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Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church located in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York City. 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,[1] a Catholic school for nursery to 8th Grade. The main entrance of the Church is located along 80th Street. The MTAQ47 bus service to Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport and The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale passes by Our Lady of Fatima Church. Our Lady of Fatima Church also has a convent and a rectory.
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.[2] 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 Quonset hut. In 1959, construction on the Church building that still stands today began and was completed in 1961.[3]
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 Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal.[3]
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, Jacinta, and Francisco, 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 21, 2013.[4][5]
ファティマの聖母学校は、教会の建物に隣接するカトリック系の学校です。イーストエルムハーストの幼稚園から8年生までの生徒を受け入れており、ジャクソンハイツ、ウッドサイド、アストリアハイツ、コロナなどの周辺地域からも生徒が通っています。ファティマの聖母学校の現在の校長はマーガレット・ロジャースです。[ 7 ]
マルグリットのフードパントリーは、イーストエルムハーストのファティマ聖母教会を拠点とする宗教的な非営利団体で、イーストエルムハーストとその周辺地域の困窮者に寄付された食料や物資を提供しています。[ 8 ]聖マルグリット・ドゥヴィルはパントリーの守護聖人で、元々は聖心会の灰色の修道女によって運営されていました。
教会報は、ファティマの聖母教会の週刊ニュースレターです。教会報には、ミサのスケジュール、特別な意向、祈るべき人々、主任司祭からの週刊メッセージ、教会登録、献金統計、その他の重要な今後のイベントに関する情報が掲載されています。[ 9 ]
宗教用品店 - 教会の裏口にあります