Fr. Luis Penaloza “New address”

Our Lady Queen of Peace Church
P.O. Box 6226,
Clearlake, CA 95422
707-994-6618

Sunday Bulletins Available Online Again

Genoveva Gomez has taken over the responsibilities of producing the weekly bulletin. She has made it a priority to do so in a format that enables us to both put the contents of the bulletin here on our web site and to have it available in pdf format so you can download it to your computer to read or print out or you can click here to go to the bulletin page. You can find links to the bulletins on the tabs at the top of the page or in the blue menu on the right side of the page near the top.

All downloadable documents are saved in .pdf format. You can read them using the free program Adobe Reader. If you do not have Adobe Reader on your computer, you can download it for free by clicking on the link below. Download Adobe Reader

Altar Server Schedule Online

The altar server schedule is available for download by clicking here.

Softball Game , July 12th at the Parish Picnic.

Boys, girls, moms, and dads get your mitts oiled up and ready for a softball game at the parish picnic.  Bats and balls will be provided.

Parish Picnic/Welcoming Party for Fr.Mora

Sacred Heart will start the summer off with a big family parish picnic and Welcoming party for Fr. Mora on July 12th beginning immediately after the 10:30 mass.  We will have games for the kids to enjoy.  The menu will consist of hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, and green salad.  We would like your support in providing extras, so if your last name begins with letter A through P please bring a side dish; Q through Z a dessert.  We will serve lunch at 12:00 and the picnic will continue until at least 3pm.  We will also have a 50/50 raffle.  Please sign up in the vestibule of the church.  We need to have a rough idea how many will be attending.  Any questions or suggestions call the parish office.  Volunteers are needed to help set up, clean up, serve and supervise the games.  Please call Genoveva at 476-0203 or 443-8429.

10th Annual Men’s Retreat

Men, mark your calendars!  Our men’s retreat at the Omey place in Orleans is slated for July 10, 11 & 12.  Same great location, fellowship and food!  “Get your Registrations in the church foyer. For more Information See or call Deacon Frank Weber @4425615

Fireworks Sale

The Italian Catholic Federation will open their fireworks booth June 30th   and thru July 4th, In front of St. Bernard elementary school, 115 Henderson st.  Last year, we donated $900 each to St. Bernard School, Sacred Heart Church and St. Bernard Church.  With your support, we hope to continue our donation tradition. There will also be a free drawing for $100. of assorted Fireworks. The drawing will be at noon, July 3rd so sign up at our booth.  (Need not be present to win).  We are allowed to sell fireworks beginning June 28th and 29th.  If you need to purchase fireworks please call Alan Knapp to arrange a time to meet at the booth for your purchase.  Our booth will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.  All proceeds will be divided between ICF, St. Bernard Parish, St. Bernard School and Sacred Heart Parrish.  For more information please call Alan Knapp “Chairman” 442-6844

Attention Musicians  “Music & Singers”

We wish to invite and to encourage any one who plays or wishes to learn to play any instruments to the on going weekly music gatherings, singers are definitely welcome to sing praises to our Dear Lord on a weekly basis.  Hope you will bless us with your presence sometime. Looking forward to seeing you there on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm.  Call Deb 498-1810 for location. (It changes week to week) “This week it will be at the Newman Center in Arcata.   

Bishop Dedicates Statue

Click here to link to the article in the June 13th Times-Standard about Bishop Daniel Walsh's visit to Sacred Heart.

Knights of Columbus  “installation of officers “

Please plan on attending the Mass for the Installation of Officers of the Knights of Columbus Saturday at 4:00 PM at St. Josephs Church on July 11, 2009 and the following dinner at the Elks Club. 

Year of the Priest

June 19 2009 to June 19, 2010.

Remember to pray for our Priests.  A June calendar with suggested prayer dates for Priests in our diocese is available in the church foyer.

Ministries In Need

Additional Ushers are needed for the 5:00pm Saturday Mass. Duties include: responsibility for  one Sunday per month.  For more information or to volunteer, call Usher Coordinators: Joe Pucillo (443-5555) or  Frank Kutil (443-5948)

Altar Servers Needed! If you wish to volunteer Please call Elizabeth Simovich, 443-1275 

Study the Gospel of Matthew

Fr. Eric Freed extends an invitations to all to attend his weekly study group on Wednesday nights from 7:30-8:30 pm at the Newman Center located at 700 Union Street, just up the hill from HealthSport in Arcata. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, July 1. Several people from Sacred Heart have been attending and recommend it highly. Call 822-6057 for more information.

