The Blessed Carlo Acutis Eucharistic Adoration Chapel is a sacred space of Mary, Queen of Saints Parish where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved for the purpose of daily extended periods of adoration of the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist by volunteers, parishioners, and visitors.
This special chapel is located across from Our Lady of Fatima School inside Fatima House. It was blessed by Auxiiary Bishop William J. Waltersheid on Saturday, March 26, 2022.
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To make this new adoration chapel a living and true reality, your help is important. Participants are needed.
Our parish's initial plan is to hold Eucharist adoration from 9:00AM to 9:00PM daily. Having at least two ‘adorers’ scheduled for each hour is the current goal.
Scheduling
If you would like to become a volunteer adorer you can conveniently sign up yourself at any time. If you desire to join as a weekly adorer, there are spots still available. If your schedule requires more flexibility, sign up for an hour or two a month, or volunteer to be a substitute.
Reminders
Once you have enrolled and reserved the day, time and frequency of your service as an adorer, you will receive an e-reminder (via email or text message) 24 hours before each of your personally scheduled time slots.
Finding a Substitute
Additionally, when the need to make a change arises, a built in 'sub list' lets you quickly and easily find a substitute. At such times, the scheduled adorer completes an online sub request. That request is then emailed to all volunteer subs. The person who would like to step forward as a replacement simply clicks the link in the email in order to fulfill the request. (In turn, subs can also specify for which 'hours of a day' they receive automated sub requests.)
To sign up as an adorer and/or schedule a time slot, click the box below and you will be taken to the AdorationPro portal page created for Mary, Queen of Saints Parish. Once there, click the "Weekly Commitment" button. On the next screen you will be able to choose for yourself when and how frequently you would like to be scheduled as an adorer.
Questions/Info
Contact Tonya McKenna at adoration@maryqueenofsaints.org if you have any questions.
Upon their departure, the convent built for use by the Sisters of Mercy was repurposed and renamed Fatima House. The building has been used in the years since for small group meetings. The convent's chapel once used by the sisters has been renovated and is now the Blessed Carlo Acutis Adoration Chapel.
Fatima House is located immediately south of Our Lady of Fatima Church, and just north of the Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department Station #1.
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“Our destination must be what is infinite and not what is finite. Infinity is our homeland. We have been expected in Heaven since time immemorial”.
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“To always be close to Jesus, that’s my life plan.”
— Blessed Carlo Acutis