A CELEBRATION OF 70 YEARS - MONTH BY MONTH
February 8th through 10th: CAST Couples’ Retreat (Abbeville Family Missions Retreat House)
February 20th (Wednesday), Feast of the Little Shepherds: 5 p.m. Rosary followed by 5:30 p.m. Mass; showing of Fatima Film follows Mass. (No Wednesday 6:15 a.m. Mass on this day.)
 
BLESSING OF OUTDOOR SHRINE FOLLOWING 8:15 A.M. SCHOOL MASS: A replica of the first shrine built over the holmoak tree in the days following the 1917 apparitions will be erected on Church grounds.
 
March 19th (Tuesday): Celebration of St. Joseph’s Altar - 8:30 a.m. Mass, festivities follow (no 5:30 p.m. Mass on this day)
 
ANNIVERSARY DATE - April 17th (Wednesday of Holy Week): Fatima Parish established in 1949 on Easter Sunday, April 17th, with Masses held in the Teenage Ranch House, later moved to School Gym - DUE TO HOLY WEEK, A SPECIAL OBSERVANCE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED ON EASTER SUNDAY, April 21st.
 
                SCHOOL Way of the Cross, 8:15 a.m. - Special School Observance of anniversary date
 
May 11th/12th (Saturday/Sunday): Parishioner Religious Art Exhibit in Knight Hall
May 13th (Monday): 5 p.m. Rosary followed by 5:30 p.m. Mass; showing of Fatima Film follows Mass. (No 6:15 a.m. Mass on this day.)
May 16th through 19th: CAST Spring Retreat for Men in Grand Isle
May 25th through June 5th: Parish Pilgrimage to Rome/Fatima with extension to London
 
June 13th (Thursday): 5 p.m. Rosary followed by 5:30 p.m. Mass; showing of Fatima Film follows Mass.
                                (Date in 1929 of the Last Vision of Fatima with the apparition of the Holy Trinity to Sr. Lucia in Tuy, Spain)
June 16th (Sunday): First Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving, Rev. Fr. Salinger Istre, 11 a.m.; reception follows in Knight Hall
June 20th through 23rd: Women of Grace National Meeting, Johnette Benkovic Williams
 
July 12th through 14th: CAST Couples’ Retreat (Abbeville Family Missions Retreat House)
 
August 13th (Tuesday): 5 p.m. Rosary followed by 5:30 p.m. Mass; showing of Fatima Film follows Mass
 
September 13th (Friday): 5 pm Rosary followed by 5:30 p.m. Mass; showing of Fatima Film follows Mass (No 6:15 a.m. Mass on this day.)
 
October 5th through 6th: Perpetual Rosary from 8 a.m. First Saturday Mass through Sunday 5 p.m. Mass
 
ANNIVERSARY DATE - October 7th (Monday): Anniversary of the Groundbreaking of Fatima School which occurred in October of 1949; on October 7th, 1951, the School was dedicated. School Children will pray Rosary in front lawn of Church at top of hour throughout the day.
 
October 13th (Sunday): Celebration of 11 a.m. Mass with Bishop Deshotel; reception follows in Knight Hall
October 17th through 20th: CAST Fall Retreat for Men in Grand Isle
 
ANNIVERSARY DATE - November 16th (Saturday): Anniversary of the First time Mass was offered in Our Lady of Fatima Church (November 16, 1958); 3:30 p.m. Rosary, 4 p.m. Mass.
 
ANNIVERSARY DATE - November 21st (Thursday): Anniversary of the Dedication of Our Lady of Fatima Church (November 21, 1958); 5 p.m. Rosary, 5:30 p.m. Mass
 
December 10th (Tuesday): 5 p.m. Rosary followed by 5:30 p.m. Mass; showing of Fatima Film follows Mass. (Date of the apparition of Our Lady and the Child Jesus to Sr. Lucia at Pontevedra, Spain in 1925 - the call to make the Five First Saturdays.)