Fatima

Fatima Pilgrimage Mass

Fatima Pilgrimage Mass

This month, the special Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrimage Mass with Rosary, Eucharistic Benediction, and Blessing of the Faithful will take place on Monday, June 13th at 7:00 PM in the church.

We also plan on live streaming the Fatima mass, so you are welcome to tune in at www.olop-shrine.org/coronavirus/olop-online/ or click on the links below.

Coronavirus Safety Protocols

Per county and diocesan protocols, masks are not required, but recommended.

  • Proof of vaccination will not be required or requested.
  • Catechetical and Youth Ministry Guidelines for catechetical and youth ministry will follow the guidelines for schools.

Please, for the safety of our parish, remain at home if you have COVID symptoms.

The Diocese will continue to evaluate our protocols during the year and is hopeful that we will further loosen restrictions in the future.

Fatima Pilgrimage Mass

Fatima Pilgrimage Mass

This month, the special Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrimage Mass with Rosary, Eucharistic Benediction, and Blessing of the Faithful will take place on Wednesday, October 13 at 7:00 PM in the church.

We also plan on live streaming the Fatima mass, so you are welcome to tune in at www.olop-shrine.org/coronavirus/olop-online/ or click on the links below.

Coronavirus Safety Protocols

The Diocese of San José is issuing the following modifications to our current COVID safety protocols effective August 3, 2021.

  • Per CDC and state protocols, masks are required indoors regardless of vaccination status.
  • The social distance between households during worship and non-worship gatherings will be reduced from 6 feet to 3 feet (so all pews will be open)
  • Proof of vaccination will not be required or requested.
  • Unless speaking to assembly members from the lectern or Altar, liturgical ministers, including clergy, are required to wear masks while carrying out their ministry less than 6 ft from others (i.e., communion ministers and clergy distributing the Eucharist, ushers greeting people and taking the collection, altar servers, etc.)
  • Music ministers do not need to wear masks while singing, if 6 feet from others.
  • Assembly may sing with masks while maintaining social distance.
  • Visitors to the Rectory Office will be asked to continue masking, keeping adequate distance, and keeping hands clean/sanitized.
  • Meetings, events, and receptions will resume at a later date as health guidelines evolve.

The Diocese will continue to evaluate our protocols during the year and is hopeful that we will further loosen restrictions in the future.

Fatima Pilgrimage Mass

Fatima Pilgrimage Mass

This month, the special Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrimage Mass with Rosary, Eucharistic Benediction, and Blessing of the Faithful will take place on Tuesday, October 13 at 7:00 PM in the main parking lot.

Mass in the parking lot procedure

The only entrance/exit will be from Our Lady’s Way. There will be a security guard and volunteers who will direct you to your parking spots. Everyone will be lined up in rows to ensure safe entry and exit.

  • Please stay in your vehicle at all times, unless you need to line up for confession or use the restroom. If you need to exit your car for those reasons, please alert one of the volunteers (in the neon vests). The restrooms that are designated for public use are only in the Family Learning Center.
  • The vehicles will also need to remain at least six feet apart.
  • We will broadcast the Mass on an FM radio signal so that you can follow along from your vehicle and we will announce the station to you upon arrival. The station we are currently using is 92.9 FM>
  • Collection baskets will not to be passed during the liturgy.  You will be able to place your weekly gift in a basket as you enter or exit your section or the parking lot.  We strongly encourage online giving via the parish website (olop-shrine.org), as it minimizes contact and processing.  Mailing your envelope to the parish office is always an option as well.  We count on your continued financial support–many thanks to those who have contributed online!
  • Eucharistic ministers will walk to each car. Please turn on your hazard lights and make sure the car windows are down before the Eucharistic Minister arrives.
  • After the final blessing, parishioners should remain in their place. You will be dismissed in an orderly fashion.

We also plan on live streaming the Fatima mass, so you are welcome to tune in at www.olop-shrine.org/coronavirus/olop-online/ or click on the links below.

Remember to submit your prayer intentions to be placed at the feet of Our Lady of Fatima!

In unity with our Catholic brothers and sisters around the world, please join a mass effort by Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and Shrine in petitioning our Lady of Fatima to intercede on our behalf, for the suffering of the sick and afraid, for the economic hardships faced worldwide, and for everyone keeping basic operations running and serving those in need.

Please:

  • Add your personal intentions on the back page of the Fatima Prayer Mailer.
  • Mail it in or drop it off at Our Lady of Peace Church before October 10th.
  • Include what you can as a sacrificial gift to support the bare minimum of church expense and as an opportunity to resume your regular contribution either via mail or online. (checks payable to “Our Lady of Peace Church” or click “donate” at www.olop-shrine.org/donate).
  • Share this invitation with your family and friends!

or:

  • Type up your petitions and email them to elizabeth.nguyen@dsj.org
  • Your petitions will be placed in a box at the feet of Mary for the Fatima celebrations.
  • Include what you can as a sacrificial gift to support the bare minimum of church expense and as an opportunity to resume your regular contribution either via mail or online. (checks payable to “Our Lady of Peace Church” or donate online at www.olop-shrine.org/donate).
  • Share this invitation with your family and friends!

