Parish and Diocesan News – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs

Habemus Papam! We Have a Pope!

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 by All News & Events

Dear Parishioners, Announcement of Great Joy, we have a Pope! As the white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel about noon yesterday, we rang the church bells to announce the good news. We were discussing the possible selection among ourselves...Read More

Urge Your NYS Senator to Reject Assisted Suicide Legislation

Posted on May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 by All News & Events

On April 29, 2025, the NY State Assembly passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide. The Senate may vote next. Senate Bill 138 would let doctors prescribe lethal medication to end a patient’s life. Lawmakers need to hear from constituents...Read More

Prayer for the Election of a New Pope

Posted on May 1, 2025May 2, 2025 by All News & Events

O God, eternal shepherd, who govern your flock with unfailing care, grant in your boundless fatherly love a pastor for your Church who will please you by his holiness and show watchful care. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,...Read More

Holy Saturday Easter Basket Blessing

Posted on April 26, 2025 by All News & Events

Many people gathered outside the church steps on Holy Saturday morning (April 19, 2025) to have their Easter baskets blessed by Father Antonin. The colors, the smiles, the spirit of hope. It was a beautiful day. Thanks to Denise DeMaria...Read More

Novena in Memory of Pope Francis (April 26 to May 4, 2025)

Posted on April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 by All News & Events

The entire Church mourns the death of our Holy Father, Pope Francis. In cathedrals, basilicas, shrines, chapels, and parish churches like our own, Masses will be celebrated to pray for the repose of his soul. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs...Read More

A Message from Our Pastor on the Death of Pope Francis

Posted on April 21, 2025April 25, 2025 by All News & Events

Dear Friends, We learned this Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, that Pope Francis passed into eternal life. Many recall with joy and anticipation the surprise election on March 13, 2013, of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina. He was the first...Read More

Stations of the Cross

Posted on March 13, 2025March 14, 2025 by All News & Events

The Stations receive special focus during Lent and on Good Friday during Holy Week. At each of the 14 Stations, we meditate on an event in Jesus' journey to Calvary and His death on the Cross. While praying the Stations...Read More

St. Joseph Novena, March 11 to 19

Posted on March 11, 2025March 12, 2025 by All News & Events

Pray the novena with us in church or pray at home, asking for the intercession of the humble head of the Holy Family, foster father of Jesus, patron saint of workers, and patron of the universal church. Our novena schedule...Read More

Lenten and Jubilee Year Pilgrimage Day at OLQM

Posted on March 3, 2025March 7, 2025 by All News & Events

Celebrate the Jubilee Year of Hope with Us! A Jubilee Year is a rare and meaningful opportunity, celebrated every 25 years, for faithful Catholics to deepen their faith—and to obtain a plenary indulgence. On Thursday, March 13, 2025, Our Lady Queen...Read More

Registration Open for Adult Confirmation Classes

Posted on February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 by All News & Events

If you have been baptized and received First Holy Communion but have not been confirmed, you can complete the Sacraments of Initiation by attending classes for adult (age 18 and older) confirmation preparation. Registration is now open for the twelve...Read More

Lenten Regulations

Posted on February 27, 2025February 28, 2025 by All News & Events

Abstinence: The Church asks all the faithful, ages 14 and older, to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent. Fasting: All the faithful ages 18 to 59 are obligated to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good...Read More

Photo Gallery Archives: 2024

Posted on February 26, 2025April 26, 2025 by All News & Events

2024 Photo Galleries 18 galleries—back to current photo gallery If you like photos, then follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more pictures. Christmas Eve Masses Festive Christmas Concert Christmas Tree Lighting A Gift for the Saints Chapel 24th Anniversary for...Read More

2025 Jubilee – Pilgrims of Hope

Posted on February 7, 2025May 2, 2025 by All News & Events

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs is a 2025 Jubilee Year Shrine Church Pope Francis proclaimed 2025 as a Jubilee Year, inviting Catholics around the world to embark on spiritual renewal as Pilgrims of Hope. The Jubilee concludes on the Feast...Read More

Prayer Group Bus Trip to “Sight and Sound: Noah”

Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 by All News & Events

Enjoy the heritage of our Catholic faith with a day of fellowship and inspiration. Join the OLQM Charismatic Prayer Group on a bus trip to Lancaster, PA, to experience Sight & Sound: Noah—an unforgettable live stage production that brings the story...Read More

Bishop Brennan’s Vocation Retreat for Young Men

Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 by All News & Events

Vocation Retreat February 28–March 2, 2025 Seminary of the Immaculate Conception This retreat is open to young men ages 16 and up who are contemplating whether God may be calling them to the priesthood. It includes Mass, communal and private...Read More

Mass with Anointing of the Sick

Posted on January 30, 2025January 31, 2025 by All News & Events

Anointing of the Sick Mass Tue, Feb 11, 2025 12:05PM World Day of the Sick is observed in the church every year on the commemoration of Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11), who gives healing and hope. Every year...Read More

February Feasts: Blessings of Candles and Throats

Posted on January 29, 2025January 30, 2025 by All News & Events

Candlemas: Blessing of Candles Sunday, Feb 2, 2024 The feast of the Presentation of the Lord celebrates the occasion when Mary brought the infant Jesus to the Temple and presented him to the people. Simeon recognized Jesus as the Christ:...Read More

On Care for Our Common Home

Posted on January 23, 2025January 24, 2025 by All News & Events

Our Catholic Teaching columns in the church bulletin have been reflecting on the challenge that Pope Francis has extended to us in his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ concerning our care for the environment. This special bulletin insert On Care for...Read More

Remembering Msgr. Reilly: Pro-Life Advocate

Posted on January 18, 2025 by All News & Events

Monsignor Philip J. Reilly (1934–2024), a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn and the founder of Helpers of God’s Precious Infants, passed away on November 30, 2024, after a lifetime dedicated to the pro-life movement and priesthood. Many of...Read More