From the Pastor – Page 3 – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs

A Word from Our Priests

Posted on March 22, 2020June 3, 2020 by All News & Events

(UPDATE May 24, 2020) Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio announced that the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens will slowly work toward opening the doors of Catholic Churches for private prayer and devotion as well as for funerals and limited celebrations of baptisms...Read More

Changes to Catholic Services Amid COVID-19 Virus

Posted on March 6, 2020December 26, 2021 by All News & Events

(UPDATE March 20, 2020, 12 noon EDT) FROM THE DIOCESE: Bishop DiMarzio has issued the following updates. Please continue to check this website and our Facebook page often for updates and spiritual help and guidance. Churches: New Mandates! Church to...Read More

Faith and Politics

Posted on February 7, 2020September 1, 2024 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

United in Faith

Posted on January 13, 2020January 17, 2020 by All News & Events

Watch the PIX 11 Video of the Forest Hills Anti-Semitism rally, January 12, 2020 [caption id="attachment_20398" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Bishop Sanchez joined other community and interfaith clergy leaders at the January 12 unity rally against hate and anti-Semitic crimes[/caption] To all...Read More

Op-Ed on the Diocesan Review Board

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by All News & Events

This editorial, written by former NYPD Chief of Department Joseph Esposito, the Chair of the Diocesan Review Board, appears in the New York Daily News and is recommended reading: Review Board takes abuse seriously: Brooklyn Diocese’ panel diligently investigates clerical...Read More

“Come Home for Christmas”

Posted on December 11, 2019December 18, 2019 by All News & Events

A Christmas Message from Bishop Sanchez We rejoice with you in this great Christmas Season of hope in which we remember God's abundant love for his people. He sent his Son, Jesus, to be born among us. I invite you...Read More

Bishops “ad limina” to Rome

Posted on November 7, 2019November 22, 2019 by All News & Events

A Message from Bishop Sanchez Bishops return to the Holy See every five years for an "ad limina" visit to the pope and various officials. The U.S. Bishops begin their visit this November. Here are some words and pictures from...Read More

Caritas Initiative for Catholic Social Action: Volunteers Wanted

Posted on August 23, 2019October 27, 2023 by All News & Events

Some of our parishioners are reviving the parish Social Action Committee here at OLQM. If you are interested in Catholic social teaching and action, contact Bishop Sanchez or Father Passenant in person or by phone or write to them care...Read More

“A Moment of Purification for the Church”

Posted on August 13, 2019December 28, 2019 by All News & Events

A Word from Bishop Sanchez This statement is how Bishop DiMarzio describes the present time through which we are passing. This past week brings to our minds again the need to fight against sexual abuse. Last Wednesday, August 14, was...Read More

The Right to Vote and Make Our Voice Heard

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by All News & Events

A Word from Bishop Sanchez Recent events have reminded us of the privilege we have of participating in the electoral process and exercising our right to vote. Many people are rightfully upset about the expansion of abortion made possible by...Read More

The Listening Session

Posted on February 26, 2019December 28, 2019 by All News & Events

A Word from Bishop Sanchez On Tuesday February 19, 2019, parishioners from our parish and Our Lady of the Angelus and Our Lady of Mercy gathered to hear, comment, and question how our diocese has responded to the sexual abuse...Read More

Statement from the Diocese of Brooklyn on Release of Clergy Names

Posted on February 15, 2019December 28, 2019 by All News & Events

As many of you know, the Diocese of Brooklyn website published (on Friday, February 15, 2019) the list of 108 priests who have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct with a minor. These allegations date back as far as 1934....Read More

Faith and Action

Posted on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by All News & Events

A Word from Bishop Sanchez Bishop DiMarzio offered these thoughts for our reflection at the Cathedral Club dinner on February 7, 2019. The transcript of his full talk appears online in his Put Out Into the Deep column and can...Read More

Standing for Our Values

Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by All News & Events

From Bishop Sanchez Bishop DiMarzio offers these reflections on the state of our State government and the passage of the recent Reproductive Health Care Act: Pope Francis reminds us that “a good Catholic meddles in politics.’. . . Our first...Read More

Passage of Child Victims Act & Listening Session

Posted on January 29, 2019December 28, 2019 by All News & Events

Passage of Child Victims Act - NYS Bishops Statement “We pray that the passage of the Child Victims Act brings some measure of healing to all survivors by offering them a path of recourse and reconciliation. The legislation now recognizes...Read More

Fr. Passenant Named New Dean of Queens Deanery #6

Posted on January 25, 2019February 1, 2019 by All News & Events

Very Reverend Francis Passenant, V. F.—New Dean of QN#6 It is my pleasure to announce to you that Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has named Father Passenant as Dean of the Queens North #6 Deanery. The appointment becomes effective on January 31,...Read More

Abortion Expansion Bill in Albany

Posted on January 21, 2019February 8, 2019 by All News & Events

From Bishop Paul R. Sanchez, updated 2/8/2019 We are disappointed that the Reproductive Health Care Act (A.21/S. 240) passed in Albany on January 22, 2019. I encourage you to read Bishop Edward Scharfenberger's Open Letter to Gov. Cuomo (from the...Read More

Concern for All Victims of Sex Abuse

Posted on January 18, 2019December 28, 2019 by All News & Events

By Bishop Paul R. Sanchez Why is our society not concerned about all victims of sexual abuse? Veteran religion reporter Peter Steinfels, commenting on the Pennsylvania grand jury report on the state’s six Catholic dioceses, says: “One naturally wonders what...Read More

Solidarity and Prayer

Posted on January 4, 2019January 7, 2019 by All News & Events

By Bishop Paul R. Sanchez Pope Francis requested that all the U.S. Bishops participate in a retreat during the first week of January 2019. I write these words as I am about to leave for the retreat. During this special...Read More

Crisis in the Church

Posted on December 18, 2018December 28, 2019 by All News & Events

By Bishop Paul R. Sanchez In our church bulletin, I repeated Bishop DiMarzio’s observation (see his column in The Tablet, November 14, 2018) that no other comparable institution except the Catholic Church has been singled out by the New York...Read More