Our Lady of Fatima Shrine (Lewiston, NY)

Christmas in July - Festival of Light Benefit
2026-07-11 17:00 - 21:00 UTC
Our Lady of Fatima Shrine
20th Annual
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Christmas in July
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Festival of Lights Benefit
in support of
Our Lady of Fatima Shrine Renovation Project
Gourmet Dinner & Basket Raffle
Saturday, July 11th, 2026
1023 Swann Rd., Lewiston, NY
Located in the Shrine Pilgrim Center
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Dinner Tickets
$50 each
Only 200 Tickets Available
Reservations must be made by July 1st
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Basket Preview
Thursday July 9th ~ 12pm – 7pm
Friday July 10th ~ 9am – 7pm
Saturday July 11th ~ 9am – 3pm
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Doors open at 5pm with wine tasting
Hors d’oeuvres served at 5:45pm
Dinner at 6:15pm
Basket Auction Tickets: 25 tickets for $15 | 50 tickets for $25
High End Tickets: 25 tickets for $25 | 50 tickets for $40
*Tickets may be pre-purchased in the office at any time.
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For more information, call our office at (716) 754-7489
office@fatimashrine.com | www.fatimashrine.com
★ God Bless America 250 ★

Basket Preview - Festival of Lights Benefit
2026-07-10 09:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-09 12:00 - 19:00
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Basket Preview
Thursday July 9th ~ 12pm – 7pm
Friday July 10th ~ 9am – 7pm
Saturday July 11th ~ 9am – 3pm
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Basket Auction Tickets: 25 tickets for $15 | 50 tickets for $25
High End Tickets: 25 tickets for $25 | 50 tickets for $40
*Tickets may be pre-purchased in the office at any time.

Healing Mass
2026-07-05 18:30 - 20:00
Healing Mass – July 2026
This evening at 6:30 in the Basilica, we will have a Healing Mass with Fr. John Adams. Music Ministry: Sr. Joanna

Fr. John Adams grew up in Duquesne, PA (in the Pittsburgh area).
He attended Pennsylvania State University as an undergraduate and majored in elementary and special education. He obtained his Master of Arts degree and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Fr. John is a licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist who has been involved with research and practice involving Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing, and those with developmental disabilities involving individuals and their families for over 45 years. He is fluent in sign language.
Within the Buffalo, his home parish was St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Farnham, NY where he was the Director of Spiritual Life and a member of several ministries. He graduated from Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, NY where he obtained a Master of Divinity. Fr. John was ordained as a Roman Catholic Priest on June 7, 2014, for the Diocese of Buffalo. In his first years as a priest, he was a parochial vicar at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Hamburg, NY. He was then named as Temporary Administrator of St. Maximilian Parish in Corfu/East Pembroke. He was then assigned to Christ the King Seminary as an Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Assistant Director of Priestly Formation and eventual Vice President of Human Development and Mission Enrichment. Following the closure of the Seminary, he became the pastor and the rector of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the pastor of St. John’s parish in Olean, NY. His current assignment is the senior parochial vicar in the Catholic Family of Cheektowaga and the Coordinator of Healing Ministry for the Diocese of Buffalo.
Fr. John is also a licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist who has been involved with research and practice involving Deaf, hard of hearing, and those with developmental disabilities involving individuals and their families for over 45 years. He is fluent in sign language.

1st Saturday Devotions
2026-07-04 09:00 - 17:00
Knights of Columbus collect nonperishable food items and donations for local food pantries
11:00 AM — Rosary & Confession
11:30 AM — MASS
12:15 PM Adoration & Benediction
3:30 PM Rosary Procession & Confession
4:00 PM MASS

Garden Party & Flower Show - Fundraiser
2026-06-20 15:00 - 19:30
Our Lady of Fatima Shrine
Invites you to our 13th Annual
Garden Party & Flower Show – Fundraiser
Saturday, June 20th, 2026
RSVP Date: June 19, 2026
3:00 pm – 7:30 pm
$35 Per Person – Limited Tickets
Appetizers Served From 4 PM – 5:30 PM
Men’s and Women’s Hat Contest • Basket Raffle • Hanging Basket Sale
Gourmet Menu
SALADS: Pasta Salad, Shrimp Cocktail, Chef Salad
Bacon Wrapped Beef Steak
Cubes Chicken Parm with Sauce
Breaded Pork Cutlets in Red Wine Sauce
And so much more…
Coffee & Tea, Iced Tea, Lemonade
Dessert Tables • Beer & Wine Bar
Fr. Julio’s Famous Fried Dough

