Widget does not display and I am sad

I tried the ‘old’ method, that did not work. And my template does use the wp_reset_query(). I am a complete newbie who is just learning php, css, wordpress etc. I’ve included the template code below for the page that does the call. I hope we sort this out as otherwise I’ll have to think up my own solution and that is still beyond me i think.

<?php
	/*
	Template Name: Template Category (Match-to-Page)
	*/

	// Exit if accessed directly

	if ( !defined('ABSPATH')) exit;

	?>

	<?php get_header(); ?>

	<div id="sub-head">
		<div id="container">
			<h1 class="post-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
				<?php $options = get_option('responsive_theme_options'); ?>
					<?php if ($options['breadcrumb'] == 0): ?>
					<?php echo responsive_breadcrumb_lists(); ?>
				<?php endif; ?>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>  

<div id="container" class="hfeed">
	<?php responsive_header_end(); // after header hook ?>
	<?php responsive_wrapper(); // before wrapper ?>

		<div id="wrapper" class="clearfix">
		<?php responsive_in_wrapper(); // wrapper hook ?>

			<div id="content" class="grid col-620">

				<!--
					here is the idea:

						1. Set article permalinks to be one word.
						2. Set category name to the same word (ideally)
						   Ie. for posting study plans to a page called "My SCCC Classes" the permalink would be "classes"
						   then named the category "Classes" with slug "classes"

						This should also worked with categories with a space in them for instance a page called "My Work" with permalink "work" would have a category name of "My Work" and a slug "work".
						Note that the query doesn't care that category name has an 'empty space' in it.

				-->

				<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
				<div class="topPost">
					<!--<h2 class="pageTitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>-->

					<!--
						<div class="topContent"><?php the_content('(Read More...)'); ?> <hr></div>
					-->

					<div class="topContent"><?php the_content(); ?> <hr></div>
					<div class="cleared"></div>
				</div>

				<?php endwhile; else: endif; ?>

				<?php query_posts('category_name='.get_permalink().'&post_status=publish,future');?>

				<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
				<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

				<?php if (function_exists('wp_list_comments')): ?>
				<div <?php post_class(topPost); ?>>

				<?php else : ?>
				<div class="topPost">
				<?php endif; ?>

					<h2 class="topTitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

					<!--<p class="topMeta">by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> on <?php the_time('M.d, Y') ?>, under <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>-->

					<div class="topContent"><?php the_excerpt('(Read More...)'); ?><hr></div>
						<!--<span class="topComments"><?php comments_popup_link('Leave a Comment', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></span>-->

						<!--<span class="topTags"><?php the_tags('<br>', ', ', ''); ?></span>-->
						<div class="cleared"></div>
					</div> <!-- Closes topPost --><br />

					<?php endwhile; ?>

					<?php else : ?>

					<!--
					<div class="topPost">
						<h2 class="topTitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Not Found</a></h2>
						<div class="topContent"><p>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here. You can search again by using <a href="#searchform">this form</a>...</p></div>
					</div> <!-- Closes topPost -->
					-->

					<?php endif; ?>

					<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

					<div id="nextprevious">
						<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries') ?></div>
						<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
						<div class="cleared"></div>
					</div>

			</div><!-- end of #content -->

<?php
 // Custom widget Area Start
 if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('My Custom Widget Area - 1') ) : ?>
<?php endif;
// Custom widget Area End
?>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>