Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church is a

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church located in the

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neighborhood of

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. The church property occupies a city block bounded by 80th Street, 79th Street, 30th Avenue, and 25th Avenue, and is adjacent to the LaGuardia Landing Lights Fields. Half of the property is used by Our Lady of Fatima School, a Catholic school for nursery to 8th Grade. The main entrance of the Church is located along 80th Street. The MTA Q47 bus service to

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and The Shops at Atlas Park in

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passes by Our Lady of Fatima Church. Our Lady of Fatima Church also has a convent and a rectory.

History

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church was officially founded in 1952 by Rev. Maurice Lenihan. It was under Lenihan's leadership that the church, school, convent and rectory were built. However, the parish existed since 1948. Mass services were initially held in an automobile showroom, and transferred to other locations including a tent and a

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. In 1959, construction on the Church building that still stands today began and was completed in 1961. In 2011, Our Lady of Fatima Church celebrated its 50th anniversary which marked 50 years since the completion of the Church building. In 2017, the parish celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the apparition of

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Architecture and Landmarks

Located on the wall inside the front of the Church is a mosaic of Our Lady of Fatima's apparition with the three children of Fatima, Lucia,

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, and

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, which provides the backdrop of the altar. Outside the side entrance of the Church are statues depicting and honoring the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. Father Eugene F. Donnelly Corner is a co-named street located on the corner of 80th Street and 25th Avenue next to Our Lady of Fatima Parish. It was named after Father Donnelly who served as parish priest to the Our Lady of Fatima Parish community in East Elmhurst for 42 years. The street co-naming event took place on September 21st, 2013.

Services

Mass

Our Lady of Fatima provides daily and Sunday Liturgy Masses both in

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Our Lady of Fatima School

Our Lady of Fatima School is a Catholic school adjacent to the Church building. It serves students from grades Nursery to 8th Grade in East Elmhurst along with surrounding neighborhoods such as Jackson Heights, Woodside,

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, and

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. The current principal of Our Lady of Fatima School is Margaret Rogers.

Marguerite's Food Pantry

Marguerite's Food Pantry is a religious nonprofit organization based at Our Lady of Fatima Church in East Elmhurst that provides donated food and goods to those in need in East Elmhurst and surrounding neighborhoods. St. Marguerite d'Youville is the patron saint of the pantry and was originally run by the

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Bulletin

The Bulletin is the weekly newsletter of Our Lady of Fatima Parish. The Bulletin provides information on Mass schedule times, special intentions, people to pray for, a weekly message from the pastor, parish registration, collection donation statistics, and other important upcoming events.{{Cite web, title=Our Lady of Fatima, url=https://ourladyoffatima-queens.org/bulletins, access-date=2022-01-13, website=Our Lady of Fatima, language=en

Other

Religious Articles Store - located in the back entrance of the Church

References

External Links

Our Lady of Fatima Church websiteOur Lady of Fatima School website
Churches in Queens, New York East Elmhurst, Queens Queens, New York