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The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, July 5, 2021, for the Independence Day holiday. Daily Mass will be held at the normal times of 6:30 AM and 8:15 AM.

View the latest Coronavirus update from Fr. Stephen Schultz, Pastor.

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has instructed Catholic parishes to maintain COVID-19 protocols that were already in place prior to the most current health order. ​​​​​​​In the spirit of charity and to ensure the safest environment possible, persons entering the church are requested to wear a mask and observe social distancing, regardless of their vaccination status.  Other safety protocols will also remain in place.

The 8th Grade Promotion Mass for Our Lady of Fatima School will be at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Parishioners are invited to attend and offer their best wishes as the members of our 8th Grade class move on to continue their education in high school.

We will hold a Mass on May 13, 2021 at 5:30 PM to mark the first day in 1917 that the Blessed Mother appeared to the three shepherd children of Fatima in Portugal.

With the recent increase of in-person Mass attendance, and the significant decline in the number of viewers of the online Mass on our parish website, Our Lady of Fatima Parish is discontinuing its online Mass after April 25, 2021. We would like to express our thanks to the parish volunteers who have been recording and posting the Mass since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Archdiocese of Santa Fe will continue to broadcast the Mass on local television stations, and the Mass may be seen on EWTN and other internet resources.

The Stations of the Cross will be prayed in the church at 6:30 PM on Fridays during Lent. Parishioners are invited to participate either in person or by watching as the event is streamed on our parish website – www.fatimachurchabq.org. Because of the continuing COVID precautions, we will not be having Lenten Soup Suppers this year. ​​​​​​​The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) will be offered during the Stations of the Cross.

Wednesday, February 3rd is the Feast of St. Blaise with the traditional blessing of throats which will take place after the 6:30 AM and 8:15 AM Masses. Given the current pandemic, I think it is prudent to not bless individual throats this year. The blessing will take place after the General Intercessions (Prayers of the Faithful) using an alternate form which is described in the Book of Blessings.

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on February 17th. There will be three Masses with distribution of ashes that day: 6:30 AM, 8:15 AM, and 5:30 PM. The distribution of ashes will take place after the homily. There will also be a Liturgy of the Word (no Communion) with distribution of ashes at 12:10 PM in the afternoon. Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence. On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, all Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are bound by the rule of fasting.

The Saturday, December 19, 2020, 5:30 PM Vigil Mass will not be pre-recorded for online viewing. ​​​​​​​Online Mass will resume on Sunday, December 20, 2020 for the 12 noon Mass.

Fr. Anthony Obinna Ezeaputa assigned to Our Lady of Fatima.

View the December 16, 2020 Fatima Parish Update Letter from Fr. Stephen Schultz.

No Confessions today (December 12, 2020). Fatima priests in quarantine. Visiting priests will celebrate Masses this weekend.

With the new health order issued by the Governor that goes into effect today, December 2, 2020, we are now permitted to have Mass attendance of up to 25% of our capacity. The past two weeks, the limit was 25% of capacity or 75 people, whichever was less. At 25% we are now able to have up to 175 people attending Mass in person. That will be the limit for as long as Bernalillo County remains in the red or yellow tier. If COVID cases become better controlled and the county achieves the green tier status, our Mass attendance can increase to 50% of maximum occupancy. The parish office is now open normal hours with minimum staff.

View the 2020 Advent and Christmas Event Schedule. All scheduled events are subject to change depending on new or different directives given by the Archbishop and/or Governor.

View the November 14, 2020 Fatima Parish Update letter from Father Stephen Schultz regarding in-person Mass and other options, as well as the temporary closure of the parish office.

Please join us for Parking Lot Mass by Radio. Effective November 14, 2020, public Masses inside the church will again be permitted. The maximum attendance allowed is 75 persons per the Governor’s health order of November 13, 2020. For weekend Mass times only, once the maximum attendance has been reached, persons may remain in their cars in the parking lot and listen to the Mass on 91.1 FM. Holy Communion will be distributed at the end of Mass to those in the parking lot at the sacristy door. Parking Lot Mass by Radio Mass times are Saturdays at 5:30 PM, and Sundays at 7:30 AM, 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM.

View the October 23, 2020 Fatima Parish Update letter from Father Stephen Schultz.

View the September 4, 2020 Fatima Parish Update letter from Father Stephen Schultz.

The Parish Office and School will be closed on Monday, September 7, 2020, for the Labor Day holiday. Daily Mass will be at the normal time of 8:15 AM.