1023 Swann Rd. • Lewiston, N.Y. 14174 • 716-754-7489

Healing Mass
2026-06-07 18:30 - 21:00
Healing Mass – June 2026
This evening at 6:30 in the Basilica, we will have a Healing Mass with Fr. Albino Vecina, CRSP. Music Ministry: Sr. Joanna

Fr. Albino’s Vocation Story of a Barnabite
There are many signs/ways of vocation to the priesthood, these could be objects that are sacred, people, situations, occasions, feelings, places, etc. We should be attentive or be opened to these things.
My desire to become a priest started in my childhood years, it probably started when I was 8 years old and remained intact until I was grown up. As a little boy I always kept thinking that one day I would be at the altar during Mass, serving as an altar boy or I am the one celebrating the Mass. I believed that would be the happiest experience if this dream comes true.
Why Barnabite and not the other Congregation?
To be honest I had no idea about the Barnabites nor had any ideas about religious congregations, what I had known was only about priests, like our Diocese priests. I never heard about the Clerics Regular of St. Paul known as Barnabites. I become a Barnabite student from my formation years and now a Priest because God chose me and put me into this religious order of the Holy Mother Church (Catholic Church) as Her Divine Founder Jesus said, “it was not you who chose me, it was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit. Your fruit must endure…” (Jn. 15:16 NAB)
God used people in choosing me for the Barnabite Order, Isabel, the Mother of a former Barnabite Seminarian and Brother Joseph Bernales. They were God’s human instruments why I landed at this Religious Congregation of the Clerics Regular of St. Paul (Barnabite Fathers and Brother). It was her who bridged me to her son Joseph and Joseph to this congregation. This was God’s way of putting me in this Religious Zaccarian Family and in 2002 I joined the Seminary. I professed my First simple profession in 2008, I was accepted to the Final profession in 2013, ordained Deacon a week later, and was Ordained Priest on February 18, 2014. To be a Barnabite is not my choice but God’s choice. I trusted and accepted God’s choice for me to serve Him in this Religious Order and contribute with God’s grace fruits for the good of the Church and glorify our heavenly Father.
Being a Barnabite is God’s precious gift given not only for the chosen person but above all for the Holy Mother Church.
Fr. Albino Mary Vecina, CRSP
Barnabite Father

1st Saturday Devotions
2026-06-06 09:00 - 17:00
Knights of Columbus collect nonperishable food items and donations for local food pantries
9:00 AM Men’s Prayer Breakfast *Speaker: Fr. Peter Calabrese, CRSP
Topic: Fr. Giovanni Semena & Barnabite Mission.

11:00 AM — Rosary & Confession
11:30 AM — MASS
12:15 PM Adoration & Benediction
3:30 PM Rosary Procession & Confession
4:00 PM MASS

Aquinas School of Philosophy
2026-05-28 19:00 - 21:00
Join us on May 28th at 7:00 PM! Dr. Dennis Bonnette, retired Professor ofPhilosophy at Niagara University, will focus on the natural reasoning agreeing with the Christian worldview. This Class will be held in Fatima Hall at the Fatima Shrine on Swann Road in Lewiston, NY. Free and Open to the public.
Any questions, email Dr. Dennis Bonnette
drbonnette@twc.com

Tagalog Mass
2026-05-24 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-26 13:00 - 17:00, 2026-03-22 08:00 - 17:00
At 1:30 in the Basilica, there will be a Tagalog Mass
Fr. Albino Vecina is the Celebrant.

The Mass is followed by a Filipino Social
in Fatima Hall, ALL are invited.

Aquinas School of Philosophy
2026-05-21 19:00 - 21:00
Join us on May 21 at 7:00 PM! Dr. Dennis Bonnette, retired Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University, will focus on the natural reasoning agreeing with the Christian worldview. This Class will be held in Fatima Hall at the Fatima Shrine on Swann Road in Lewiston, NY. Free and Open to the public.

Any questions, email Dr. Dennis Bonnette
drbonnette@twc.com

Anniversary of the 1st Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
2026-05-13 19:00 - 21:00
Today is a very special day here at the Fatima Shrine.
7:00 pm this evening, we will have a Rosary, followed by a Mass at 7:30 pm. All are invited to join us on this exciting anniversary of the 1st Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima.
On May 13, 1917, three young Portuguese shepherd children, Lúcia dos Santos (age 10) and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, were tending sheep in the Cova da Iria near Fátima when two flashes of light drew their eyes to a small oak tree, above which stood a radiant young woman clothed in white. Calm and beautiful beyond description, she told the children she came from Heaven and asked them to return to that same spot on the 13th of each month for six months, promising to reveal her identity and desires in October. She called them to pray the Rosary daily for peace and the end of World War I, and asked if they were willing to offer their sufferings to God for the conversion of sinners, to which they joyfully agreed. She then rose slowly into the eastern sky and disappeared, leaving the awestruck children forever changed.

