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View the July 9, 2021 letter from Very Rev. Stephen Schultz, Pastor, regarding Our Lady of Fatima ministries.

View the current Fatima Parish update from Fr. Stephen Schultz in response to the latest Health Order from the New Mexico Department of Health, and instructions from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

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.

Father Stephen Schultz will celebrate the 22nd anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Saturday, May 22, 2021. The community of Our Lady of Fatima Parish thank and congratulate Father Schultz on this special occasion!

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 Holy Rosary will be prayed in the Church Monday thru Friday at 4:00 PM, beginning on Monday, May 3rd, 2021 and ending May 28th, 2021.

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.

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.

January is a busy month as we prepare for Catholic Schools Week. This week is a time for us to truly celebrate Catholic Schools and have some fun while doing it. Catholic Schools Week begins on January 31st and ends on February 6th. During the course of the week we make sure to thank those people who help to make our school successful: our students, our families, our Priests, our community and our Falcon teachers and staff!

We have begun the 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) Campaign. The ACA provides approximately 35% of the funding for ministries of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, and every parish is assigned a mandatory goal. Our assigned goal is $42,500 in pledges this year. Remember that all paid pledges that are in excess of our goal will be rebated back to our parish. If you have not already made a pledge to ACA for 2021, please prayerfully consider doing so. Informational brochures and pledge cards are located at the entrances of the church. Please note that no funds from ACA go to pay Archdiocesan legal expenses or settlements. It all goes to support ministry.

On Saturday, December 19, 2020, my desire to respond to the universal call to holiness through the Catholic priesthood was confirmed by the Church through the imposition of hands and the invocation of the Holy Spirit by His Excellency, The Most Reverend John C. Wester, the Catholic Archbishop of Santa Fe, NM. I am grateful to God, and the Catholic Church for this precious gift and privilege to serve as “another Christ” among the People of God.

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.

The Parish Office will be closed on: Thursday, December 24, 2020 Friday, December 25, 2020 Friday, January 1, 2021.

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

In place of an Advent Parish Mission this year, I am inviting our parishioners and guests to participate in a spiritual journey called “The Search.” At all Masses this weekend, we are distributing copies of the book, “The Search” by Chris Stefanick. This book accompanies a series of 30minute videos that are accessible through our parish subscription to Formed (go to www.formed.org to set up your personal log in at no cost).

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.