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Mission Statement of Queenship of Mary History Committe:
"Our Goal is to research, preserve and share the history of Queenship of Mary Parish"

We are achieving that goal by:

 

  • The creation of permanent displays of archival photos and memorabilia in the parish hall and classrooms

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Papal Blessings

 

  • Conducting oral interviews recording on video or audio.  Some of our past interviews include:

 

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Fr. Ed Struzik - Second Pastor of Queenship of Mary


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Fr. Tom Ganley - Associate pastor to
Fr. Schladebeck @ St Cecilia & Queenship
of Mary Parish

 

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Msgr. Joe Curry – assisted
Fr.Frank Piazza in covering scheduled masses

 

 

 

  • Mary Katherine Hawryluk - One of the original 35 families involved in early
    Social Ministry & Adopt-A-Family
  • Bobbie Molineux - Chairperson of Parish Council & member of Buiding Committee
  • Louis Pizzarella - (phone interview) Custodian
  • Nancy Wilmer - (phone interview) designed "Taste & See" cookbooks as
    fund-raiser for first roof renovation
  • Angela DiLouie - Early parishoner and Religious Education Director 11 years
  • Joe and Linda Luther - Building committe chairman & parish council member
  • Jeanette Weigartner - usher and Mass set-up committee at Wicoff School
  • Tony & Janet Caldarella - early parishioners actively involved with Youth Group

 

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Mary the Welcomer designer and creator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


  • Dina Tady - (e-mail interview) Early parishoner, part-time secretary at parish
    office on Linden Lane, member of Arts & Enviroment Committee and Choir
  • Laura Rua - ReligiousEducation Advisory Panel under Angela DiLouie and
    early parishioner
  • Pat & Helen Butler - involved in start-up & development of early ministries

 

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Mary Ann Cortez -
Designer of our stained glass windows

  • Maintaining & Expanding archival collections such as:locker
  • Elizabeth Ministry items
  • Guatemala Partnership items
  • Event T-shirts
  • 25th Anniversary year memorabilia

 

  • Displaying Documentation through:
  • Parish & Diocesan presentations
  • Bulletin submissions such as "Quenship Quotables", "Don't Let Our History Be a Mystery", and "Perspectives from our Past"

 



Meetings are held twice a month – see church bulletin for details. Interviews are scheduled at interviewee convenience. Occasional off-site research is conducted. Annual Diocesan Historian workshop each fall is hosted at parishes within the Metuchen Diocese. Speakers who have inspired us include Msgr. Raymond Kupke, Fr. Michael Krull, Msgr. John Szymanski and Carl Ganz, Jr.

 

Future Goals include:

  • Presentations and displays
  • Initiation of exciting new formats to share the history of our parish
  • Permanent display for rotating exhibits

 

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Patty Vancheri   609-799-7529             This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it                  

Ann Jackman   609-799-6751              This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Eileen M. Varia   609-269-8764       This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sylvia Boback   609-409-1738               This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Stein Corcoran   908-672-5844        This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it