Mother's Day Breakfast Brunch
2026-05-10 10:00 - 15:00
🌹 Every year, Mary Ann outdoes herself with the most incredible spread for our Mother’s Day Brunch, and this year is absolutely no exception! Get ready for a truly unforgettable celebration filled with amazing food, wonderful company, and cherished memories.
Tickets will be available for purchase very soon, so mark your calendars and don’t miss out! Come join us for this beautiful, joyful event at the Fatima Shrine on May 10, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. We can’t wait to celebrate the special mothers and grandmothers in your life with you! 🌹

Our Lady of Fatima Shrine Invites You to our Special
Mothers & Grandmothers Day
Breakfast Brunch
May 10, 2026 – Sunday (10 am – 3 pm)
★ This is an all-inclusive, no extra cost event ★
Includes:
Juices · Coffee · Tea · Milk · Chocolate Milk
Buffet
Scrambled Eggs · Home Fries · Pancakes * Bacon · Sausage · Ham · Canadian Bacon
Muffins · Turnovers · Cinnamon Buns · Pastries * Quiches · Steak and Potato Strata
Soups and Salad Bar
Entrée Menu Choice
By individual order – choose one of the following:
★ Chicken Marsala ★
Tender chicken in a white wine & mushroom sauce
Pork Tenderloin Slices
Baked in a pineapple glaze
Filet Mignon
In a mushroom wine sauce
Choice of: Buttered Noodles or Seasoned Rice
Vegetable Choices
Baked Carrots in Cinnamon Honey Butter
Bacon Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Bacon Cheese Potato
Soups
Chicken Tortellini · Cabbage with Kielbasa
$35.00 per person
$20.00 – Youth ages 5-15
Free – Children under 5

Healing Mass
2026-05-03 18:30 - 21:00
Healing Mass – May 2026
This evening at 6:30 in the Basilica, we will have a Healing Mass with Fr. Daniel Ogbeifun.
Fr. Daniel Ogbeifun is Pastor of All Saints Parish, Lockport, NY. Fr. Daniel is originally from Nigeria. He really enjoys music. This will be Fr. Daniel’s sixth healing Mass at Our Lady’s Shrine. We are so very happy and grateful to have Fr. Daniel return to share his healing ministry with us.

Mary's Day
2026-05-03 15:00 - 17:00
Mary’s Day
Today, we will have a Rosary Procession, Benediction, and the Crowning of our Lady.

Men's Breakfast - Speaker Deacon Thomas LaBelle
2026-05-02 10:00 - 11:00
Please join us at our next Men’s Breakfast on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Fatima Shrine as our guest speaker, Deacon Thomas Labelle, will talk to us about “Invisible Invitations: How Evil Seeks Entry into Ordinary Lives.”
Deacon Thomas LaBelle serves the Downtown Buffalo Family of Catholic Parishes and sits on the Board of Directors for the Diocesan Office of the Exorcist. He is a member of the International Association of Exorcists, a guest speaker for the Exorcism and Deliverance Certification Course in Rome, Italy, and a subject‑matter expert presenter at the European University of Rome.
Deacon Tom holds a master’s degree in Pastoral Theology and is currently a doctoral candidate in Applied Theology at Loyola University.
A 22‑year veteran police officer, detective supervisor, and police academy instructor, as well as a 27‑year paramedic and flight medic, Deacon LaBelle brings a rare combination of theological depth, pastoral experience, and real‑world crisis insight to his ministry and teaching.
Overview of Presentation Topics
Deacon LaBelle’s talk will explore:

The subtlety of deceptive demonic influence in the lives of ordinary people

How evil presents itself through invitations, distortions, and small compromises

Common methods of demonic attack, including psychological, spiritual, and moral tactics

How personal decisions open or close spiritual doors

Practical, faithful methods to resist and defeat demonic invitations

The importance of vigilance, discernment, and sacramental life in spiritual protection

Please join us, this promises to be very insightful, intriguing, interesting, informative, intense, exciting, and could very well be one of the most important lessons we learn.

