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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”?

Today is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. While we pray for the encouragement of all vocations – including those of married life and single life, this day is particularly set aside to pray for those whom God calls to religious life – as priests and deacons, religious sisters and brothers – to serve God’s people.

Our First Reading today (Acts 2:14, 22-33) is a presentation of the “kerygma,” this being the preaching that St. Peter gave to the pilgrims who were in Jerusalem for the Jewish feast of Pentecost. Remember that Pentecost was a Jewish feast celebrated 50 days after Passover before it became a Christian feast celebrated 50 days after Easter and marking the coming of the Holy Spirit. Many of the important themes of the writings of Saint Luke are contained in this reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

Today the Church observes Divine Mercy Sunday. The central focus is our celebration of the Resurrection of Christ and the floodgates of God’s mercy being opened upon us, and is based both on Scripture and the revelations made to Saint Faustina Kowalska.  

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Indeed He has Risen! Alleluia! This proclamation, spoken since the first Easter, reminds us of what this day—the Feast of the Resurrection—is truly all about. In our modern world, Easter is often seen as a one-day event of bunnies, candy, pastel colored eggs, and a sumptuous family meal. But these things alone really miss the significance that this day truly holds. 

It is with profound sadness in our hearts, tempered by the promise of eternal life, that we announce the passing of Rev. Edward Okpu on April 4, 2023. Read more..

A Children’s Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by the Holy Name Society, will take place after the 10:00 AM Mass on Easter Sunday. ​​​​​​​Children ages 15 meet on the West side of the church near the water fountain in the St. Anthony Meditation Garden, and children ages 6-10 meet on the East side of the church at the grotto of Our Lady of Fatima.