All proceeds benefit the school. Raffle to be held at the Halloween Carnival on October 26, 2018. Winners need not be present to win. 1st Prize: $1,500, 2nd Prize: $750, 3rd Prize: $500. Tickets $2.00 per entry. Students will be selling tickets after all Masses WEEKENDS OF August 18 & 19, September 8 & 9 - September 29 & 30. Please help support our school’s major fundraiser.

Classes start September 9, 2018 and are held September through May on Sundays. 10:00 AM Mass Attendance followed by Class Instruction from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM twice a month. Register at the Parish Office on August 29, 2018 during office hours or call the office for more information.

Classes for children in grades K-7 will begin on Wednesday, September 5, from 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM in classrooms at Our Lady of Fatima School. Registration will take place Wednesday, August 29, 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the School. Please bring a photocopy of your child’s Baptism certificate at the time of registration, if you have not previously done so. There is a registration fee of $20 per child for grades K-2 and 4-7, and a fee of $30 per child for 3rd grade to help cover the cost of books.

We are accepting applications for an Athletic Director and for a Middle School Science Teaching position. The science teaching position is part-time, grades 6-8. Candidates must have a current New Mexico Teaching License and have completed a teaching application through the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Catholic Schools website. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume and any questions to principal, Ms. Melinda Mader, mmader@fatimaschoolabq.com, 505-255-6391.

Inquiry sessions for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) and for Adult Confirmation have begun. Class sessions are offered on Sundays following the 7:30 PM Mass, and repeated on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 PM in Fatima Gallagher Hall and began June 13th. There is no cost to participate. Sacraments will be received at the Mass of the Easter Vigil in 2019. For more information, please call the Parish Office.

Fr. Stephen Schultz is pleased to announce that Ms. Melinda Mader has been hired as the new Principal at Our Lady of Fatima School. She is a graduate of St. Pius X High School and the University of New Mexico. She taught mid-school social studies in public school for one year and has taught at St. Mary’s School downtown for 14 years.

The Parish is in need of additional Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (“Eucharistic Ministers”) to assist with the distribution of the Holy Eucharist during Communion at the weekend Masses. Training will be provided. Please contact Veronica or Sylvia at the Parish Office for more information.