1st Saturday Devotions
2026-05-02 09:00 - 17:00
Knights of Columbus collect nonperishable food items and donations for local food pantries
9:00 AM Men’s Prayer Breakfast
11:00 AM — Rosary & Confession
11:30 AM — MASS
12:15 PM Adoration & Benediction
3:30 PM Rosary Procession & Confession
4:00 PM MASS

Divine Mercy Sunday
2026-04-12 15:00 - 16:00
Divine Mercy Sunday
Today, in addition to our Masses: 9:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 5:00 pm
We will have a Special Rosary and Benediction for Divine Mercy Sunday.

Vigil - Prayer for Peace
2026-04-11 17:30 - 22:00
Join us on April 11 at 5:30 to 10:00 pm, we will be having a Vigil – Prayer for Peace as Pope Leo recommended with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
Join Jesus Through Mary Prayer Group as they begin at 5:30 pm

Easter Sunday
2026-04-05 09:00 - 16:00
Masses Today: 9:00 am, 12:00 noon, and 5:00 pm
Rosary at: 3:00 pm
Confessions: 30 minutes before each Mass.
Office, Gift Shop, & Cafeteria CLOSED

Easter Vigil Mass (Holy Saturday)
2026-04-04 20:00 - 21:00
Easter Vigil Mass
Holy Saturday
8:00 pm in the Basilica
No other Masses today!
Confessions: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm & 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Good Friday
2026-04-03 08:00 - 17:00
9:00 am – Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
11:00 am – Stations of the Cross
12:00 pm – Seven Last Words of Christ
3:00 pm – Celebration of our Lord’s Passion
Confessions: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm & 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Holy Thursday - Mass of the Last Supper
2026-04-02 19:30 - 20:30
Mass of the Last Supper
7:30 pm in the Basilica

Confession Today: 11:00 am to !2:00 pm
and 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
ALSO: Visitation of the Blessed Sacrament will be till Midnight Tonight (April 2)

20th Annual Palm Sunday Brunch
2026-03-29 10:00 - 15:00
Join us on Palm Sunday
10:00 am to 3:00 pm with Maryann’s Special Menu, I know everyone will love it.
We will also have an Easter Bake Sale and an Easter Basket Sale. Barb always does an outstanding job.
Adults ($24.00) * Youth under the age of 15 ($16.50) * 5 and Under (FREE)
Anyone wishing to advertise, email me and I will send you the details. fatimashrinecommunications@gmail.com

Our Lady's Rosary Makers Fundraiser
2026-03-29 09:00 - 16:00
Our Lady’s Rosary Makers of The Fatima Shrine
We will be at The Palm Sunday Buffet Breakfast.
That’s Sunday, March 29, 2026 (9:00 am >>>)

Stop by, say hi, and help support all the work we do. Spreading The Joy of The Rosary. Your support is what makes it happen. 2026 is starting out to be a very exciting year. And it’s because of all of you who support us with your generosity.
You can donate to our ministry with a Check:
Pay to the Order of: The Fatima Shrine, and
Then in the MEMO: For The Rosary Makers.
Some of you have already – THANK YOU !!! 20% of ALL our donations go to the Beautification of the Shrine fund, and 80% goes to all our supplies. Thank you again. Please make sure your check gets to me directly for accountability; otherwise, we may not see it. Thank you again. The way you know our ministry received your donation is that I send a handwritten thank-you to everyone who sends a check. We are most grateful for your support.

You can always Mail it to us:
Our Lady’s Rosary Makers
1023 Swann Road – PO Box 167
Youngstown, NY 14174-0167

Palm Sunday Weekend 3-Day Bake Sale (March 27-28-29)
2026-03-27 12:00 - 2026-03-29 18:00

First Saturday March 2026
2026-03-07 09:00 - 17:00
Knights of Columbus collect nonperishable food items and donations for local food pantries
9:00 AM Men’s Prayer Breakfast
11:00 AM — Rosary & Confession
11:30 AM — MASS
12:15 PM Adoration & Benediction
3:30 PM Rosary Procession & Confession
4:00 PM MASS

Rosary — Meditation First Sorrowful Mystery

St Patrick's Bake Sale & Easter Baskets Sale
2026-03-06 11:00 - 2026-03-07 13:00
St Patrick’s Bake Sale
Friday, March 6 (11:00 am to 7:00 pm)
Saturday, March 7 (9:00 am to 1:00 pm)
ALSO: EASTER BASKETS will be on Sale !!!!
