Action Alerts – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs

Covid-19 Alert

Posted on January 20, 2021December 26, 2021 by All News & Events

(January 20, 2021) We were informed late last Sunday evening, January 17, 2021, that an individual who was at the 5 PM Mass on Saturday, January 9, and at the 1 PM Mass on Sunday, January 10, tested positive for...Read More

New Capacity Restrictions for Mass

Posted on October 9, 2020December 26, 2021 by All News & Events

(October 9, 2020; updated October 13) Governor Cuomo has issued a new COVID mandate that will require us to limit attendance at our Masses this weekend to 25 people. We and the entire Diocese of Brooklyn feel that the religious...Read More

Act Now to Help Catholic School Families

Posted on July 28, 2020August 4, 2020 by All News & Events

Dear Parishioners, I encourage you to express your support of Catholic education by visiting the link below and sending the message found there to our elected officials. I appreciate your concern for Catholic schools and academies. - Bishop Sanchez Action...Read More

Religious Freedom

Posted on June 6, 2020July 30, 2020 by All News & Events

Over seven weeks in June and July 2020, our reflections focus on Religious Freedom and Religious Persecution, in solidarity with the USCCB’s Religious Freedom Week. Actions and Reflections for July 26: On Religious Freedom Pray for a new birth...Read More

Fight for Catholic School Funding

Posted on March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 by All News & Events

Lawmakers are getting ready to finalize a 2020-21 State Budget on March 31, which is expected to include hundreds of millions more in funding for public education. We want to ensure that Catholic schools receive their fair share of critical...Read More

Faith and Politics

Posted on February 7, 2020March 6, 2020 by All News & Events

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released four short videos intended to help inform Catholics on the Church’s teachings ahead of a national election. Catholics participate in public life, protect human life and dignity, promote the common good, and...Read More

Help Maintain the Ban on Surrogacy

Posted on February 7, 2020March 6, 2020 by All News & Events

The Catholic Action Network of the New York State Catholic Conference asks you to tell your legislators to remove the language from the state budget proposal that would legalize commercial surrogacy. Governor Andrew Cuomo believes that the ban on surrogacy...Read More

Reflection and Action on Poverty

Posted on November 23, 2019March 6, 2020 by All News & Events

Photos by Andy Nguyen On November 17, 2019, World Day of the Poor, some 30 parishioners and clergy gathered to hear Msgr. Alfred LoPinto, president & CEO of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ), talk about poverty in our neighborhoods...Read More