Confirmation Class 2025
On Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2025, our confirmands received the Sacrament of Confirmation from Bishop Paul Sanchez at a 4 PM Mass. May the Holy Spirit guide and inspire them always!
Tag: Religious Education
First Holy Communion
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.
On My First Year as Pastor
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
First Holy Communion 2024
These boys and girls celebrated their First Holy Communion with us on May 4, 2024. Sincere thanks to Deacon Thomas Jorge and Pat Abes of our Religious Education department and Principal Anne Zuschlag of the OLQM Catholic Academy for their...Read More
Preparing the Religious Ed Students
Spring means Confirmation and First Communion preparations are well underway. The Confirmation retreat with Sister Ave Clark and Dr. Joseph Terry on March 23 was a day of prayer and discussion. Our 51 confirmandi will be confirmed on May 19,...Read More
Confirmation 2023
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
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
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
May Crowning
For their last day of class on May 18, 2022, the Religious Education students celebrated a May Crowning ceremony with flowers, prayer and song. Father Antonin did the honors of placing the crown of blue and white flowers atop the...Read More
First Communion 2022
First Communion was held in our church on Saturday, May 14, 2022. See our church bulletin of May 22, 2022 for class congratulations and acknowledgments of the students and others who helped make it a special and memorial day. Most...Read More