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For OLQMatters Email Subscribers

Posted on June 14, 2022December 29, 2022 by All News & Events

Our weekly Friday email has a new From address. If you are a current subscriber, be sure to add this address to your email contacts or safe list: info@ourladyqueenofmartyrs.org. If your email provider does not automatically recognize this address, it...Read More

Latest COVID Updates

Posted on June 14, 2022December 29, 2022 by All News & Events

In church, mask-wearing is optional at this time. All are encouraged to decide in accordance with their health conditions and comfort level. For more information, see NYC's coronavirus information updates or use this COVID data tracker from the Centers for...Read More

Holy Land Pilgrimage March 2023

Posted on June 14, 2022 by All News & Events

Experience the Holy Land with Deacon Greg Kandra and Father Antonin during this 12-day pilgrimage. Pilgrimage to Holy Land March 7–18, 2023 Cost: $4395 from NYC (including airfare) You will visit Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, as well as Mount Tabor (with...Read More

Father Troike Summer Leadership Program

Posted on June 13, 2022June 14, 2022 by All News & Events

This four-week summer program at Cathedral Prep in Elmhurst, Queens, is open to young men entering the 7th and 8th grades who desire to sharpen their academic skills and develop their leadership potential. Mornings consist of academic study, including TACHs...Read More

October 2022 Pilgrimage to National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Posted on June 13, 2022July 13, 2022 by All News & Events

Anyone interested in going to the pilgrimage should call the diocese directly at 718-965-7313 or email pilgrimage@diobrook.org to find out which local parishes in Queens are having buses (OLQM will not be a bus location). You can also check the pilgrimage...Read More

Confirmation 2022

Posted on June 12, 2022June 13, 2022 by All News & Events

Fifty-seven young people from OLQM Catholic Academy and the parish RCIA and Religious Education programs received the Sacrament of Confirmation at a special 4PM Mass on Pentecost celebrated by Bishop Paul Sanchez. Congratulations to our confirmandi on this milestone in...Read More

2023 Mass Book

Posted on June 9, 2022July 13, 2022 by All News & Events

The 2023 Mass Book is open for requests. Mass Intentions can be requested for the daily 8AM and 12:05PM Masses and also for the Saturday 5PM Vigil Mass. Mass requests can be for the deceased and for the living. Masses may...Read More

New Mid-Week Day for Charismatic Prayer Group Meetings

Posted on June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 by All News & Events

Effective June 2022, the Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group has moved its weekly prayer meetings to Wednesdays, with Bible Study the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Meetings consist of spontaneous prayer, scripture reading, and the exercise of charismatic gifts. Join in...Read More

May Crowning

Posted on May 21, 2022June 13, 2022 by All News & Events

For their last day of class on May 18, 2022, the Religious Education students celebrated a May Crowning ceremony with flowers, prayer and song. Father Antonin did the honors of placing the crown of blue and white flowers atop the...Read More

Vocation Fair

Posted on May 17, 2022June 13, 2022 by All News & Events

On Sunday, May 15, 2022, we held our first parish Vocation Fair since the pandemic. Father Chris Bethge, director of the Vocations Office at the Diocese of Brooklyn, and his team visited to better acquainted our parishioners with the men...Read More

First Communion 2022

Posted on May 17, 2022June 13, 2022 by All News & Events

First Communion was held in our church on Saturday, May 14, 2022. See our church bulletin of May 22, 2022 for class congratulations and acknowledgments of the students and others who helped make it a special and memorial day. Most...Read More

Church at Twilight

Posted on May 13, 2022November 3, 2022 by All News & Events

These exterior photos of our church were taken by Christopher Sean Cunningham, in the early evening hours on March 11, 2022. [gallery link="file" size="large" columns="1" ids="27231,27228,27229"]

A Pro-Life Future in New York State

Posted on May 12, 2022May 13, 2022 by All News & Events

In the light of the recent “societal unrest over the issue of abortion” and the looming Supreme Court decision, the Catholic Bishops of New York State have released a new statement which I encourage you to read. The full statement...Read More

Spring at OLQM

Posted on May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 by All News & Events

Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of dove is heard in our land. (Song of Songs 2:12) Enjoy some beautiful photos of our church from spring 2022, submitted by parishioners. [caption id="attachment_27232" align="alignnone"...Read More

Vocation Fair 2022

Posted on May 6, 2022May 13, 2022 by All News & Events

On Sunday, May 15, we invite everyone to join us for our Parish Vocation Fair. It will be held in the church vestibule after the 9AM, 11:15AM and 1PM Masses. Father Chris Bethge, Vocations Director for the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens,...Read More

Livestream Schedule Change

Posted on May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 by All News & Events

Bishop Brennan has asked us to encourage people to attend Mass in person. So we have decided to discontinue the 9AM Sunday Mass livestream. Effective May 8, 2022, we will livestream one Sunday Mass each week, the 11:15AM Choir Mass,...Read More

Veneration of the Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis

Posted on May 3, 2022May 13, 2022 by All News & Events

[caption id="attachment_27180" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Carlo Acutis, a Catholic Italian teenager who died in 2006, was beatified on October 10. 2020. He is a model of holiness in a digital age.[/caption] "The witness of Blessed Carlo Acutis indicates to today's young people...Read More

Ministries 2022

Posted on April 26, 2022May 3, 2022 by All News & Events

We Are Blessed by God’s Grace As our stewardship theme, these words, “We Are Blessed by God’s Grace,” hold a more special meaning coming on the heels of a challenging time in our lives. Calling ourselves blessed is an invitation...Read More

Holy Week and Easter 2022

Posted on April 18, 2022June 26, 2022 by All News & Events

Photos (most originally appearing on Facebook) are courtesy Deacon Greg Kandra, Regina Faighes, Maria Ribar, and Barbara Flannery. At the Easter Vigil, four Elect received the sacrament of baptism during the Mass and two Candidates entered into full communion with...Read More

Bishop Paul R. Sanchez Remains OLQM Pastor as Pope Francis Accepts His Resignation as Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn

Posted on March 30, 2022May 6, 2022 by All News & Events

On reaching 75 years of age last November 2021, Bishop Sanchez submitted his resignation as mandated by Church Law and it was accepted by Pope Francis last week. Thank you, Bishop Sanchez, for your continued service to our parish. May...Read More