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This Week’s Bulletin You can read this week’s bulletin ONLINE!

Baptize my baby?

Your family has grown with the gift of a child.  Now you wish to share the gift of faith in Baptism.  How do you celebrate your child’s baptism?

Plan for my marriage? It’s an exciting time.  The Lord has brought the two of you together.  How do you arrange for your wedding?

Become a Catholic?  Do you feel called to come home to the Catholic Church? Or do you wish to dig deeper into your Catholic Faith and Heritage?

Speak with a priest? When you wish to make an appointment with a priest. Please call the Parish office to make an appointment

Mass Times

Saturday Anticipated Mass

5 pm English

6:30  pm Vietnamese

 

Sunday

8 am, 10 am and 6 pm English

12:00 Noon Spanish

 

 

Daily Mass

8:00 am (M-F)

8:00 am (Saturday)

 

Holy Days

7:30 pm Vietnamese Vigil

6:45 am, 8 am and 6 pm English

7:30 pm Spanish

 

Sacrament of Penance

Saturdays

            8:30 am - 9:30 am

            3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Parish Bulletin  Read the bulletin without ever leaving our website!
Did you know the Diocese of Stockton publishes a monthly newsletter?   Stay current on what’s happening around the Diocese!
The Ministry Schedule is available online now. It can be found under button Faith and Sacraments and selecting Ministry Schedule.  You can also access it by clicking HERE
Interested in Becoming Catholic? The schedule for our RCIA Classes is now Online!  You can find it under Faith and Sacraments, then click on the the Becoming Catholic link and finally, RCIA Schedule.  You can also click HERE!
Does your parish group or organization have news, events or invitations to share? Email them to webmaster@olfmodesto.com for inclusion in our parish website.
Just a Can a Week
As Deacon Jim has encouraged us, please drop by a can a week in the St. Vincent de Paul barrels in the vestibules of the Church for those in our community who need our support and prayers.
CAN YOU SPEND ONE HOUR WITH ME? In the Garden of Gethsemane, before His crucifixion, Jesus asked His Apostles, “Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?” Spending one hour with Jesus thus became a tradition in the Church: Adoration Hours  of the Blessed Sacrament.  When you spend quiet prayer and  reflection time with Jesus, you allow Him to speak to your heart and give you peace. Adoration hours are each Tuesday, from 12 Noon-5PM. Call Margaret Albee at 522-9190
Becoming a Welcoming Church
One of our ten Synod Goals challenges us to become an ever more welcoming church. This issue of our diocesan e-Newsletter highlights some of the ways that our parishes are reaching out to those who return to the Church.
The Diocese of Sacramento has purchased a series of television ads which will air in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties beginning December 18th. We are the beneficiaries of their efforts since two of our counties are within their television coverage.
You can check out the ads now, by going to CatholicsComeHome. View the testimonials from Catholics who have returned to our church after some time of distance.
Men's Club
8th Annual OLF Men’s  8th Annual Golf Tournament at  Lockeford Springs
Click the picture of Lockeford Springs Golf Course to get more information and sign up for the Men’s Golf Tournament Fund Raiser

OUR LADY OF FATIMA will be blessed with the presence of NET ministries.  These NET team members travel across the country, in a van, stopping at different parishes, sharing their faith through retreats.  Yes, they will be here at OLF on February 20, so, teens should check out this event!  Registration required.  For more information call Mary at 491-3469.

Calling all Junior High and High School Students for an Ice Cream Social Gathering on February 28 from 7-8:30.  Youth Service Projects will be planned and your input is important.  If you are in need of service hours or just love to serve this is the meeting for you.  Bring a friend!

Join in the Prayer for Arise and the Parish!

Gracious God and Father,

We enter into your presence

Realizing you know us better than we know ourselves.

You know the cares and sufferings

We carry in our hearts.

 

You call us to holiness

And we trust you to lead us together

On our journey to be a renewed Church,

For with you all things are possible.

 

Create us anew in Jesus Christ your Son.

Liberate us from all that keeps us from you.

Heal us from every form of sin and violence.

 

Transform us to live your Word more profoundly.

Awaken us to the sacred; rebuild trust among us.

Enliven our parishes; reunite our families.

 

May your Holy Spirit empower us

To live as a community of love,

Freed to share in your work

Of recreating our world and restoring justice.

 

We believe you are doing something new,

Calling us to arise together in Christ

To celebrate the fullness of life. Amen.