About Nuestra Senora de la Paz Mission · Lost Hills, California
Nuestra Señora de la Paz Mission (Church of Our Lady of Peace) is a small Spanish-language Catholic mission church located in the rural community of Lost Hills, California, at Blackwells Corner where Highway 46 meets Highway 33. It is a mission church served by St. John the Evangelist Parish in nearby Wasco, in the Diocese of Fresno, sharing the same pastor and telephone number. The mission brings weekly Spanish-language Mass to farm-working families of the Lost Hills area and is listed in the Diocese of Fresno's parish finder as a mission outreach of St. John the Evangelist.
- Patron
- Our Lady of Peace (Nuestra Señora de la Paz)
- Rector
- Rev. Raul Sanchez-Fiores (Administrator of St. John the Evangelist, Wasco, which oversees the mission)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Fresno
Why belong here
Nuestra Señora de la Paz Mission serves the Catholic faithful of Lost Hills and the surrounding agricultural area with a weekly Spanish-language Mass, bringing the sacraments to a rural community that would otherwise have to travel to Wasco or beyond. As a mission of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Wasco, it offers the same pastoral care, confession opportunities, and sacramental preparation of the larger parish in an accessible, community-sized setting. It is a quiet, dedicated place of worship for farm-working families and longtime residents of Blackwells Corner and Lost Hills.
Mass times at Nuestra Senora de la Paz Mission
Weekly Mass schedule
Overview
Nuestra Señora de la Paz Mission is a small Catholic mission church serving Lost Hills, California, and the surrounding agricultural area. It is administered by St. John the Evangelist Parish in Wasco and is part of the Diocese of Fresno. Mass at the mission is celebrated in Spanish, reflecting the makeup of the local farm-working community.
Relationship to St. John the Evangelist, Wasco
The mission is overseen by St. John the Evangelist Parish, located at 1300 9th Place, Wasco, CA 93280. The current administrator of St. John the Evangelist (and therefore of this mission) is Rev. Raul Sanchez-Fiores. The parish phone number, (661) 758-6688, is shared with the mission. The Wasco parish celebrates Mass in both English and Spanish throughout the week, with a full schedule of Saturday vigil and Sunday Masses, daily Mass Tuesday through Friday, Eucharistic Adoration on Wednesdays, and confessions on Fridays.
- Parish: St. John the Evangelist, 1300 9th Place, Wasco, CA 93280
- Administrator: Rev. Raul Sanchez-Fiores
- Phone (shared): (661) 758-6688
- Listed in Diocese of Fresno parish finder under the Kern Rural vicariate
Diocese and Jurisdiction
The mission falls under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Fresno and is listed there as a mission of St. John the Evangelist, Wasco. The Diocese of Fresno's parish finder confirms 'Nuestra Señora de la Paz, Lost Hills' as a diocesan parish/mission entry.
- Diocese: Diocese of Fresno
- Vicariate: Kern Rural
- Parish-finder reference: dioceseoffresno.org/parishfinder
Visiting and Contact
Visitors and parishioners are welcomed at the mission site at Blackwells Corner. Because the mission shares pastoral staff with St. John the Evangelist in Wasco, sacramental questions, baptism and marriage preparation, and requests for anointing or funeral rites are handled through the Wasco parish office.
- Address: Hwy 46 & Hwy 33, Blackwells Corner, Lost Hills, CA 93249
- Phone (parish office): (661) 758-6688
- Parish website: https://stjohnthevangelist.org