QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH

What QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH does

Queen of Peace Catholic Church is a Catholic parish church located at 6455 SW State Rd 200 in Ocala, Florida. The parish was founded in October 1984 with its first Holy Mass held at the West Marion Fire Station on October 21, 1984, attended by approximately 250 people. It was officially established as Queen of Peace Parish on May 1, 1987, when Fr. Patrick J. O'Doherty was appointed pastor, a role he continues to hold. The current cruciform-style church building was dedicated on December 12, 1986, and the campus includes a Perpetual Adoration Chapel, a Memorial Garden with over 70 interred cremated remains, and a Religious Articles Store located in the vestibule.

The parish provides standard Catholic worship and sacramental services: daily Mass Monday through Saturday, multiple Sunday Masses (including a Traditional Latin Mass on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. and Monday at 7:00 a.m.), confessions, First Holy Communion and Confirmation preparation, baptism, marriage ceremonies, funeral rites, and Perpetual Adoration. It operates more than 30 ministries — including Knights of Columbus Council No. 9649, Secular Discalced Carmelites, Legion of Mary, Filipino Ministry, and a Young Adults fellowship — and supports a dedicated music ministry and religious education programs. Outreach is conducted through a website (ocalaqueenofpeace.com), a YouTube live-stream channel (@queenofpeaceocala6863), and Fr. O'Doherty's Facebook video blog.

The business model is nonprofit and donation-based: the parish is funded by voluntary tithes and offerings from parishioners, with no publicly disclosed pricing or revenue figures. It operates under the governance of its local Catholic Diocese and does not have external investors or commercial customers. The organization has 44 employees, is currently rebuilding following a fire on the campus, and is led pastorally by Fr. Patrick J. O'Doherty and Associate Pastor Fr. Shenoy Thomas, M.C. The stated firmographic city of Cloquet, Minnesota conflicts with the operational evidence placing the parish in Ocala, Florida.

Name

QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Legal name

Queen of Peace Catholic Church

Website

https://ocalaqueenofpeace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Queen of Peace Catholic Church is a nonprofit Catholic parish in Ocala, Florida, founded in 1984 and led by Fr. Patrick J. O'Doherty. It serves local parishioners through daily and Sunday Mass (including Traditional Latin Mass), sacraments, 30+ ministries, and a Religious Articles Store.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Ocala

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

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Core offering

Queen of Peace Catholic Church is a Catholic parish in Ocala, Florida that delivers weekly and daily Holy Mass services (including a Traditional Latin Mass), administers Catholic sacraments (baptism, marriage, confession, First Holy Communion, Confirmation), provides religious education and faith formation, operates a Perpetual Adoration Chapel, runs more than 30 parish ministries (including Knights of Columbus, Legion of Mary, and Secular Discalced Carmelites), and maintains a Religious Articles Store and Memorial Garden.

Product overview

QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH is a parish church in Ocala, Florida that provides religious services and spiritual programs rather than commercial products. Its offerings include: daily and weekend Mass services (including Traditional Latin Mass), confession, the Adoration Chapel for perpetual eucharistic adoration, various parish ministries (Knights of Columbus Council No. 9649, Secular Discalced Carmelites, Legion of Mary, and others), religious education programs for First Holy Communion and Confirmation, a Religious Articles Store, and educational content pages covering The Rosary, The Ten Commandments, and The Art of the Church. The church does not offer commercial technology products or software services.

