Music is a Fair and Glorious Gift of God.” --Parish Bulletin, Nov. 29, 2020

Beginning on the first day of Advent, there will be a brief Advent Reflection from Bishop Robert Barron on our Parish webpage: https://queenofpeacepatton.org/ These “Word on Fire” Reflections will change every day. Be sure to visit our webpage and be inspired!

Each Sunday at 7 p.m., during the Advent Season (November 29, December 6, 13 & 20), the last “hour” of the Divine Office will be prayed here at Queen of Peace Church. Night Prayer consists of a hymn, 3 Psalms, a brief reading from Scripture, the Nunc Dimittis of Simeon, and a concluding prayer. Please make room on your busy schedule for a soothing 35 minutes of prayer. If you have never attended, please come just one week. Advent begins Sunday, November 29. -- Parish Bulletin, Nov. 29, 2020

Thank you to our dedicated bakers & to all of you who purchased our delicious Thanksgiving baked goods. We had a fantastic sale and we truly appreciate your generosity. God Bless you! --Parish Bulletin, Nov. 29, 2020

The Catholic Daughters are hosting their December meeting of Our Lady of Victory Court #722 at Hoss’s Steak House in Ebensburg on Thurs., Dec. 3. *Deadline for RSVP is this Sunday, November 29.* Please RSVP Cindy Keefe at 814-247-8796. -- Doors open at 4 p.m., with dinner at 4:30 p.m. Your spouse is invited as well as any Catholic woman interested in becoming a Catholic Daughter. Each guest is responsible for your meal. See you there! -- Parish Bulletin, Nov. 29, 2020

Queen of Peace Activities Committee is offering a 6-month Lottery Ticket/Card for 2021. The price remains at $20/ticket, which consists of 2 numbers based on the first 7 p.m. daily Pick 3 drawing. Only 500 tickets printed, & are soon to sell out!! With the Holiday Season right around the corner, get your ticket soon. --- For tickets, call Jack (674-8948); Marsha (674-5740); Jay (674-5434); Grace (674-8762) or the Parish Office (674-8983). --Parish Bulletin, Nov. 22, 2020

"Thanksgiving Grace" "Fill us, O Lord, with gratitude overflowing for all the gifts we have received by Your grace. Make us ever mindful of all the animals and plants – fruits of the earth and sea – through which You give us enjoyment, nourishment and strength. Bless this food, Lord God, and us through it and may all the farmers, fishers, harvesters, and merchants whose labor helped bring us this meal participate in Your manifold blessings through Christ our Lord. Amen...-Fr. Joseph Veneroso, M.M. -------Parish Bulletin, Nov. 22, 2020

We entrust to the care of Christ the Divine Physician, those members of our Parish Family in need of Healing in Body, Mind, or Spirit especially Jacob M. (3 yr. old Grandson of Shirley A.), Alvin S., Becky S., Bob & Clara F., Dick A., Derek M., Gerard M., Bernie R., Leona H., Angel S., Kara V., and Rose M.. May they embrace their trials in union with the Crucified Christ for the salvation of souls, and the remission of sins. --Parish Bulletin, Nov. 22, 2020

Thanksgiving Bake Sale pre-ordered items can be picked up on Wed., Nov. 25, from Noon – 6 p.m. in the upper level of the Parish Center. -- Parish Bulletin, Nov. 22, 2020

Please pray for the repose of the souls of Paul Richard R., James C. and Jerry H. (Son of Mary J. H.). May flights of angels wing them to Paradise, and may their souls and the souls of all the Faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, Rest in Peace. Amen... -- Parish Bulletin, Nov. 22, 2020

Choir practice for Christmas will be held on Mondays at 7 p.m. in Church [beginning Nov. 23]. Please help out! If we won’t have an organist, we will need all the voices we can get... “Music is a Fair and Glorious Gift of God.” Click on the above title link to read more.

"On the last Sunday of each liturgical year, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Christ the King... +++ 'Jesus is the center of creation; and so the attitude demanded of us as true believers is that of recognizing and accepting in our lives the centrality of Jesus Christ, in our thoughts, in our words and in our works.' – Homily of Pope Francis, Solemnity of Christ the King, November 24, 2013..." Click on the above title link for a direct link to the full text from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to read selections of papal thoughts regarding the Solemnity of Christ the King.

The New Missalettes are available for you in Church. This will be your copy to bring to Mass with you. Reminder: when you are finished with the older books, please put them in the boxes provided, and we will burn them. *Do Not Place the older Missalettes in the Garbage.* -- Parish Bulletin, Nov. 22, 2020

“'Angels Unawares'” in America: a clarion call to view migration from a Christian perspective -- A replica of Timothy Schmalz’s sculpture dedicated to migrants throughout the centuries is currently on show at Boston College, before making its way around the United States." --- "The 140 raft-borne men, women and children from different times in history, different religions and different homelands - sculpted by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz - are a stark reminder of the reality of so many of our brothers and sisters on the move..." --Click on the above title link to read more.

We entrust to the care of Christ the Divine Physician, those members of our Parish Family in need of Healing in Body, Mind, or Spirit especially Jacob M. (Infant Grandson of Shirley A.), Alvin S., Becky S., Clara F., Dick A., Derek M., Gerard M., Bernie R., Leona H., Angel S., Kara V., and Rose M. May they embrace their trials in union with the Crucified Christ for the salvation of souls, and the remission of sins. --Parish Bulletin, Nov. 15, 2020

For the Parish's Thanksgiving Bake Sale, place your order online at https://queenofpeacepatton.org or call the Parish Office (814.674.8983). Orders *must* be placed on/or before Friday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. *No exceptions!* --- Pick-up is Wed., Nov. 25, from Noon – 6 p.m,. in the upper level of the Parish Center. --Parish Bulletin, Nov. 15, 2020 --Click on the above title link to go directly to the online Thanksgiving Bake Sale order form or copy/paste the following link: https://queenofpeacepatton.org/thanksgiving-bake-sale

You can listen to the Vatican & World News Podcast daily & whenever you like.  For a direct link, please  click on the above title link. 

Charity unites us to God. There is nothing mean in charity, nothing arrogant. Charity knows no schism, does not rebel, does all things in concord. In charity all the elect of God has been made perfect. --Saint Clement 35AD – 99AD -- First epistle to the Corinthians.

The ICBU will hold their monthly member meeting on Mon., Nov. 16, at 7 p.m., in the upper level of the Parish Center. -- Parish Bulletin, Nov. 15, 2020