Parish and Diocesan News – Page 21 – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs

Material Goods Needed for Hurricane Maria Relief

Posted on October 2, 2017October 5, 2017 by All News & Events

The need is great. This month we are taking two voluntary collections: On October 7/8 weekend, loose bills in the second collection will be for Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane Maria. On October 14/15 weekend, loose bills in the second...Read More

A Faith-Lifting Experience! ARISE Season 3 Begins in October

Posted on September 11, 2017September 15, 2017 by All News & Events

Season 3 of ARISE Together in Christ at OLQM begins the week of October 8, 2017. Over six faith-sharing sessions we'll invite you to journey In the Footsteps of Christ and explore the Catholic teachings on charity and justice in today's...Read More

Daily Carillon Schedule

Posted on September 11, 2017October 2, 2017 by All News & Events

People in Forest Hills have taken notice that our church tower is singing again with music and bells chiming! Our new electronic carillon system was inaugurated August 27, 2017 and dedicated at Mass on September 10. It was given as...Read More

Organ Dedication Services

Posted on September 5, 2017September 17, 2017 by All News & Events

To coincide with our Parish Feast Day (Our Lady of Sorrows, September 15), we dedicated our new organ and outdoor chimes at Sunday Masses on September 10, 2017. 11:30 a.m. Mass - Bishop Sanchez offers the dedication prayer and blessing...Read More

Deacon Greg to Be Honored

Posted on August 18, 2017 by All News & Events

We are proud to announce that Deacon Greg Kandra will be one of the honorees at the 2017 Luncheon for Our Lady of the Skies. Greg is being honored for his work as Multimedia Editor at the Catholic Near East...Read More

Our Church in Pictures

Posted on August 17, 2017June 16, 2018 by All News & Events

This photo series by Niranjan Fernando, from June 2017 (during ordinary time), captures the wonders of our church architecture. Scroll below, or view as a slideshow. The main altar [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="large" ids="15839,15840"] Mary and Joseph altars [gallery...Read More

Thursday Novena for Vocations

Posted on August 17, 2017November 10, 2017 by All News & Events

Click on image above to go to BrooklynPriests.org. Starting September 14, 2017, please join us over nine Thursday evenings to pray for increased vocations to the priesthood and religious life. We invite all to come for part or for all...Read More

The New Church Organ

Posted on August 11, 2017December 23, 2017 by All News & Events

In 2017 we embarked on a project to enhance the music program at OLQM Church and our worship experience. The process of dismantling the old electronic organ and installing the new digital Allen organ (documented in pictures and video) took...Read More

Mass with Father Mema (St. John Vianney Novena)

Posted on August 1, 2017August 3, 2017 by All News & Events

[caption id="attachment_15533" align="alignleft" width="200"] Fr. Robert Mema[/caption] On July 30, 2017, Father Robert Mema, who was ordained in June 2017 as a priest in our diocese, celebrated 11:30 Mass and led us in day 4 of the novena to St....Read More

Potluck Sunday Luncheon 2017

Posted on July 28, 2017August 2, 2017 by All News & Events

July 23, 2017 - Photos courtesy Leon Volskis [gallery link="file" columns="6" ids="15467,15465,15487,15486,15485,15483,15470,15482,15468,15476,15469,15477,15471,15484,15479,15480,15478,15481,15475,15474,15472,15464,15466"]

Weekend Mass Schedule

Posted on July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 by All News & Events

Bishop DiMarzio has requested that parishes evaluate their weekend schedule of Masses in relationship to the number of people who participate in the Mass and the number of priests available to celebrate the Masses. Click here for the Bishop's 2-page...Read More

Reconciliation and Compensation Program

Posted on June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 by All News & Events

The Diocese of Brooklyn has announced another step in its ongoing response to the sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy. The full details of the program are explained in a June 24, 2017 letter from Bishop Nicholas...Read More

Congratulations to Sister Jubilarians

Posted on June 20, 2017 by All News & Events

We wish to congratulate two Sisters of Charity-Halifax who reside in our parish convent on their many years of service to God, to the Church, and to the community. Congratulations to: Sr. Frances Gritte, S.C. (70 years) Sr. Carol Buckley,...Read More

Corpus Christi 2017

Posted on June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 by All News & Events

Photos courtesy Rosalind Chan from June 18, 2017. Pange Lingua Gloriosi (accompanying prayer and music program) [gallery columns="4" link="file" ids="15244,15245,15246,15248,15249,15250,15251,15252,15253,15254,15255,15256,15257,15258,15259,15260,15261,15262,15263,15264,15265,15266,15267,15268,15269,15270,15271"] Save Save

As Seen at the Forest Hills Festival of the Arts 2017

Posted on June 16, 2017June 20, 2017 by All News & Events

Sunday, June 11, 2017 One of Pope Francis’s frequent appeals is to go outside of oneself and take risks in telling people about what Catholics do. At the Sunday afternoon Austin Street Fair (also known as Forest Hills Festival of...Read More

Forest Hills Festival of the Arts and Street Fair

Posted on June 8, 2017 by All News & Events

Sunday, June 11, 2017 10 am to 6 pm Austin Street from 69th Road to 72 Road! Twice a year, at the start and the end of summer, the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce throws a street fair. It's a...Read More

Confirmation 2017

Posted on June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 by All News & Events

Sunday, June 4, at a beautiful 4 p.m. Mass, 58 young men and women from our parish made their Confirmation. Bishop Sanchez, our pastor, and Fathers Antonin and Passenant co-celebrated. Thanks to Anne Zuschlag, Dennis Portelli, Martha Liubicich and the...Read More

Deacon Thomas Jorge’s Ordination Weekend

Posted on June 1, 2017June 20, 2017 by All News & Events

May 27 and May 28, 2017 OLQM parishioner Thomas Jorge and 11 others were ordained to the Order of the Diaconate on Saturday, May 27, by Bishop DiMarzio at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. Deacon Tom's Mass of Thanksgiving was...Read More

Thomas Jorge to Be Ordained Deacon

Posted on May 22, 2017May 25, 2017 by All News & Events

After five years of study, prayer and discernment, Thomas Jorge will be ordained to Holy Orders on Saturday, May 27, 2017, at the Co-cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, becoming a permanent deacon for the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens. Tom is...Read More

First Holy Communion 2017

Posted on May 22, 2017June 20, 2017 by All News & Events

May 13, 2017 was a special Saturday for 56 boys and girls from our parish school and Religious Education program as they received First Holy Communion. They, along with their parents, journeyed this past year learning about the meaning of...Read More