June 17, 2021

Good-bye to Fr. Kareem!

We wish Fr. Kareem Smith a fond farewell as he gets ready to leave Annunciation-Our Lady of Fatima for his new assignment.  He has been reassigned as an Associate to the parish of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Shrub Oak, NY beginning on July 1st.  We are sure that you share our expressions of thanks to Fr. Kareem for his three years of dedicated and loving service to our parish and our school.  Fr. Kareem, you will be missed!  
June 17, 2021

Welcome Fr. Robert Carolan!

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to newly ordained, Father Carolan, as our new Associate.  He grew up in Yorktown Heights, was a parishioner at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Shrub Oak, and was enrolled in the parish school there before later graduating from Yorktown High School. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in applied sociology from East Carolina University in North Carolina and a Master’s in physical education in sports pedagogy from Manhattanville College in Purchase.  Fr. Carolan entered St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie and was ordained a priest by Cardinal Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on […]
June 17, 2021

Fr. Chris Argano’s New Assignment

Fr. Chris Argano, the Vocation Director of the Archdiocese of NY, who has been in residence here at our parish since 2016, has a new assignment!  He has been named Pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Washingtonville and St. Columba in Chester, NY.  His new placement begins on July 1st and we wish him well in this new venture.  Congratulations! 
June 9, 2021

Letter From the Pastor – June 13, 2021

Many thousands of people, caught in the grasp of some personal tragedy, have said, or least thought: “If God will do so, He can cure me.”  When trouble comes and  human solutions fail, most of us think of God.  And our first reaction is the same as that of many people – if God were so inclined, He could solve this problem and set things right. But we are well aware that most personal tragedies do not turn out with a happy    ending.  I have known, and so have others, that many people prayed for a deliverance that never came.  […]
June 4, 2021

Letter From the Pastor – June 6, 2021

     One of the most difficult questions that any of us ever face is “Why?”  And we face it repeatedly.  Life is fraught with mystery.  Everywhere the question “why” raises its head.  Why war?  Why poverty?  Why disease?  Why earthquakes?  Why floods?  Why human suffering and heartbreak?  All of these are questions to which we do not have an answer.  So far as I know, nobody does.  So instead of speculating about “Why,” let us reflect upon why we do not understand.      One reason we have trouble understanding is because God’s timetable is different from ours.  We […]