Photo Gallery – Page 3 – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs

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

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

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

Feast of the Epiphany

Posted on January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 by All News & Events

At the 11:15AM Sunday Mass on January 8, 2023, there was a procession of the Magi (also called the Three Wise Men or the Three Kings): Caspar (India), Melchior (Persia), and Balthasar (Arabia), who as told in Matthew 2:1–12, brought...Read More

Photo Gallery Archives: 2022

Posted on January 3, 2023 by All News & Events

2022 Photo Galleries 22 galleries - back to current photo gallery Christmas 2022 A Christmas Festival Food Drive Thanks Interfaith Thanksgiving Ready to Serve Volunteer Gathering Meeting Room Reveal Bless the Pets San Lorenzo Ruiz Honors Potluck Lunch SJV Novena...Read More

Christmas 2022 in Pictures

Posted on December 28, 2022December 30, 2022 by All News & Events

Merry Christmas! Photos are courtesy of Leon Volskis, Regina Faighes, Denise DeMaria, and Deacon Greg Kandra. We thank our altar servers, lectors, ushers/greeters, Eucharistic ministers, choir members, and all of our parishioners who joined us during our Christmas celebrations. ...Read More

A Christmas Festival 2022 in Pictures

Posted on December 23, 2022December 28, 2022 by All News & Events

The concert was performed on December 11, 2022, at 4pm in our beautiful church. Thank you, Maestro David Close, OLQM choir, Oratorio Society of Queens, guest artists John Easterlin (tenor), Paula Jean Rocheleau (soprano), Barbara Podgurski (pianist), Deacon Greg and...Read More

Food Drive Results

Posted on December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 by All News & Events

Students from Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy (OLQMCA) load a Catholic Charities car with more food donated by you, our good parishioners during our Thanksgiving Day canned food drive. This carload of donated food, in addition to food...Read More

Interfaith Thanksgiving 2022

Posted on November 25, 2022 by All News & Events

On the Sunday before Thanksgiving 2022, Bishop Sanchez joined Father Passenant, Deacon Greg Kandra, and clergy and neighbors from the Jewish and Protestant communities at The-Church-in-the-Gardens for the annual Forest Hills Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service. Photos are courtesy Deacon Greg's...Read More

Ready to Serve!

Posted on November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 by All News & Events

God bless these young members of our parish as they begin their liturgical ministry as altar servers. They responded to the need of the parish and persevered through weeks of training and were formally commissioned by Father Francis Passenant at...Read More

Volunteer Appreciation & Blessing of Meeting Room

Posted on November 8, 2022 by All News & Events

We held a private volunteer appreciation prayer service on Sunday afternoon, October 30, 2022. Joseph Terry, one of our lectors and the leader of our Monday evening Through the Word bible study program, gave an inspiring talk. Afterward, our volunteers...Read More

Rectory Meeting Room Reveal

Posted on October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 by All News & Events

From September to October 2022, the rectory's basement meeting room, which is home to regular meetings of our various parish ministry teams and the primary meeting space for social gatherings and special presentations throughout the year, underwent a much-needed renovation....Read More

Blessing of the Animals 2022

Posted on October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 by All News & Events

The weather was inclement but it couldn't put a damper on this very popular annual event. Our Blessing of the Animals gathering was held inside the church vestibule on Tuesday afternoon, October 4, 2022. Many of our four-legged friends came...Read More

San Lorenzo Ruiz Celebration 2022

Posted on September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 by All News & Events

On Sunday, September 25, 2022, at the 1PM Mass, our guest celebrant and homilist Fr. Patrick Longalong led a celebration of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, patron of the Philippines, youth, altar servers, and immigrants. He was warmly welcomed by Filipino members...Read More

Honors for Msgr. Cunningham

Posted on September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 by All News & Events

Congratulations, Msgr. Cunningham! Rev. Msgr. Joseph L. Cunningham was one of the honorees at the Rector President's Dinner, which honored all past rectors of Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary. He served as rector from 1979-1984. Msgr. Cunningham (seated on the...Read More