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Mary Queen of Heaven
Catholic Church
Father Anthony Taschetta - Pastor
Parish Office Phone: 630-279-5700
Parish Office Email: parishoffice@maryqueen.org
Religious Education Phone: 630-832-8962
Preschool Phone: 630-833-9500
426 N West Avenue,
Elmhurst IL 60126
1659 Diocese of Quebec established
1789 Diocese of Baltimore established
1810 Diocese of Bardstown established
1827 Diocese of St. Louis established
1834 Diocese of Vincennes established
1844 Diocese of Chicago established
1949 Diocese of Joliet-in-Illinois established
April 2,1956 Father Thomas B. O'Keefe appointed founding pastor
June 15,1956 Public announcement by Bishop Martin D. McNamara that
Fr. O'Keefe is to be founding pastor of new parish
June 24, 1956 First Parish Mass - celebrated in Emerson School
July 5, 1956 New Ladies Organization - forerunner of C.C.W.
August 22, 1956 Possession of Rectory taken
December 9, 1956 Ground-Breaking for new church building
April 21, 1957 Cornerstone Ceremony for church building
September 22, 1957 Mary Queen of Heaven Church used for first time
Fall, 1957 Mary Queen of Heaven School opens its doors
May 25, 1958 Bishop McNamara dedicates new church building
June, 1964 Reverend Stanley Orlickiewicz appointed as second pastor
June, 1965 Remodeling of Sanctuary after Vatican II
June, 1970 Reverend Paul Benson becomes the third pastor
June 24, 1977 Reverend Paul Benson dies
September, 1977 Reverend Thomas Fleming becomes the fourth pastor
January 1, 1985 Reverend Thomas O'Keefe now Rector of the cathedral dies
June, 1989 Reverend Victor Rudden becomes the fifth pastor
April 22, 1992 Stained glass windows project begins
April, 1995 Remodeling of the Sanctuary of church
March 6, 1996 Reverend Victor Rudden dies
June, 1996 Reverend John Barrett becomes the sixth pastor
March 16, 2003 Bishop Joseph Imesch dedicates the new Parish Center
March 28, 2004 Mary M. Foley appointed as Pastoral Life Coordinator, the
first in the Diocese of Joliet
April 2, 2006 50th Anniversary of Mary Queen of Heaven Parish
June, 2008 Father Anthony Taschetta becomes the seventh pastor
1789 Diocese of Baltimore established
1810 Diocese of Bardstown established
1827 Diocese of St. Louis established
1834 Diocese of Vincennes established
1844 Diocese of Chicago established
1949 Diocese of Joliet-in-Illinois established
April 2,1956 Father Thomas B. O'Keefe appointed founding pastor
June 15,1956 Public announcement by Bishop Martin D. McNamara that
Fr. O'Keefe is to be founding pastor of new parish
June 24, 1956 First Parish Mass - celebrated in Emerson School
July 5, 1956 New Ladies Organization - forerunner of C.C.W.
August 22, 1956 Possession of Rectory taken
December 9, 1956 Ground-Breaking for new church building
April 21, 1957 Cornerstone Ceremony for church building
September 22, 1957 Mary Queen of Heaven Church used for first time
Fall, 1957 Mary Queen of Heaven School opens its doors
May 25, 1958 Bishop McNamara dedicates new church building
June, 1964 Reverend Stanley Orlickiewicz appointed as second pastor
June, 1965 Remodeling of Sanctuary after Vatican II
June, 1970 Reverend Paul Benson becomes the third pastor
June 24, 1977 Reverend Paul Benson dies
September, 1977 Reverend Thomas Fleming becomes the fourth pastor
January 1, 1985 Reverend Thomas O'Keefe now Rector of the cathedral dies
June, 1989 Reverend Victor Rudden becomes the fifth pastor
April 22, 1992 Stained glass windows project begins
April, 1995 Remodeling of the Sanctuary of church
March 6, 1996 Reverend Victor Rudden dies
June, 1996 Reverend John Barrett becomes the sixth pastor
March 16, 2003 Bishop Joseph Imesch dedicates the new Parish Center
March 28, 2004 Mary M. Foley appointed as Pastoral Life Coordinator, the
first in the Diocese of Joliet
April 2, 2006 50th Anniversary of Mary Queen of Heaven Parish
June, 2008 Father Anthony Taschetta becomes the seventh pastor