photo gallery – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs

The Stillness of Christmas

Posted on December 28, 2025January 8, 2026 by All News & Events

On Christmas Eve, parishioners shared these images of our church ready for Christmas: the outdoor crèche blessing by Father Passenant, the decorated sanctuary with manger, the St. Joseph altar with sponsor-decorated tree, the Sacred Heart of Jesus altar. The Children's...Read More

Musical Christmas Festival 2025

Posted on December 26, 2025January 9, 2026 by All News & Events

The Sacred Music Society’s Christmas concert took place on Sunday, December 14, 2025. Maestro David Close brought together a program that had something for everyone—selections from Handel's Messiah, favorite carols, holiday standards, and a choral version of The Night Before...Read More

Springtime Living Rosary

Posted on May 21, 2025July 4, 2025 by All News & Events

Whether heaven sends sunshine or drizzle, we take photos! Our parish faithful stood in a prayer line to recite a Living Rosary after the 1PM Mass on May 4, 2025, undeterred by the light rain. Photos by Denise De Maria....Read More

First Holy Communion

Posted on May 14, 2025July 4, 2025 by All News & Events

Dressed in their finest, the children from Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy and religious education program received First Communion on Saturday, May 3, during a 10AM Mass. God bless them all.

Seminary Gala

Posted on April 14, 2025July 3, 2025 by All News & Events

A Shared Commitment to Faith and Formation Supporters of priestly vocations gathered on April 3, 2025, for the Annual Saint Joseph’s Seminary and College Gala—an evening dedicated to advancing the mission of forming future Catholic priests and sharing a commitment...Read More

Photo Gallery Archives: 2023

Posted on January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 by All News & Events

2023 Photo Galleries 18 galleries – back to current photo gallery If you like photos, then follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more pictures. Rectory Roof Repairs Christmas at OLQM A Christmas Festival Parish Mission with Fr Bruno Msgr...Read More

Blessing of the Animals 2023

Posted on October 6, 2023December 21, 2023 by All News & Events

Fr. Antonin gave the verbal blessing and a sprinkling of holy water on the dogs, cats, and bird present on October 4. Students from the Religious Education afternoon class came outside to the plaza to learn a lesson about 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

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

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

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

St. John Vianney Novena and Mass

Posted on August 2, 2022August 3, 2022 by All News & Events

Father Andrew Tsui, one of the new priests for the Diocese of Brooklyn (ordained by Bishop Brennan on June 4, 2022), celebrated the 11:15AM Sunday Mass with us on July 31, 2022. Every year we invite a newly ordained priest...Read More

OLQMCA Class of 2022 Tribute

Posted on June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 by All News & Events

A tribute to the class of 2022 and their parents, in pictures. Fr. Passenant gives the thumbs-up to the 8th-grade parents during Field Day for Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy. This gathering at Juniper Valley Park was fun...Read More