Our Parish is taking an infant step toward evangelizing the people of Salem while at the same time challenging our parishioners to reflect on their own relationship with our Lord Jesus. Each member of our Parish is asked to answer the question, "How does Jesus matter in my life?", in 7 sentences or less. These testimonies would then be emailed to Deacon David at "[email protected]" and subsequently posted to a Facebook blog by the same name, Jesus Matters!. The hope is that others in Salem and beyond will access and read these testimonies and be led to invite Jesus into their lives and discover the love that God has for them. Please don't ignore this opportunity to help change the lives of those struggling to find meaning, joy and fulfillment in their lives through Jesus!

In the fall of 2016 the parishioners of our parish made donations of birthday gifts for the children who were helped during the 2016-17 school year through the Salem School District’s "End 68 Hours of Hunger" program. This program is a private, not-for-profit effort to confront the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some school children experience between the free lunch they receive in school on Friday and the free breakfast they receive in school on Monday. Pictured is parishioner Laura Andolino who spearheaded this effort, along with Debora Payne, Program Director at the Salem School District. Thank you Laura for helping the parish to do God’s work and making birthday’s a little brighter for these children!

We will be reading and discussing the Prophets of the Old Testament for the summer. The meeting takes place from 10am –11:30 in the Emmaus Room at Mary Queen of Peace. Drop in any time to join the discussion!