Greetings friends! This week we officially combine the Faith Formation programs of the four Brighton Catholic parishes into one vibrant and thriving family! Please click the title of this post to read more about our combined Faith Formation program, and its new director, Jennifer Abdalla.

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As you may already be aware, last weekend Governor Andrew Cuomo permitted upstate churches in Phase Two of   Reopening to hold Mass with up to 25% capacity of the faithful present.  As a faith community, we are heartened to hear that we will once again be allowed to worship together.  We take our responsibility very seriously to provide our staff and parishioners a safe and clean environment in which to gather.  As such, we will continue to stream the Mass online on our YouTube Channel, OLQPSTM. The staff at OLQP & STM is working hard to make changes to protocols and the physical environment, purchasing    sanitization equipment and cleaning products, scheduling liturgical ministers and volunteers, researching audio-visual equipment options to continue to provide online Masses with the faithful present.  Bishop Matano’s dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is still in place for the foreseeable future as the prevalence and risk of the Coronavirus in our communities still remains high.   Please click the title of this post to read more about our new Mass schedule.

The Diocese of Rochester will be conducting a food and supply drive to support our migrant brothers and sisters.  The Drive-Thru Food and Supply Distribution will occur on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Please click on the title of this post to learn how to help!

May is the Month of Our Blessed Mother and the month that we dedicate to Mary in our Catholic traditions. Many individuals/families construct a home altar to Mary and keep it set up all during the month.You might choose to prepare your own, as a project. Adorn your altar with an image of Mary, a candle and some flowers. It can be a great area of focus for individual/family prayer. Click the title above to read more!

Now more than ever, we are relying on the generosity of our parishioners.  While Masses are closed to the public, our operating costs are not going away.  If you are able, we ask that you continue to donate to the church so that we can continue our missions and remain solvent.  Thank you for your generosity in these trying times and we hope that sooner rather than later we will be reunited as a faith community. Please click here for more detailed directions on how to give to Our Lady Queen of Peace & St. Thomas More!

The Catholic Family Center is in need of fabric face masks.  With the CDC and New York State requiring everyone to use a mask in public, their need has doubled. The current goal is 800 masks and this may increase as they hear from more of their senior and medically fragile community members in need.  Please click here to see more!

Holy Thursday Mass will be posted at 6:00 pm on 4/9 Good Friday Service will be posted at 12:00 pm on 4/10 Holy Saturday Easter Vigil will be posted at 6:00 pm on 4/11 Easter Sunday will be posted on 4/12 at 7:00 am Please click here to see more!

The Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester, the Most Reverand Salvatore Matano, will be live-streaming Masses for Holy week on the Catholic Courier's YouTube Channel.  You can find those masses online, by clicking here.

We are missing you all very much – most especially as we get ready to enter into Holy Week! Please click here to see more!

On March 17th, the Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester released another letter addressing some details about how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact several areas of diocesean life. Please click here to see more!

Given the extended nature of our nationwide quarantine due to COVID-19, staff at OLQP & STM are working to learn how to record, edit, and publish the Mass so that parishioners can participate from home. Please click to see more!

This afternoon the Very Reverend Bishop Salvatore Matano made the difficult decision to suspend all public Masses in the Diocese of Rochester, until further notice. Please click to see more!

On Wednesday, 11 March 2020, Pope Francis offered a prayer to the Virgin Mary to mark the Diocese of Rome's day of prayer and fasting for the coronavirus emergency. Please click to see more!

Join us for the 10:30 am mass (April 12th), and sing in the Cherub Choir! Students from Grades 3 – 9 may participate. Please click to see more!

Tomorrow our Lenten journey begins with Ash Wednesday.  We hope that you are able to join us at one of our Masses at either Our Lady Queen of Peace or St. Thomas More.  All Masses will include the distribution of ashes. Please click to see more!

February 26, 2020 is Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of our Lenten season.  While it is not a Holy Day of Obligation, we hope that you will join us at one of the 4 Masses that we are offering.  All Masses will include the distribution of ashes. 7:00 am at Our Lady Queen of Peace 8:00 am at St. Thomas More 12:15 pm at St. Thomas More 7:00 pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace Please click to see more!

Youth Ministry Service – Souper Bowl of Caring Collection Thank you to those who helped with the Feb 1 & 2 Souper Bowl of Caring collection.  We had about 15 grocery bags of soup and soap donations that families delivered to St Andrews Food Pantry.  That was about 150 items. Thanks for your generosity!   Please click to see more!

As part of the legacy of Fr. Tony Valente, pastor of OLQP from 1986-1995, each year, on the anniversary of his death, we recall his compassionate care and outreach to the poor.  The impact of his example on our community has been profound. Please click to see more!

Come and build into your week some time for a shared meal and community, an opportunity to learn about and exzperience a particular kind of prayer/spirituality from our tradition, and engage in reflection together. Please click to see more!