We will include your petitions in our offering basket to Our Lady of Fatima and leave them at her feet for her intercession at the monthly Novena of Fatima Pilgrimage Masses from May 13th to October 13th.

Fatima Pilgrimage Mass

Fatima Pilgrimage Mass

This month, the regular Sunday 8pm Mass will be replaced with the special Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrimage Mass, Rosary, Eucharistic Benediction, and Blessing of the Faithful. The Fatima Pilgrimage Mass will take place on Sunday, September 13 at 8 PM in the main parking lot.

Mass in the parking lot procedure

The only entrance/exit will be from Our Lady’s Way. There will be a security guard and volunteers who will direct you to your parking spots. Everyone will be lined up in rows to ensure safe entry and exit.

  • Please stay in your vehicle at all times, unless you need to line up for confession or use the restroom. If you need to exit your car for those reasons, please alert one of the volunteers (in the neon vests). The restrooms that are designated for public use are only in the Family Learning Center.
  • The vehicles will also need to remain at least six feet apart.
  • We will broadcast the Mass on an FM radio signal so that you can follow along from your vehicle and we will announce the station to you upon arrival. The station we are currently using is 92.9 FM>
  • Collection baskets will not to be passed during the liturgy.  You will be able to place your weekly gift in a basket as you enter or exit your section or the parking lot.  We strongly encourage online giving via the parish website (olop-shrine.org), as it minimizes contact and processing.  Mailing your envelope to the parish office is always an option as well.  We count on your continued financial support–many thanks to those who have contributed online!
  • Eucharistic ministers will walk to each car. Please turn on your hazard lights and make sure the car windows are down before the Eucharistic Minister arrives.
  • After the final blessing, parishioners should remain in their place. You will be dismissed in an orderly fashion.

We also plan on live streaming the Fatima mass, so you are welcome to tune in at www.olop-shrine.org/coronavirus/olop-online/ or click on the links below.

Remember to submit your prayer intentions to be placed at the feet of Our Lady of Fatima!

In unity with our Catholic brothers and sisters around the world, please join a mass effort by Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and Shrine in petitioning our Lady of Fatima to intercede on our behalf, for the suffering of the sick and afraid, for the economic hardships faced worldwide, and for everyone keeping basic operations running and serving those in need.

Please:

  • Add your personal intentions on the back page of the Fatima Prayer Mailer.
  • Mail it in or drop it off at Our Lady of Peace Church before October 10th.
  • Include what you can as a sacrificial gift to support the bare minimum of church expense and as an opportunity to resume your regular contribution either via mail or online. (checks payable to “Our Lady of Peace Church” or click “donate” at www.olop-shrine.org/donate).
  • Share this invitation with your family and friends!

or:

  • Type up your petitions and email them to elizabeth.nguyen@dsj.org
  • Your petitions will be placed in a box at the feet of Mary for the Fatima celebrations.
  • Include what you can as a sacrificial gift to support the bare minimum of church expense and as an opportunity to resume your regular contribution either via mail or online. (checks payable to “Our Lady of Peace Church” or donate online at www.olop-shrine.org/donate).
  • Share this invitation with your family and friends!

We will include your petitions in our offering basket to Our Lady of Fatima and leave them at her feet for her intercession at the monthly Novena of Fatima Pilgrimage Masses from May 13th to October 13th.

Fatima Pilgrimage Night

Every year, on the 13th of May to October, Our Lady of Peace Church commemorates the appearance of Our Lady to the three shepherds; Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco, in Fatima, Portugal.

Please join us virtually on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, as we commemorate the appearance of Our Lady to the three shepherds, Mass will be livestreamed at 7:30pm on Facebook and Youtube.

  

In unity with our Catholic brothers and sisters around the world, please join a mass effort by Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and Shrine in petitioning our Lady of Fatima to intercede on our behalf, for the suffering of the sick and afraid, for the economic hardships faced worldwide, and for everyone keeping basic operations running and serving those in need.

Please:

  • Add your personal intentions on the back page of the Fatima Prayer Mailer.
  • Mail it in or drop it off at Our Lady of Peace Church before May 10th.
  • Include what you can as a sacrificial gift to support the bare minimum of church expense and as an opportunity to resume your regular contribution either via mail or online. (checks payable to “Our Lady of Peace Church” or click “donate” at www.olop-shrine.org/donate).
  • Share this invitation with your family and friends!

