About Our Lady of Lourdes Mission · Le Grand, California
Our Lady of Lourdes Mission is a small Roman Catholic mission church serving the community of Le Grand, California, in the rural Central Valley south of Merced. It is a mission of the parish of the Sacred Heart in nearby Planada, and both are served from the same parish office under the Diocese of Fresno. Worship at the mission is bilingual, with Saturday Masses celebrated in Spanish and English, and it serves as a local place of worship and sacramental life for the village of Le Grand and surrounding agricultural area.
- Patron
- Our Lady of Lourdes (the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of her apparition to Saint Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, France, in 1858)
- Rector
- Rev. John Fluetsch
- Diocese
- Diocese of Fresno
Why belong here
Our Lady of Lourdes Mission offers Le Grand-area Catholics a close, bilingual worship community just off Le Grand Road, with weekly Saturday Mass in both Spanish and English. As a mission of Sacred Heart Parish in Planada, it shares the same pastor and parish staff, ensuring a steady sacramental presence for a small rural community. Visitors looking for a welcoming, Spanish-and-English parish in Merced County will find a simple, accessible place to pray, attend Mass, and receive the sacraments.
Mass times at Our Lady of Lourdes Mission
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Thursday 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
About Our Lady of Lourdes Mission
Our Lady of Lourdes Mission is a small Catholic mission church located at 13145 Le Grand Road in Le Grand, California, serving the village of Le Grand and surrounding rural area in Merced County. It belongs to the Diocese of Fresno and is officially classified as a mission of Sacred Heart Parish in nearby Planada. The mission shares its pastor, phone number, and parish office with Sacred Heart, and the two communities are linked on social media through a shared Facebook page.
- Mission of Sacred Heart Parish, Planada
- Located in the Diocese of Fresno
- Address: 13145 Le Grand Road, Le Grand, CA 95333
- Phone: (209) 382-0459
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) worship
Patron and Feast Day
The mission is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, one of the most beloved titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic devotion. The title honors the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 at the grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, France. Those apparitions led to Lourdes becoming one of the world's great pilgrimage shrines, famous for its miraculous spring and hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each year.
- Patron: Our Lady of Lourdes
- Commemorates the 1858 apparitions to Saint Bernadette Soubirous
- Feast day: February 11 (World Day of the Sick)
Clergy and Staff
Our Lady of Lourdes Mission is pastored as part of Sacred Heart Parish in Planada. The mission shares its pastor and parish staff with the parent parish and uses the same parish phone line for inquiries.
- Pastor: Rev. John Fluetsch
- Parish office phone: (209) 382-0459
Relationship with Sacred Heart, Planada
Our Lady of Lourdes Mission is canonically a mission of Sacred Heart Parish (9317 Amistad St., Planada, CA 95365). The two communities share a pastor, parish staff, and a joint Facebook presence. Sacred Heart Parish itself was founded in 1966 (per GCatholic) and serves the predominantly Spanish-speaking community of Planada with multiple weekend Masses and weekday devotions.
- Parent parish: Sacred Heart, 9317 Amistad St., Planada, CA 95365
- Joint social media page on Facebook
- Shared pastor: Rev. John Fluetsch
- Sacred Heart Parish serves the wider Planada community in Spanish
Diocese of Fresno
Our Lady of Lourdes Mission is one of several small mission churches in the Merced/Mariposa Vicariate of the Diocese of Fresno. The Diocese of Fresno covers the Central Valley and Sierra foothills of central California, with its cathedral in Fresno. Other nearby missions and parishes in the same vicariate include Immaculate Conception Mission (Buhach), Our Lady of Mercy (Merced), St. Catherine of Siena Mission (Hornitos), and St. Mary Mission (Stevinson).
- Diocese of Fresno
- Vicariate: Merced/Mariposa
- Listed in the diocesan parish finder
Visiting and Contact
Visitors are warmly welcomed at Our Lady of Lourdes Mission. The mission is located along Le Grand Road in the heart of Le Grand, a small farming community in Merced County, California, south of the city of Merced. Mass times and confession schedules should be confirmed by phone, as small mission schedules can change with seasons, Holy Days, or priest availability.
- Address: 13145 Le Grand Road, Le Grand, CA 95333
- Phone: (209) 382-0459
- Fax: (209) 382-0814
- Web presence: shared Facebook page with Sacred Heart, Planada