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Come and join us for prayer, food and fellowship. On Friday evenings during Advent, Our Lady of Fatima Parish will be hosting Stations of the Crib. Parishioners are invited to participate in any or all parts of the evening. There is no charge to attend.

Giving Tree to benefit Birthright of Albuquerque. Please donate diapers, onesies and clothes sizes 0-6 months, bath and hair shampoos, baby wipes, powdered baby formula, wash cloths and/or hooded towels. Items can be put in the boxes provided in the church or turned into the parish office by December 18, 2023.

Our Lady of Fatima Parish invites you to join us for a Las Posadas Processional Sunday, December 17 beginning at 5:00 PM in the Church. After the procession please join us for a reception with posole, hot chocolate, cookies and a pinata for the children.

Friday, December 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is a Holy Day of Obligation. Masses will be offered on December 8 at 6:30 AM, 8:15 AM, & 5:30 PM.

Thanksgiving Day Mass will be on Thursday, November 23 at 9:00 AM. Parishioners who attend the Mass are invited to bring the bread/rolls/tortillas that will be a part of their Thanksgiving meal for a blessing at the end of the Mass. The Parish Office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day (November 23) and on the Friday following Thanksgiving Day (November 24).

During the Eucharistic Miracles of the World exhibit at Our Lady of Fatima Parish Hall on October 7th and 8th, there was a presentation on Eucharistic Miracles by Fr. Christopher Zugger, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Click to view the video.

Make plans to come to the International Exhibition - The Eucharistic Miracles of the World in Fatima-Gallagher Hall: Saturday, October 7, 2023 from 10 AM to 4 PM and Sunday, October 8, 2023 from 10AM to 4 PM. This exhibit consists of over 60 Eucharistic Miracles which have been gathered in a photographic display of panels that travel all over the world. All are welcome! There is no cost to attend. Please know there is no food or drink permitted in the display area.

Join us on Friday, October 13, 2023, beginning with Mass at 5:30 PM for dinner, dancing, karaoke, games and a pinata for the children! The church will provide the main dish (BBQ brisket and Hawaiian Chicken) and we ask everyone to bring sides and desserts.

Come pray the rosary with us, every Monday - Friday, during the month of October at 4:00 PM in the Church. A Novena and Rosary will also be held daily - October 4th through 12th, 4:00 PM at Our Lady of Fatima Church.

Archbishop Wester has sent out a letter declaring that all parishes within the Archdiocese of Santa Fe make an Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the protection of children in the womb and an end to legalized abortion in the state of New Mexico. This Act of Consecration is to take place at all Masses on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and repeated at all Masses on Sunday, August 20, 2023. The parishes of the Diocese of Las Cruces and the Diocese of Gallup will be joining in making this Act of Consecration.

Registration is now open for Our Lady of Fatima's 2023-2024 Religious Education Program. View details and deadlines for Catechism (CCD), Youth Confirmation and Adult Confirmation (RCIA).

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 and it is a Holy Day of Obligation this year. Masses will be held at 6:30 AM, 8:15 AM and 5:30 PM.

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity — our belief that there are three Divine Persons in One God — the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As the fundamental mystery of our faith, the Most Holy Trinity permeates our identity and prayer. At the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on Sundays, we invoke the Trinity in several ways: from the initial Sign of the Cross at the beginning of Mass to the Gloria, to the Opening Prayer, which is addressed to the Father but offered through the Son, Jesus Christ, “in the unity of the Holy Spirit… one God,  forever and ever.”  In the Creed (Profession of Faith) we  declare what we believe about the oneness of God, and yet a God of three Divine Persons. And, of course, in the central act of the Mass, we ask the Father to send the Spirit so that our offerings of bread and wine may become for us the Body and Blood of Christ, the Son. The Mass concludes with the Final Blessing and another Sign of the Cross. Our faith is truly Trinitarian and this is reflected in how we worship!  

You are cordially invited to participate in a Joyful Senior Day Celebration on Wednesday, June 14. The celebration begins with Mass and the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick at 11:00 AM in Fatima-Gallagher Hall followed by Lunch and then Bingo with prizes! All activities are free. Please call 505-265-5868 to RSVP so we can get an idea of how many to prepare for. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity for fellowship and prayer.

In the Scripture Readings for today’s Mass, we hear two accounts of the Pentecost. The more dramatic of the two   occurs in our First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1-11) where the Holy Spirit descends upon the  Apostles, empowering them to speak in different tongues so that the Jews from different lands who had gathered in Jerusalem could hear the message of Jesus proclaimed in their own language. The second, and perhaps less dramatic account is found in today’s Gospel (John 20:19-23) where the Risen Jesus, himself, appears to the Apostles on Easter Sunday, breathes the Holy Spirit upon them, empowers them to forgive sins in his name, and commissions them to go forth and continue the mission of announcing the coming of the Kingdom of God.      

With hindsight and the benefit of the Bible, as well as 2000 years of Church teaching, we are able to understand the progression from Resurrection to Ascension to Pentecost. This understanding was not so easy for the early disciples of Jesus as they experienced these events.    

Today’s Second Reading, from the First Letter of Peter  (1 Peter 3:15-18), tells us to sanctify Christ as Lord in our hearts, but what does that mean? In our relationship with God, how do we accomplish this? “If you love me, you will keep my commandments,” Jesus says in today’s Gospel (John 14:15-21). That is how he will know that we love him. What he asks of us is not always easy, but Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit to help us.

Join us in the Church at 4:00 PM from May 4th though May 12th as we pray a Novena to Our Lady of Fatima.

We would like to invite everyone who has received sacraments at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church this Easter Season to join us for cake in Fatima-Gallagher Hall this Sunday, May 7, 2023 after the 10:00 AM Mass. 

Running through all of the Scripture Readings in today’s Mass, is a strong sense of action, of movement by the Church and within the Church. The First Reading (Acts 6:1-7) tells of how certain widows were not being taken care of “in the daily distribution.” What was the “daily distribution”?