We will include your petitions in our offering basket to Our Lady of Fatima and leave them at her feet for her intercession at the monthly Novena of Fatima Pilgrimage Masses from May 13th to October 13th.

Fatima Pilgrimage Night

Beginning on Monday, May 13th and recurring on every 13th of the month until October, we have our Fatima pilgrimage nights.
If the 13th of the month falls on a Sunday, the Mass will start at 8pm.

7:30pm Mass in the church
followed by an outdoor Rosary procession around the shrine.
After that, there will be Benediction and Blessing of the Sick in the church.

Please join us in commemorating the sixth appearance of Our Lady of Fatima to the three shepherds.

Children are invited to act as the (9) angels, (1) head angel, and (3) shepherds (2 girls and 1 boy). Parents must sign waivers.

In 1917, Mary appeared on those days to three children in Fatima, Portugal, and invited all the world to pray for peace. This pilgrimage reproduces the identical ceremonies celebrated at Fatima with a candlelight rosary procession and blessing of the sick.

Fatima Pilgrimage Night

Beginning on Monday, May 13th and recurring on every 13th of the month until October, we have our Fatima pilgrimage nights.
If the 13th of the month falls on a Sunday, the Mass will start at 8pm.

7:30pm Mass in the church
followed by an outdoor Rosary procession around the shrine.
After that, there will be Benediction and Blessing of the Sick in the church.

Please join us in commemorating the sixth appearance of Our Lady of Fatima to the three shepherds.

Children are invited to act as the (9) angels, (1) head angel, and (3) shepherds (2 girls and 1 boy). Parents must sign waivers.

In 1917, Mary appeared on those days to three children in Fatima, Portugal, and invited all the world to pray for peace. This pilgrimage reproduces the identical ceremonies celebrated at Fatima with a candlelight rosary procession and blessing of the sick.

Pilgrimage Statue & Relics Visit

Statue & Relics Visit Our Lady of Peace on Monday, Sept. 16th

Pray in the presence of the world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima to bring her graces and blessings to our state. Venerate sacred relics of the Crown of Thorns, the Veil of the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph’s mantle and St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests.

Schedule

11:45am  Entrance Procession

11:50am  Benediction

12 Noon  Mass

1:00pm – 5:15pm  Eucharistic Adoration
– Veneration of Our Lady of Fatima AND Relics of Crown of Thorns, the Veil of the blessed Mother, a piece of St. Joseph’s Mantle and three relics of St. John Vianney
– All Children are invited to the FLC to hear a presentation on Our Lady of Fatima.

5:15pm  Mass

6:00pm  15-20 minute talk by the statue custodian about the message of Our Lady of Fatima: This message of hope reinforces to Catholics the Real Presence of Jesus in he Blessed Sacrament, the power of praying the rosary to bring about peace in the world, and the value of suffering for the conversion of sinners.

6:20pm – 7pm  Litany to Our Lady/Continued Adoration

7pm – 9pm  15-decade rosary followed by regular adoration and veneration of Our Lady of Fatima

9pm  Farewell exit procession

Fatima Pilgrimage Night

Beginning on Monday, May 13th and recurring on every 13th of the month until October, we have our Fatima pilgrimage nights.
If the 13th of the month falls on a Sunday, the Mass will start at 8pm.

7:30pm Mass in the church
followed by an outdoor Rosary procession around the shrine.
After that, there will be Benediction and Blessing of the Sick in the church.

Please join us in commemorating the sixth appearance of Our Lady of Fatima to the three shepherds.

Children are invited to act as the (9) angels, (1) head angel, and (3) shepherds (2 girls and 1 boy). Parents must sign waivers.

In 1917, Mary appeared on those days to three children in Fatima, Portugal, and invited all the world to pray for peace. This pilgrimage reproduces the identical ceremonies celebrated at Fatima with a candlelight rosary procession and blessing of the sick.

Fatima Pilgrimage Night

Beginning on Monday, May 13th and recurring on every 13th of the month until October, we have our Fatima pilgrimage nights.
If the 13th of the month falls on a Sunday, the Mass will start at 8pm.

7:30pm Mass in the church
followed by an outdoor Rosary procession around the shrine.
After that, there will be Benediction and Blessing of the Sick in the church.

Please join us in commemorating the sixth appearance of Our Lady of Fatima to the three shepherds.

Children are invited to act as the (9) angels, (1) head angel, and (3) shepherds (2 girls and 1 boy). Parents must sign waivers.

In 1917, Mary appeared on those days to three children in Fatima, Portugal, and invited all the world to pray for peace. This pilgrimage reproduces the identical ceremonies celebrated at Fatima with a candlelight rosary procession and blessing of the sick.