Parish and Diocesan News – Page 5 – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs

Summer Missionary Appeal 2023

Posted on August 20, 2023 by All News & Events

Sunday Masses August 26 & 27 weekend Fr. Maurice Agbaw-Ebai of the Benedict XVI Institute for Africa will speak at all the Sunday Masses on the last weekend of August and gratefully accept our second collection donations. As the Church...Read More

Fall/Winter Clothing Drive for Migrants

Posted on August 14, 2023August 18, 2023 by All News & Events

AT ALL SUNDAY MASSES August 19 & 20, 2023 We are teaming up with Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) to collect used and new fall/winter clothing items for migrants. CCBQ has given us a list of their most...Read More

St. John Vianney Novena Mass with Fr. Samuel

Posted on August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 by All News & Events

We are grateful to Fr. Samuel Mwiwawi, a newly ordained priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens for celebrating 11:15AM Mass and joining us for our Novena to St John Vianney on Sunday, July 30, 2023. Please continue to pray for...Read More

St John Vianney Novena 2023

Posted on July 21, 2023July 28, 2023 by All News & Events

Every year, beginning on July 27, we pray a novena to the patron of parish priests. The novena concludes on August 4 (feast day of St. John Vianney). The novena prayer is recited at the 12:05PM Mass on weekdays (Mon-Sat)...Read More

Join the Altar Server Society

Posted on July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 by All News & Events

A program of altar server training is scheduled over four consecutive Saturdays—July 29, August 5, August 12, and August 19, 2023—at 10AM in the church. The Altar Server Society at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs is open to all young...Read More

Emergency Food Drive Results

Posted on June 29, 2023 by All News & Events

Parishioners of OLQM helped bring the bags of food donated by our parish to a Catholic Charities van, which came to bring the donated food items to St. Pius V Parish in Jamaica. There, volunteers are feeding the newly arrived...Read More

A Farewell Tribute to Deacon Greg

Posted on June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 by All News & Events

"God’s Choicest Blessings on Deacon Greg and Siobhain Kandra" In early July 2023, Deacon Greg Kandra and his wife and Siobhain were preparing to depart Forest Hills and retire to Florida. Bishop Sanchez, speaking on behalf of the entire clergy, said:...Read More

Father Passenant’s Pastoral Installation Mass

Posted on June 24, 2023June 25, 2023 by All News & Events

A new chapter unfolded for Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish on June 17, 2023, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. At the 12:05PM Mass, Bishop Paul Sanchez proclaimed the appointment of Father Francis J. Passenant as pastor....Read More

A Letter from Deacon Greg

Posted on June 23, 2023June 29, 2023 by All News & Events

“Thank You for Filling This Church with Faith—and Filling My Heart with Gratitude” by Deacon Greg Kandra One Sunday in the spring of 1998, I was minding my own business, sitting in the back pew at Our Lady Queen of...Read More

Emergency Food Drive: Feed the Migrants

Posted on June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 by All News & Events

On behalf of St. Pius V Church in Jamaica, Queens, and Catholic Charities of Brooklyn/Queens, we are asking for you to help in an IMMEDIATE AND TANGIBLE WAY by donating their requested cooking items, which will be given to St....Read More

Corpus Christ Sunday with Deanery Queens 6

Posted on June 16, 2023June 17, 2023 by All News & Events

Bishop Sanchez, Father Passenant, and the pastors and clergy from the other Deanery Queens 6 parishes led a Eucharistic procession on Corpus Christi Sunday, June 11, 2023. The procession of the faithful commenced at Our Lady of Hope R.C. Church...Read More

Confirmation 2023

Posted on June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 by All News & Events

We extend congratulations to the 53 young people from our Religious Education program, the OLQM Catholic Academy, and RCIA who received the Sacrament of Confirmation at a 4PM Mass on May 28. (Their names are listed in the June 4,...Read More

St. Anthony Novena

Posted on May 30, 2023June 2, 2023 by All News & Events

St. Anthony of Padua was a Franciscan preacher, instructor, and Doctor of the Church whose life, while short, had such a great impact that he was canonized as a saint only a year after his death by Pope Gregory IX...Read More

Eucharistic Revival

Posted on May 24, 2023March 9, 2024 by All News & Events

In June 2023, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish begins her Eucharistic Revival effort, in union with the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). All the weekly reflections from Catholic teaching that appear in our church bulletin for the month...Read More

Corpus Christi Procession & Deanery Gathering

Posted on May 16, 2023June 6, 2023 by All News & Events

June 11, 2023 Begins at 3PM In place of our customary parish Corpus Christi procession, this year the parishioners of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs are invited to join with others from the eight parishes of QN6 deanery at Our...Read More

May Crowning

Posted on May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 by All News & Events

The May Crowning is a long-standing and joyous tradition when the young members of the parish gather to honor Mary, the Mother of God and Queen of Heaven. On May 8, 2023, the eight-grade students of Our Lady Queen of...Read More

First Holy Communion Class of 2023

Posted on May 9, 2023May 12, 2023 by All News & Events

We congratulate the 62 children of our First Holy Communion class who celebrated their special day on Saturday, May 6, 2023. May God’s blessings be with them, and may they draw closer to the Divine Presence within them. We extend...Read More

Easter 2023 in Pictures

Posted on April 15, 2023April 21, 2023 by All News & Events

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs thanks everyone who made Holy Week and Easter 2023 services so profoundly beautiful. Many thanks to our clergy for their prayerful work in helping us prepare for this holiest of seasons. Thank you to everyone...Read More

Lenten Pilgrimage Day with Bishop Brennan

Posted on March 22, 2023May 2, 2023 by All News & Events

Bishop of Brooklyn/Queens Robert Brennan joined us for Mass on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, as part of the Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage. Bishop Brennan and our clergy concelebrated Mass at noon, which was followed by Holy Hour, an afternoon of Adoration,...Read More

RCIA Lenten Rites

Posted on March 12, 2023May 2, 2023 by All News & Events

Lent is a special time for those in RCIA - the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. It is a time when our catechumens and candidates learn and live out the Christian faith and are sanctified by sacred rites. These...Read More