Parish Bulletin - December, 2011

Parish Bulletin for December, 2011 available here, Click Here to download it.

Changes in the Parts of the People in the Order of Mass

Dear parishioners,

Please find the changes in the Parts of the People in the Order of Mass in the Roman Missal, Third Edition, Click Here to download it.

And revised prayers can be download from here, Click Here to download it.

And the same is available online @ our website "http://www.fatimachurchambarnath.org" under news section to view Click here

Revised Prayers at Mass

Dear parishioners, we are pleased to inform that our new Revised Prayers at Mass is now available online @ our website "http://www.fatimachurchambarnath.org" under news section to view Click here or to download it right away, Click Here.

 

Upcoming events for the year 2012.

Hello, its good to see you guys back here !!!

Well this time we got some good news to you all, last year i.e. 2011 due to some reasons we couldn't put the events, but this time events for the forth coming year i.e. 2012 is available here / http://www.fatimachurchambarnath.org/default.php?q=events

Do keep hitting our blog for the latest updates.

Bye !!! Catch you all with latest updates !!!

About the website

Hi Friends,

It's been a week now, and today I would like to tell you all about Our Lady of Fatima Church site (http://www.fatimachurchambarnath.org)

Here you will find the latest events happening, what's happening in our parish, and yes if you missed out some of the announcements you can check it out here.

Latest job opportunities can be checked here which is available at satchit notice board. And even you can check the lectors marked for Sunday services & weekday services.

You can check what all cell are running in our parish and who is leading those cell, know more about our parish fathers team and know about the regular as well as festive service timings.

Lastly, we have a donation section where you can donate for church maintenance, education of poor students and many more. Currently we don't have provision for online payment, so all the payment have to be done by cheque or DD.

That's it for now guys, keep checking our blog section for lasted updates and please tell you friends & relatives about this blog so that even they can take the benefit of the same.

Cheers.

About Fatima Church

Our Lady of Fatima Church is situated on a small hillock in the heart of Ambarnath town. This Church has been and is a source of blessing for thousands of people who flock to it to receive the blessings of the Lord through our lady of Fatima. The Miraculous Cross Chapel is a quiet place where believers and others come, sit and pray in quiet and return home with peace and joy. The beautiful Adoration Chapel, where the Eucharist is exposed for personal as well as group prayer is another attraction where people regularly spend time with the Eucharistic Lord experiencing His presence. Come and experience this peace and tranquility as the Lord continues to invite one and all saying,

"Come to me all you who Labour and are overburdened. And I will give you rest."

History of Fatima Church

In the year April 1951, heaven smiled on the little, unknown and insignificant town of Ambarnath, when Fr. J. Albuquerque and Fr. Cyril Noronha first landed here. This was a place where rogues, pickpockets and anti-social elements ruled the roost, and our Founding Fathers must have possessed extra-ordinary courage and a supernatural vision of great things in store. In a short while, by June 1952, Fatima School was started. The ground floor of the school building was blessed by His Excellency Cardinal Valerian Gracias on 6th November, the same year. This institution which had a humble but noble beginning, has now become the most prestigious and respected school in Ambarnath, winning laurels on the district level too.

Surely Our Lady of Fatima, our Patroness, who is the Seat of Wisdom has guided and blessed us. Many of us still hold nostalgic memories of the ground floor of the main school building, which served as classrooms with its thick wooden partitions, that could be opened and closed. When opened the partitions transformed the classroom into a hall for cultural programmes and movies, and more important into a church where the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and other liturgical services were held.

13th October, 1967, was a day written in golden letters in the annals of the history of Ambarnath. It was the inauguration and blessing of the new Church of Our Lady of Fatima by Rt. Rev. Ignatius D'souza, Bishop of Baroda. The first Parish Priest of the new church was Rev. Fr. Tome Moniz, an able administrator with love for the people that made up his Parish. The Catholic community along with many others rejoiced and gave praise to God for the wonderful blessing of a new Church. All the people looked up in awe at the magnificent church located on a hillock, and Our lady of Fatima, our patroness, in the person of her statue on the top, looking down with graciousness upon Ambarnath and with joined hands invoking God's blessings on it's people. It was and still is the most impressive and majestic structure in Ambarnath.

Since then the Parish has seen tremendous growth in every aspect. On 14th April, 1985, 'Satchit, the residence of our Priests was inaugurated by Ret. Rev. Alex Dias of Port Blair, during the tenure of Fr. Ubaldo Fernandes, the Parish Priest. Other significant blessings that God has bestowed upon this Parish, include the gift of a beautiful and comfortable Blessed Sacrament Chapel, a Miraculous Cross Chapel and a beautiful grotto of Our Lady of Fatima, that we encounter just as we ascend the steps at the front entrance of the Church. Many are the people who have come to Ambarnath, with mixed feelings, not knowing what the future holds in store for them. But almost all have grown in love and affection for this Parish and will say with confidence, " Yes, Our Lady of Fatima has blessed us abundantly".