Fatima Women

On March 10th, 2014 the parish launched the first "Women of Grace" study program for the women of our parish. 144 women from our parish answered our Lord's call to participate in this study. The "Women of Grace " study has been a life changing study for >350 women in our parish to date.

Formation Studies for Women

The "Women of Grace" studies have created a thirst for learning for the women of our parish. Therefore, the parish continues to feed our women with religious education, formation, ministry opportunities and fellowship. A number of women are participating in weekly Bible study through our "Come Lord Jesus" bible study groups. New members are always welcome!

In 2016, the Year of Mercy, our women answered the Pope's call to mercy by embracing the "Luke Gospel of Mercy" study. Taking this journey with St. Luke we formed our souls through the study of Jesus’ Mercy. We not only answered our Holy Father’s call in the Jubilee Year of Mercy, but we strengthened the on-going formation and ministry of Fatima’s Women of Grace!

In 2017, as a part of our parish celebrations of the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima's Apparitions to the children, we provided a study of Our Blessed Mother, "Queen of Heaven" for the women in our parish. This journey was a deeper encounter with our mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. While all Catholics know and honor her, "Queen of Heaven" introduced women to her in a fuller, more intimate way. Our central goal was to draw the women of our parish closer to our heavenly mother.

In 2018, the Lenten study was Kingdom of Happiness, a study of the Beatitudes.
Fall 2018, Advent study, "Jesus Revealed", a study of Christ in Scripture.

WE ARE FATIMA “WOMEN OF GRACE”
ROUND THE THRONE OF THE LORD MOST HIGH

2019 Classes

January 2019, launching "Mary's Mothers" a ministry that brings moms together to deepen their faith and their relationship with Jesus, so they can raise their children to be soldiers for Christ in a world where this can be hard and unpopular. These moms will share in bible studies, group rosaries, play dates, and Fatima women's ministries. In Lent of 2019, home and parish location study groups will begin their first bible study, "Fearless & Free". Visit Mary's Mothers Facebook page for more information and to become a member, https://www.facebook.com/groups/740293062971810/ .

January 2019 Lenten Study for women: "The Sacraments: Discovering the Treasures of Divine Life" Some of the most important and necessary building blocks of human life are so often taken for granted: water, air, fire, food. . . . We live each day without any sense of gratitude for these blessings that sustain our physical life.

And so it is for our spiritual life. The sacraments are the very lifeblood of our soul, yet in the midst of our busy lives, we can fail to understand their power and importance. Without them, we are spiritually dead. With them, the very life of God runs through us.
All of these studies lead our women to go deeper in their faith through Catholic Scripture study.

Email Stephanie Supple to get more information about being a part of these studies and to pre-register, administrator@fatimalafayette.org

Learning Leads to Ministry

The "Women of Grace" study taught the women of our parish about the unique gifts God gave them as a woman that they bring to their Church and fellow man. Through the Luke Gospel of Mercy study our women focused on how they could apply their study of mercy in their own lives and how they would bring that mercy to others. The "Queen of Heaven" study gives us our finest example, Our Blessed Mother" and her Magnificat as the example for living our lives as a servant to others.

Our motto has become: Women who study their faith become women who practice their faith. Blessed are we among women!
Listed below are a few of the ministries born out of our women studying their faith. We encourage other women who are interested to be a part of one or all of these ministries to call our office TODAY to sign up.

Please email or call Stephanie Supple at the Parish if you are interested in a ministry or formation study (administrator@fatimalafayette.org or 232-8945).

Mommy Meals
As a Mommy Meal volunteer, you will be called about once a year to bring a meal to a young family with a new baby as an expression of joy and welcome from our Fatima family. It could be a meal you cook, or pick up, or freeze ahead, depending on what best fits your time and abilities and the family’s needs. More important will be your welcoming the new mother and family in addition to welcoming the baby to grow up in the pews of Fatima --letting her know we will be praying for her and the new baby…and reminding her that we believe that “a church with no crying is a church that is dying.”

Mercy Meal Team
Come join a Mercy Team! Mercy Teams will meet the needs of our parishioner families in a time of need or crisis due to illness, death, etc. Each team will be comprised of 6 women volunteers from our parish. The team will have a Coordinator who communicates, organizes, and follow ups with their fellow team members and the parish. Some of the ministry services this team will provide, but not limited to, are listed below. We encourage our Mercy Teams to be creative and meet the needs of their fellow parishioners in many different ways.

Each week one meal will be provided by a team member.
The Mercy Team will develop and implement a plan for prayer for their family in need. Each team member, or as a group, commit to offer prayers, rosaries, Masses, an Adoration Hour, etc for their family in crisis.

The team will inform the family of the St. Peregrine statue program through the parish and make arrangements to get the statue to their home when the crisis is related to a diagnosis of cancer.
The team will develop a way to support the parent(s) in the family through communication either by calls, email, and or group texting.

St. Gemma Sisterhood
As a volunteer for this ministry you will be emailed/called on occasion to provide a bag of grocery items for our homeless and poor who come into our office, on a daily basis, asking for food assistance. We will email you instructions on how and what we need you to bring to our parish office. Typically, you will be asked to provide a food bag every 3 to 6 months (twice annually).
Each January our Mercy Work's organization holds a parish-wide food bag drive to stock up early in the year for the predicted needs of our community.

Learning Leads to Fellowship

Many women have developed bonds through our studies and wish to continue by participating in a Catholic Women's organization. Fatima has two wonderful organizations that we can supply information for that you can join. Call our office today to find out more about Catholic Daughters and Theresian groups in our area.