MQHRS Newsletter

School Year 2019-2020 | March 18, 2020

Patience

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."

Ephesians 4:2

Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary School

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Catholic Identity

So much has changed in the last few days. In the midst of all this, the kind words and offers of help have been amazing and sustaining. I know it may just sound like a platitude but our Mary Queen family is amazing, I am blessed to be a part of it.

With so many things we hold dear - like Mass - being cancelled for now for the safety of all, please make sure to watch your email and we will continue to put information up on our website and Facebook.

Catholic Charities resources

https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/6403/documents/2020/3/Catholic%20Charities%20Coronavirus%20Response%20Plan.pdf

Lexington Community resources

https://www.covid19lexington.org/

Online Masses

http://www.dailytvmass.com/

Message From Fr. Dan:

The response to the Covid19 pandemic is causing a lot of people financial woes.

We are joining with the Diocese of Lexington Catholic Charities in creating a fund to help those who are losing their jobs and won’t qualify for federal assistance. You can give directly to Catholic Charities via this link: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/catholiccharitieslexington or mail your contribution to Catholic Charities at 1310 West Main Street, Lexington KY 40508.

The parish still needs regular offertory donations even when we don’t have Mass, and Mary Queen School still needs regular tuition payments. We have staff to pay and regular monthly payments to make on our $4.5 million debt. This is a great time for parishioners to sign up for electronic giving. (See the “DONATE” button on this webpage.) However, if you wish to give by cash or check, you can mail the check to 601 Hill N Dale Road, Lexington KY 40503 or you may drop off cash or checks in the lobby of our school building on Thursdays. This Thursday March 19, the time will be between 9am and 11am. Thanks!

CONFESSIONS AT MARY QUEEN

Until further notice, there will not be regular times for the celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) at Mary Queen or the other Lexington parishes. If you wish to go to confession at Mary Queen, make an appointment for your confession by calling 502-471-6241, 859-285-5210 or 859-983-2643.

MARY QUEEN MASS THIS FRIDAY

We invite you to join us for the Facebook live stream of the celebration of the Holy Eucharist celebrated by our priests this Friday March 20, 2020 at 9:00 AM. We, your priests, want to get together in prayer with you, pleading to God for you and your families.

Please follow this link to Mary Queen's Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/MQHRLex/

There you can find important information and updates about the livestreamed Mary Queen Masses and other help in the time of COVID-19. Please like our Facebook page as a way to keep in touch.

Coronavirus Conversations with Kids

This Monday, March 23rd, from 8:30pm-9:30pm, the Family Life Office of the

Diocese is offering a free one-hour on-line workshop for parents entitled,

"Coronavirus Conversations with Kids." The workshop leader is Elllen Martin,

local author of "A Life Shared: Meaningful Conversations with Our Kids" (available

via Amazon ) and a mother of five boys.

This Zoom event is limited to the first 100 people to register, and you can find

more information and register at this link . For more information, you can call

Mike Allen at (859) 619-8440.

E Day Information

Our teachers are working hard to make sure that relevant and current work is being sent home for your child to learn. Work that needs to be returned, should be sent back through Google Classroom. You should have all the instructions on how to do that - if not, send a quick email to your child's homeroom teacher, they are checking emails and voicemails daily.

Tuition Payments

We realize that we do have families that pay in the school office. We are currently working on a plan that will allow you to bring tuition payments to school on Thursdays. We will have extra envelopes and a drop box available in the lobby area right outside the office for you to drop off your payment in the drop box. In an effort to keep our social distancing, we will empty the box when the lobby area is empty and then register your payments through FACTS.

Important Dates

Currently all events are postponed until further notice

Mary Queen School FACTS tuition assistance

Deadline for application is March 27 - due to the expected increase in applications, no late applications will be considered for assistance.

Kroger Rewards

Box Tops

Shoparoo

This is a way that you can still support Mary Queen School from home with no extra cost from you. If you already shop at Krogers, please designate your Kroger card to Mary Queen. Snap your receipts from anyplace that sells food for Box Tops and Shoparoo - every little bit helps!

Tax Time - Instructions for generating a child care payment report from your FACTS account

Log in to your FACTS account
Click on “View Details” in the block with “Payment Plan and Billing”.
Select the “Payments” tab under “Activity Detail”.
Click on the “View Printable Payment Summary”, in blue.
Change the “Select a year or date range” option to the appropriate year or date range you need.
A report will generate detailing all payments you have made in the selected date range or year, broken out by school year.
The school address and tax id will print on the report.
Select “Print” to print your report.
If you have any questions regarding the report please contact the school office.

On AuOnonss

Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary School| 859-277-3030 | 858-277-1784 | becky.brown@maryqueenschool.org