RCIA – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs

On My First Year as Pastor

Posted on June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 by All News & Events

My Dear OLQM Family, This week marks my twentieth anniversary with this parish. Wow. How time flies! I first arrived at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in 2004 as a parochial vicar to assist Msgr. Joseph Funaro. In 2013, I...Read More

Easter 2024 in Pictures

Posted on April 12, 2024April 19, 2024 by All News & Events

Easter was early in 2024. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, the first full moon occurring on or after the spring equinox (March 21). As a result, Easter always falls between March 22 and...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

Holy Week and Easter 2022

Posted on April 18, 2022June 26, 2022 by All News & Events

Photos (most originally appearing on Facebook) are courtesy Deacon Greg Kandra, Regina Faighes, Maria Ribar, and Barbara Flannery. At the Easter Vigil, four Elect received the sacrament of baptism during the Mass and two Candidates entered into full communion with...Read More