MARY QUEEN OF HEAVEN
CATHOLIC CHURCH
442 N. West Ave
Elmhurst, Illinois 60126-2128
630-279-5700
Parish Staff / Pastoral Support Teams / Parish History
OUR DEACONS
OUR PASTOR
OFFICE STAFF
Business Manager: Rev. Mr. Matt Novak
businessmanager@maryqueen.org
Administrative Assistants: Joanne DeZur (Sacraments) and Janet Aganad
parishoffice@maryqueen.org
Bulletin Editor: Michele Salinski
mqhbulletin@maryqueen.org
Communications Coordinator / Website & Social Media Editor: Kathy Dummer
kdummer@maryqueen.org
Volunteer Receptionists: Franca Tamburello and Mary Ann Jaeger
FAITH FORMATION / RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Director: Ms. Mary Glaudell
Assistant: Ms. Heather Raffe
re@maryqueen.org
PRESCHOOL
Director: Ms. Genét Pinkerton
mqhpreschool@maryqueen.org
MUSIC
Director: Mr. Ed Nowak
edju3333@comcast.net
Pastoral Support Teams
Parish Council
Mark Bukovsky
Beth Dunn Co-Secretary
Michelle Pretlow Co-Secretary
Tim Delaney
Mike Milani
Asha Olasa
Dick Reed
Joe Rumler
Jim Szatkowski
Neil Vandenberg
Pat Vandenberg
Finance Council
Michael Funk-Chairman
Tim Delaney
Joseph Maniola
Deacon Matthew Novak
Rick Pierzchala
Joseph Weigel
Liturgy & Worship Commission
Ellen Walker
Tom Sable
Sheila Reiter
Ed Hayes
Rose Wilkes
Deacon Alex Grozik
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 founded - 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 Martin D. McNamara dedicates new church building.
June, 1964
Reverend Stanley Orlickiewicz appointed as second pastor.
June, 1970
Reverend Paul Benson appointed as the third pastor.
June 24, 1977
Reverend Paul Benson dies.
September, 1977
Reverend Thomas Fleming appointed as the fourth pastor.
January 1, 1985
Reverend Thomas O'Keefe now Rector of the cathedral dies.
June, 1989
Reverend Victor Rudden appointed as the fifth pastor.
April 22, 1992
Stained glass windows project begins.
March 6, 1996
Reverend Victor Rudden dies.
June, 1996
Reverend John Barrett appointed as 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
Reverend Anthony Taschetta appointed as the seventh pastor.
June, 2014
Reverend Jason Stone appointed as the eighth pastor.
July, 2020
Reverend Santos “Sunny” Castillo appointed as the ninth pastor.
July, 2024
Reverend Slawomir (Slawek) Ignasik appointed as the tenth pastor.