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2016 Bulletins Archived

Posted on December 30, 2016December 28, 2021 by All News & Events

Oct-Dec July-Sept Apr-June Jan-Mar December 25, 2016_Christmas December 18, 2016 December 11, 2016 December 4, 2016 November 27, 2016_1st Sunday of Advent November 20, 2016 November 13, 2016 November 6, 2016 October 30, 2016_Choir Weekend October 23, 2016_Stewardship Sunday October...Read More

2017 Adult Catholic Education (ACE) and ARISE Programs

Posted on December 21, 2016January 13, 2017 by All News & Events

To bridge the fall and upcoming Lenten sessions of ARISE, we are offering an informal seminar series on Monday evenings during January and February 2017 (the weeks of Ordinary Time between Christmas and Lent). The first session is Monday, January...Read More

Census 2016 Results Are In!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by All News & Events

We conduct a parish census every two years to make sure our parishioner information is up-to-date. Accurate information helps us to function better as a parish. OLQM's Stewardship Committee wishes to thank the families that verified their parish registration information....Read More

A Diocese of Immigrants

Posted on December 3, 2016December 5, 2016 by All News & Events

Letter from Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, PhD, DD Bishop of Brooklyn December 2016 In the Apostolic Letter of Pope Francis closing the Year of Mercy, our Holy Father begins with the words "Misericordia et Misera," which were the words St....Read More

From the National Meeting of Catholic Bishops

Posted on November 18, 2016November 25, 2016 by All News & Events

By Bishop Paul R. Sanchez I spent four days in November at the 2016 national meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The meeting is always an enriching experience where I learn a great deal about the...Read More

Reflections on the Feast of Christ the King

Posted on November 14, 2016November 14, 2016 by All News & Events

November 20, 2016, the Feast of Christ the King, marks the conclusion of one liturgical year and the end of the historic Jubilee Year of Mercy. These churches in our diocese will be holding Masses and ceremonial blessings at the...Read More

Forest Hills Interfaith Prayer Service 2016

Posted on November 8, 2016 by All News & Events

Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy 70-01 Kessel Street Forest Hills, NY 11375 p: 718-268-6143 Please join with us in prayer with our Christian and Jewish neighbors on the Sunday before Thanksgiving to worship...Read More

Countdown to the 2016 Christmas Concert

Posted on November 4, 2016November 18, 2016 by All News & Events

December 11, 2016 at 4 p.m. Save the date, tell your friends, and reserve your tickets to the Annual Christmas Concert at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs. Tickets $30; $10 children (age 12 and under). To purchase, call the rectory:...Read More

All Saints Day

Posted on October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 by All News & Events

November serves as a month to remember all those who have died, beginning with the holy men and women that the Catholic Church recognizes as having attained Heaven -- the saints. All Saints Day is a holy day of obligation...Read More

November Remembrances

Posted on October 25, 2016October 27, 2016 by All News & Events

Starting on All Souls Day (November 2) and during all of the month of November we remember those in our lives who have passed away. Fox Funeral Home has arranged to have a Memorial Mass celebrated here at Our Lady...Read More

Living Rosary for Respect Life Month 2016

Posted on October 15, 2016October 21, 2016 by All News & Events

During October the church focuses on proclaiming and giving witness to the sanctity of human life. At our parish we do so prayerfully with a public rosary–a Living Rosary–which will be held October 23 after the 1 p.m. Sunday Mass.

Gifts from Bethlehem – Special Event on October 29/30 Weekend

Posted on October 7, 2016October 30, 2016 by All News & Events

Olivewood carvings of nativity sets, crosses, religious figures--all handmade by Christians in the Holy Land--will be available for purchase after Sunday Masses on the last weekend of October. Sales of these handicrafts provide a livelihood for the artisans and help...Read More

ARISE Together in Christ Prayer

Posted on October 6, 2016October 7, 2016 by All News & Events

Gracious God and Father, we enter into your presence realizing you know us better than we know ourselves. You know the cares and sufferings we carry in our hearts. You call us to holiness and we trust you to lead...Read More

Census Sunday 2016

Posted on September 23, 2016October 14, 2016 by All News & Events

At Sunday Masses on weekend of October 15/16, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs will distribute census forms in an effort to increase parish registration as well as update current parishioner information. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Census Form 2016 (pdf)...Read More

Food Pantry Volunteers

Posted on September 7, 2016September 10, 2016 by All News & Events

Tuesday, September 13, at 7:30 p.m., there will be a special food pantry meeting at Our Lady of Mercy (OLM) for anyone at OLQM that would like to volunteer. OLM (our sister parish here in Forest Hills) is located at...Read More

Clothing Drive

Posted on September 7, 2016September 11, 2016 by All News & Events

One morning only, Sunday, September 11, 2016 from 9 a.m. to noon. A truck from the St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) Society will be parked outside the church, on Ascan Avenue, to accept your donations of new and gently worn...Read More

Emergency Blood Shortage Blood Drive

Posted on August 16, 2016August 16, 2016 by All News & Events

Please tweet, like or share this news with your friends this week. Sunday August 28, 2016 from 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., the New York Blood Center Mobile Bus will be outside our church. Recent national tragedies are reminders that...Read More

A Lovely Tribute to Msgr. Funaro

Posted on August 12, 2016August 12, 2022 by All News & Events

Mary Anne Marks, now Sr. Maria Veritas Marks, O.P., an Ann Arbor Dominican teaching sister, writes a monthly column for the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Michigan Catholic. Her August 8, 2016 article is a tribute to Msgr. Joseph Funaro. "A soul...Read More

“Penny-A-Day” Project Shares Goals of Father Arrupe

Posted on August 5, 2016August 6, 2016 by All News & Events

Two alumni of the OLQM Catholic Academy Class of 2016, who are now students at Regis High School, are aiming to collect $300 for the poor at Sunday Masses on August 13/14. Aaron Adviento (ten years at OLQM) and Craig...Read More

Remembering Msgr. Funaro

Posted on August 5, 2016August 12, 2016 by All News & Events

Sunday, August 14 11:30 a.m. Mass This Mass will be in memory of our former pastor, Reverend Monsignor Joseph A. Funaro, on the third anniversary of his passing. We pray for the repose of the soul of Monsignor on the...Read More