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A Message from our Pastor

Greetings!

As Pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Community, I would like to welcome you to our family website. It brings me great joy when old and new members join our family in worship. Here at Queen of Peace, we are continually trying to grow in making this parish a place in which we are able to say "I am finally home."

We have a mission from Jesus to spread the good news of God’s love and forgiveness. Our call at Queen of Peace is one of worship and community spirit. We are called to enter into the worship of God at the Masses, yet it cannot end there. If we want to enter fully into parish life, then we must build relationships with other parishioners. There is such richness in our community. We have so much talent, so much energy and we are fun to be with. One way that this can be experienced is by participating in the various ministries or by attending the many parish events that take place at Queen of Peace. We hope this website also helps us get to know each other.

It is because of the parishioners that Queen of Peace is a vibrant parish with so much to offer. I am not sure we realize how truly beautiful we are.

Welcome to our family. May you be blessed through this community and may the Lord bless this parish through you.

Blessings,
Rev. Fr. Jeff A. McGowan
Pastor

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Urgent Message: Haiti Earthquake

Friends,

We all share in the shock and sorrow of this week's earthquake in Haiti. As you may know, up in the mountains of Fond Des Blancs, Haiti, we built and maintain a home for elderly people who would otherwise be living on the streets. We also help support a hospital there as well as an orphanage run by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters of Blessed Mother Teresa. Another group built and runs several schools within the slum of Cite Soliel in Port au Prince and we pay the faculty in one of the schools.

As we understand it, all in Fond Des Blancs are safe. We know that Port Au Prince is in horrible shape and in desperate need. We believe that in the coming days people may be leaving Port Au Prince seeking medical help in Fond Des Blanc adding additional strain on an already weak system.

This week we are announcing that the weekend of January 23rd and 24th we will take up a collection for our missions in Haiti. We are announcing it in advance so you have the opportunity to be prepared and bring a check made payable to Queen of Peace with "Haiti Collection" in the memo.

Parishes throughout the diocese will also have this special collection, but due to our already existing missions, the Bishop gives us permission to send all monies from our special collection to our missions directly.

Please know that 100% of our special collection goes right to Haiti right where it will do the most good through missions we know and are trustworthy.

I am sorry I cannot be with you all this weekend as I have had a long standing commitment to assist Fr. Alberto, but I will be back with you all next weekend.

Please pray for the souls of those lost in the disaster, those who mourn, and those who are serving others in this most difficult of times. Download this message.

God Bless,

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10900 SW 24th Avenue
Gainesville FL 32607
Phone. 352-332-6279
Fax. 352-331-7347

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