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Products and services

• Holy Mass Services (Novus Ordo) Daily and weekend Mass services held at the parish campus, including Saturday Vigil at 4:00 p.m., Sunday Masses at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m., and daily Mass Monday-Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Monday-Friday at 12:00 noon. Offered to parishioners and visitors seeking Catholic worship.
• Traditional Latin Mass Traditional Latin Mass celebrated on Monday at 7:00 a.m. and Sunday at 4:30 p.m., offered to parishioners and visitors preferring the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
• Sacramental Services (Baptism, Marriage, Confession, First Communion, Confirmation, Funeral Rites) Catholic sacraments and related preparation programs administered by parish clergy, including preparation for First Holy Communion and Confirmation, confession heard Thursdays 9:45-11:00 a.m. and Saturdays 2:00-3:30 p.m., baptism, marriage ceremonies, and funeral rites for parishioners and their families.
• Religious Articles Store Physical retail store located in the church vestibule selling religious articles such as sacramentals, books, and devotional items. Open Wednesday mornings 9:15-10:15 a.m. and on weekends before and after scheduled Masses, including the Saturday 4 p.m. Vigil, Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Masses, and before the 4:30 p.m. Latin Mass.
• Perpetual Adoration Chapel A chapel on the parish campus dedicated to perpetual eucharistic adoration, open to parishioners and visitors for scheduled prayer and silent adoration.
• Memorial Garden Burial Site On-site Memorial Garden serving as the burial site for the cremated remains of parish members, with over 70 cremated remains buried. Provides bereavement support and interment for parishioners.
• Parish Ministries and Faith Formation Programs More than 30 parish ministries including Knights of Columbus Council No. 9649, Secular Discalced Carmelites, Legion of Mary, Filipino Ministry, Coffee and Donut Ministry, Music Ministry, and youth programs, providing fellowship, outreach, formation, and service opportunities for parishioners.
• Online Mass Video Streams Live streaming of Mass services via the parish's YouTube channel (@queenofpeaceocala6863), enabling remote participation for parishioners and viewers who cannot attend in person.
• Young Adults Fellowship Program Young adult fellowship and prayer gathering for adults ages 18-35 in the Ocala area, meeting Thursday evenings at 6:45 p.m. for spiritual community and faith formation.

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Regional players

• Cathedral of Saint Mary (Miami): Catholic parish serving the greater Miami area with a broad ministry portfolio. Comparable in denomination, sacramental offerings, and multi-ministry structure, though it is a significantly larger urban parish operating in a different Florida market than Queen of Peace.
• Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine: Historic Catholic parish and basilica in St. Augustine, Florida. Comparable as a Florida-based Catholic parish serving a defined geographic congregation with traditional Mass and ministry programming, though it operates in a different Florida region from Queen of Peace.

Others

• Catholic Charities USA: National Catholic social services network. Relevant as a mission-aligned Catholic nonprofit operating under diocesan oversight with similar funding (donations, grants) and community-outreach functions to those of a parish's charitable ministries.
• Knights of Columbus: Catholic fraternal organization with Council No. 9649 directly embedded at Queen of Peace. The Knights operate as a key parish-affiliated ministry, and the organization as a whole represents the type of lay-led Catholic body that parishes rely on for programming and fundraising.
• EWTN Global Catholic Network: Largest Catholic media network in the world, also headquartered in the US and engaged in Catholic broadcasting. Comparable as a Catholic institution leveraging media (including YouTube/streaming) to extend its reach, though operating at vastly greater scale and as a media producer rather than a parish.
• USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops): National policy and support body for the US Catholic Church. Comparable as an adjacent Catholic institution that sets norms, resources, and support for parishes like Queen of Peace, including liturgy, education, and ministry standards.

Broad incumbents

• Diocese of Orlando: The Catholic diocese that governs Queen of Peace as a parish in central Florida. It is the immediate ecclesiastical authority and operational umbrella for the parish's clergy, finances, and ministries, making it the most direct institutional peer for governance and resource allocation comparisons.

Direct peers

• St. James Cathedral (Orlando): Mother church of the Diocese of Orlando and another central Florida Catholic parish. Comparable in faith tradition, sacramental programming, and diocesan governance, though it is a cathedral (larger institutional role) within the same diocese as Queen of Peace.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@queenofpeaceocala6863/live
• Facebookfacebook.com/Fr.Patrick.J.ODoherty
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/queen-of-peace-catholic-church

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