Parish Picnic.  The Parish Picnic is this Saturday, June 2nd following the 5:00 pm Mass.  The Parish provides the meat, drinks, and games, and the parish community supplies the salads, chips, desserts, and fun!

Parishioners with the last name beginning with A-M please bring a side dish.

Parishioners with the last name beginning with N-Z please bring a dessert.

NOTE: As Fr Frank is leaving us after 7 great years there will be a basket on the dessert table if you want to give him a card thanking him for he has done for us!

Sundancer Fund Raiser.  Exciting news! The Sundancer Gala will be held on Saturday, October 13th at Pinehurst Country Club. Our goal is to raise $100,000 for both the school and parish. The theme this year is There’s No Place like Home.  This year’s paddle raiser will go towards an electronic message board to display school and parish announcements on the corner of 20th and Miller. We are excited to continue to build community between both the school and parish!

If you are interested in volunteering or have questions about donations, please contact the parish office or email sundancergala@gmail.com.

Thank you for being part of our Our Lady of Fatima family!

Please join us for the Corpus Christi procession at 3 pm on Sunday, June 3, which is the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. There will be a procession with the Blessed Sacrament, along with prayers and hymns, followed by Adoration and Benediction in the Church.

There is no better way to spend time than with the Lord in Adoration. Our Adoration Chapel is perpetual only because of the dedicated adorers who keep vigil. Please consider signing up to be a regular or substitute Adorer through Pentecost 2019. It takes all of us to keep our Perpetual Adoration Chapel open. Signup at Adoration Signup or at www.FatimaLakewood.com/Adoration. We are looking to fill Sunday at 11 pm and Friday at 7 pm, as well as looking to form teams to cover a couple of the open overnight slots. If you would be willing to cover one of these slots once every 8-12 weeks, please email us at olfadoration@gmail.com.

Lauren Castillo of Students for Life will speak at the June 19th Respect Life meeting. Her presentation is entitled “Living Pro-Life -- How you can compassionately live out your pro-life beliefs and leave a legacy you can pass on to the next generation." We invite everyone to come, especially parents and those involved in junior high, high school and young adult ministries. The meeting will be held in the school cafeteria starting at 7:00 pm with a Rosary for Life.

June 13 & 14 at 6:00 pm in School Gym and Cafeteria - Vacation Bible School Volunteer Preview & Meeting.

June 18 - 22, 9:00 am to noon - School Gym and Cafeteria - Vacation Bible School

June 24 - 28, 7:00 - 9:00 pm in Parish Hall, Gym, Church - Totus Tuus for Middle and High School Students.

June 25 - 29, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm in OLF School - Totus Tuus for grades 1-6.

Vacation Bible School Volunteers: We still need high school and middle school students to lead our small family groups. Each family group is limited to 10 children and we need at least two leaders per group. The middle and high school youth who have helped in the past really enjoy taking care of the younger children as they learn more about the Bible and ancient culture. This year we are going to Babylon and the prophet Daniel is the focus of the Scriptural narrative. Please click on this link to learn more about the volunteer opportunities. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4dada62ba02-vacation

Totus Tuus Volunteers: Adults are needed to help prepare meals and snacks, and youth, ages 13-17, are needed to help prepare snacks and assist the Totus Tuus team with the class and recess. Anyone age 18 and older needs to have a background check and Safe Environment Training.

All Men of Our Lady of Fatima are invited to meet for our monthly First Friday Mass on June 1 at 6:30 am at OLF. For those who have the time and inclination, we will also grab a quick breakfast afterwards at Nick’s Café at Simms and 8th Avenue (Nick’s only takes cash).  Even if you can’t make it to First Friday Mass with us, please join the men of Fatima FlockNote group so we can keep you informed of activities and information of interest to the men of Fatima – click here to signup: Men of Fatima and the First Friday Flocknote Group at Friday Primum.

The Knights are always looking for quality men who wish to be better fathers, husbands, and Catholics to join our family-oriented council. Consider coming to a social meeting on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 pm, or talk to a Knight at the pancake breakfast, or join the Knights' FlockNote group at Knights. They can also be reached at KofC9597@gmail.com or 1-844-COKofC.

A note from our principal:

I always take pride in our students, and this is no exception. Earlier in the month, I was informed that we had three 8th grade students who are recipients of the annual Mullen Merit Scholarship. Frank Cawley, Mullen's Admissions Director, called me to let me know of the results. This is the first time in 15 years of giving this scholarship at Mullen that three Merit Scholars are coming from the same school. We are truly blessed at Fatima.

I informed Archbishop Aquila, Father Dollins, Father Henri, the new Superintendent, and the rest of the Office of Catholic Schools. It is also posted on our school's Facebook and Instagram pages.

In addition to the effort of our students, I am also proud of our extraordinary faculty. They help our parents, as parents and primary educators of their children, shape all of our students so they can be the best they can academically and spiritually.

Sincerely,

Lisa Taylor

Our goal is to personally reach out to new parishioners and make them feel welcome and loved at Our Lady of Fatima.  We are planning on doing this by looking for a team of volunteers to meet one on one with a new parishioner.  On average, a volunteer would meet with a new parishioner once every two months.  This would entail calling/emailing the new parishioner, meeting with them one on one at Our Lady of Fatima Parish, and showing Christ’s love to them by creating friendships with them.  Contact or Danielle Jones at 303-233-1283 or olfdaniellejones@gmail.com

Would you like to become a Greeter for weekend Mass? We invite you to sign up and try it out! We especially need Greeters for Saturday 5 pm and Sunday 5 pm Masses. Being a Greeter is simple! We arrive 15-20 min. early to Mass and station ourselves at an exterior door of the church. As people arrive, we offer a friendly hello and open the door. If you are feeling a nudge from the Holy Spirit, email Elisa Foster or signup today online at SignUpGenius. To see a greeter in action, click here. Thank you for prayerfully considering helping welcome the Lord’s flock to the Supper of the Lamb!

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To see the video from the Archbishop on the Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal, click here.

To read the monthly ParishLink, which covers topics such as school tuition, click here: ParishLink.

To read the Archdiocese's newspaper, Denver Catholic, online, click on the following link: www.denvercatholic.org

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Our parish uses FlockNote as an email and text message delivery system. You are signed up with our parish FlockNote. We encourage you to go the parish FlockNote site and sign up for groups from which you would like to receive information. Go to www.FlockNote.com/Fatima to do so (or contact the leader of a ministry you are interested in). Your email is the email to which this note was sent, and you may need to create a password if you haven’t done so already. You can unsubscribe from any groups whenever you like. Check back periodically, as new groups are being added.