Procession
Nativity of Mary & Placing of Petitions into Her Heart
You and your loved ones are cordially invited to join us for the Annual Placing of Prayer Petitions into the Heart of Mary outside at the Shrine on Sunday, September 10th after the 10am Sunday Mass.
To participate, please fill out the following form with your prayer petitions, thanksgiving, and/or names for loved ones. You may also include additional 8.5″ x 11″ pages of petitions (one-sided, unstapled, unfolded, and untaped preferred). Please return this to the parish office via collection basket, mail, or in person. Your tax-deductible donations will be utilized by the parish to maintain the Shrine.
Ways to submit petitions:
- In person to gift shop (only until Sunday, September 3rd)
- Via collection basket (only until Sunday, September 3rd)
- In person to the parish office (until Tuesday, September 5th)
- Via mail (must be delivered by Tuesday, September 5th)
Petition Deadline: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
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.
Visiting Relics of St. Damian and St. Marianne Cope
- 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.
- Please, for the safety of our parish, remain at home if you have COVID symptoms.
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 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.
Nativity of Mary & Placing of Petitions into Her Heart
You and your loved ones are cordially invited to join us for the Annual Placing of Prayer Petitions into the Heart of Mary outside at the Shrine on Sunday, September 8th after the 12pm Sunday Mass. There will be a birthday cake reception following.
To participate, please fill out the following form with your prayer petitions, thanksgiving, and/or names for loved ones. You may also include an additional 8.5″ x 11″ page of petitions (one-sided, unstapled, unfolded, and untaped preferred). Please return this to the parish office via collection basket, mail, or in person. Your tax-deductible donations will be utilized by the parish to maintain the Shrine.
Please write your petitions on the back of the form!
Petition Form Submission Deadline: Friday, September 6th, 2019
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.
Solemnity of Corpus Christi – Procession after 12pm Mass
Outdoor procession after 12 Noon Mass
The event is dedicated to the mystery of the Eucharist and concludes the cycle of feasts following Easter.
In anticipation to Corpus Christi Solemnity on Sunday, June 23rd, you are invited to bring plants with yellow flowers to be placed at the shrine during the procession following 12pm Mass.
Please bring your potted yellow-flowered plants to the convent between June 15th to June 22nd. (examples below)