Fr. Eric Freed is the associate pastor at St. Bernards, the chaplain at the Newman Center, and teaches at Humboldt State University. He has just returned from a trip to Japan where he was promoting a book he has written. It is an account of the experiences of Hiroko Takanashi, who was 15 years old when the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Freed also translated a series of haiku poems about the Hiroshima experience written by Mrs. Takanashi and provided commentary on the literary quality of the poems.

Are You Looking for A Great Summer Job?

Camp St. Michael  is looking for Camp Counselors for this summer. Enjoy your summer in the outdoors and get paid for it.  Camp St. Michael, an outdoor ministry of the Diocese of Santa Rosa,  is looking for camp counselors and support staff.  Camp St. Michael focuses on personal and spiritual growth for both campers and counselors alike.  If you want to make a difference in a child’s life and have a great time doing it, visit their web site for more information. Go to www.campstmichael.org  

Have You Visited The New Parish Library?

Please come visit your library during office hours: the library is located in the rectory near the office.  Read, meditate, and check out quality books, videos, DVDs and music to enlighten your minds and deepen your faith.  Thank you to Father Luis, Deacon Tony, Deb Hubbard, the Lentz family the Rydz family, Darla and Richard Notman and all of you folks in our church community for your support and donations to this education mission.  We also wish to express our deepest appreciation to all of the church members who worked so tirelessly to create the beautiful library environment.

Angie Halliday volunteers each week in our Church Library by
cataloguing in new book donations and coordinating book
check outs and returns. Thank you Angie !

Connect with Deacon Tony and wife, Judy

Their story begins on December 14, 2007 when Tony was diagnosed with a rare T-cell Lymphoma and Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) at the same time.

Tony and Judy Viegas have created a CaringBridge site to keep you up to date on Tony Viegas. CaringBridge is a free, nonprofit web service that connects family and friends to share information, love and support during a health care crisis, treatment and recovery. You can visit Tony's CaringBridge site at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tonyviegas.

Please visit our CaringBridge site anytime. You can use the site to check in on Tony, read the journal entries and send us messages by signing our guestbook. When you register with CaringBridge and sign our guestbook, you will automatically receive e-mail notifications each time our journal is updated. Or, you can subscribe to receive these notifications even before you sign the guestbook. (Of course, you can unsubscribe from these e-mail updates at any time.)

Join A Ministry

There is the common misconception that volunteering necessarily implies a huge commitment of time--say every week for the rest of your life. Not so! We understand that you have a family, a job, other interests, and not a lot of free time.

Most of our ministries need volunteers. If you can usher, serve donuts, count money, etc. etc. etc., you are needed.  Please pray about the possibility of standing up for a few moments at mass, or an hour or two a month, or whatever your schedule will allow.

Besides, Sacred Heart parishioners are some of the brightest, wittiest, nicest and most interesting people around, and volunteering will give you the opportunity to meet some of them.  Please pray about this commitment. 

Click here to go to the Liturgical Ministry page to find out more.

If you are interested in joining any ministry, please call the ministry coordinator listed below.

Eucharistic Ministers – Deb Hubbard – 443-8429

Ushers – Joe Pucillo – 443-5555

Ushers – Frank Kutil – 443-5948

Lectors – Tami Walsh

Altar Servers – Elizabeth Simovich – 443-1275

Hispanic – Genoveva Gomez – 476-0203

Money Counters – Jody Daly – 443-7108 & Bonnie McGuire

Social/Donuts – Susana Munoz – 476-8969

Art & Liturgical Environment – Amy Ricke – 444-8663

Youth Group – Liz Edwards – 441-1982

Youth Band – Chris & Teresa Evans – 443-5296

Children’s Liturgy
Sunday 8:30 Mass - Chuck & Robyn Petrusha - 445-1084
Sunday 10:30 Mass Genoveva Gomez - 476-0203

Religion Education Sunday School "Eng-Spanish" - Genoveva Gomez 476-0203

RCIA – Fr. Luis

Finance Committee – Gina Costa – 445-3317

Web presence – Linden Lentz 442-0990

Other – Parish Office – 443-8429