Explore the depth of our Lenten Desert Journey through Prayer, Painting & Fellowship! You will get a canvas creation and refreshments will served. Thursday, March 30, 2023 from 6:00pm-8:00pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace. Free will donations accepted at the event. To Register email: [email protected]

We'll be collecting baked goods and monetary donations for meat and vegetables to make soup this weekend. This is the last Soup Saturday event of the season. We appreciate all of you who have given of your time, talent and treasure to help provide food for those less fortunate members in our Rochester community.

Each month we will be dedicating a Mass for our families. The schedule will rotate to included all our parish sites. The first three Family Masses at St. Thomas More, Our Lady of Lourdes and Our Lady Queen of Peace were well attended and received. Come join us for the next Family Mass on Saturday, April 29 @ 4:00pm at St. Anne Church. If you would like to participate in greeting, lectoring or donating refreshments, please contact Jennifer Abdalla - [email protected]

The family that we are hosting from Syria arrived last week and is getting settled in. For more information and a list of volunteer opportunities, please click here.

9th-12th graders, if you’re looking for a place to belong, where you can really be yourself, explore and deepen your faith, ask the BIG life questions, and be a part of a community of friendship, faith, and fun, we hope you’ll try coming to youth group. Friends are always welcome (they don’t have to be Catholic). And you can talk about what’s important to you with people who really want to listen and get to know you. No matter where you’re at with God or how cool you are at school, youth group is for you! Sunday Nights 6-8pm!

OLQP Goal: $68,000. Currently at $55,249 as of 3/27. 81.25% of goal with 134 donors. STM CMA Goal Has Been Met! - $74,000. Currently at $74,248 as of 3/27. 100.34% of goal with 122 donors.

St. Thomas More and Our Lady Queen of Peace's bulletin gets to 100's of families each week. Do you have a business that you would like to promote? Contact Cara Gaitens at LPi, our bulletin printer, to secure ad space. [email protected] Click here for more information.

Relax and experience Christmas and secular jazz tunes performed by outstanding local musicians. Donations accepted at the door for the musicians.  Feel free to bring a picnic dinner and enjoy some music, some sweets, soft drinks, and community. Come and bring a friend! All are welcome!

When you support the Catholic Ministries Appeal, you celebrate your faith in thanksgiving with thousands of other Catholics within the Diocese of Rochester, ensuring that our church provides richly for the faithful within our Diocese. In this difficult time we invite you to, prayerfully, consider making your contribution to CMA. Our parishes benefit from your donation. Visit https://www.dor.org/giving/catholic-ministries-appeal/ for more information. We thank those who have given generously and ask all who have not yet given to prayerfully consider doing so.

For more information on the Diocese of Rochester's Bankruptcy, please click here.

It's that time of year again! We will be having two Christmas Eve Children's Nativity Pageants to be presented at the Children's Masses - St. Thomas More at 3:30pm and Our Lady Queen of Peace at 4:30pm. Come join us!

St. Thomas More Liturgical Choir & Friends performed Handel's Messiah at St. Thomas More on December 10, 2022 at 7:00pm. Click here to see some images from that wonderful night.

So that we can be current with our parishioners, please call the office if you have moved and have a new address, changed your phone number (i.e. gotten rid of landline), email address or any other information that would be helpful to us. You can also email Robin at [email protected] If you have not officially registered at either parish please let us know so that we can get you on our parish rosters. Thanks so much. OLQP 244-3010 STM 381-4200

If you took a mitten off the Mitten Tree, just a reminder, that your unwrapped gift needs to be brought back to the church this weekend December 3rd & 4th. Thank you in advanced for your generosity!!

Join us as we celebrate Margaret's retirement. Sunday November 13, 2022 - Stevens-Connor Lehigh Valley Lodge, 2611 Pinnacle Rd. Rush, NY. Open House Drop In 2:00-5:00pm Please come and show your appreciation to Margaret for her many years of service and dedication to our parish cluster. Please feel free to bring a note/memento to share with Margaret. Also, if so inclined, please bring an appetizer/snack/dessert to share - sign ups are at the church entrances.

For over ten years our parishes have supported the St. Andrew's Food Cupboard with our Thanksgiving food collections. Currently, they serve over 100 families PER DAY. Our assistance is vital during these difficult times.

Come join our Annual Baby Shower. Support this great cause with your time (volunteer), treasure (gifts) or both. This year were are supporting Birthright, Women’s Care Center and Mary’s Place. For more information of what is needed, please click the link above.

Faith Formation Parent Meetings coming in October 2nd-4th. Check out the link above.

Tuesday September 27th from 6:30-8:30 Slattery Hall - Our Lady Queen of Peace. For more information, click the link.

Do you want tips on getting your student through their freshmen year? Visit the Youth Ministry page under the Faith Formation tab.