About Our Lady of Miracles · Sierra Blanca, Texas
Our Lady of Miracles is a small Catholic mission church serving the rural community of Sierra Blanca, Texas, the county seat of Hudspeth County in far West Texas. It is one of the missions of the Vicariate of St. Mark within the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso and is administered together with Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Van Horn and Santa Teresa in Fort Hancock. The mission gathers its faithful for Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time) at 556 East Cavender Street, and pastoral visits are arranged by appointment. Despite its modest size, the parish sustains an active leadership team of lay coordinators for religious formation, safe environment, Guadalupanas, Knights of Columbus, altar servers, the children's choir, and baptismal classes.
- Patron
- Our Lady of Miracles (Blessed Virgin Mary)
- Rector
- Rev. Sergio Legarreta-Carrasco (Parish Administrator)
- Diocese
- Diocese of El Paso (Roman Catholic)
Why belong here
Our Lady of Miracles is a welcoming rural Catholic mission that brings the Sunday Eucharist to the people of Sierra Blanca in the vast Hudspeth County desert. Parishioners are served by an active lay leadership team — Guadalupanas, Knights of Columbus, altar servers, children's choir, religious formation, baptismal preparation, and safe-environment programs — supported by the dedicated diocesan priests of the West Texas vicariate. Because the parish is small and visits are by appointment, members experience a tight-knit faith community where every family is known and the Mass is offered in both English and Spanish to reflect the bilingual character of the borderlands.
Mass times at Our Lady of Miracles
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- By appointment (mission)
About Our Lady of Miracles Mission
Our Lady of Miracles is a small Catholic mission church serving the rural community of Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County in far West Texas. The mission is listed by the Diocese of El Paso as part of the Vicariate of St. Mark (West Texas) and is administered through Our Lady of Fatima Parish in nearby Van Horn. The mission gathers its parishioners for Sunday Mass and supports an unusually active lay leadership team for a church of its size.
- Type: Mission Church
- Diocese: Diocese of El Paso (Vicariate of St. Mark — West Texas)
- Operated by: Our Lady of Fatima Parish, 308 S. Almond Street, Van Horn, TX
- Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m. (English / Bilingual per diocese listing, MST)
- Visits: by appointment only
History of the Mission
Catholic missionary presence in the far West Texas desert stretches back to the late 19th century, when the territory was served from the Vicariate Apostolic of Arizona and later from the Diocese of Dallas. With the founding of the Diocese of El Paso in 1914, a vast network of small parishes and missions — including those in Hudspeth County — came under diocesan care, supported by missionary priests who traveled by car and horseback. Sierra Blanca's Our Lady of Miracles is documented by the Texas Historical Commission in records dated May 1978. Today it operates as a mission of Our Lady of Fatima Parish (founded 1945) in Van Horn.
- Documented by the Texas Historical Commission, May 1978
- Currently administered as a mission of Our Lady of Fatima Parish (Van Horn, founded 1945)
- Vicariate: St. Mark — West Texas, Diocese of El Paso
Parish Staff and Administrator
Our Lady of Miracles is administered by Rev. Sergio Legarreta-Carrasco, who was assigned in June 2024 to oversee the linked communities of Our Lady of Fatima in Van Horn, Our Lady of Miracles in Sierra Blanca, and Santa Teresa in Fort Hancock. Fr. Legarreta-Carrasco was born in Meoqui, Chihuahua, began his formation for the Diocese of El Paso in 2011, graduated from Conception Seminary College in 2017 and from St. John's Seminary in 2022, and was ordained a priest on May 27, 2022. He first served as parochial vicar at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini before taking up his present assignment.
- Rev. Sergio Legarreta-Carrasco — Administrator (since June 2024)
- Mrs. Maribel Velez — Secretary / Bookkeeper
Lay Leadership Team
For a small mission church, Our Lady of Miracles maintains a robust roster of lay coordinators who keep the parish's ministries and sacramental preparation running. The team covers faith formation, safe environment compliance, the Guadalupanas, Knights of Columbus, altar servers, children's choir, and baptismal classes.
- Carmen Garibay — Religious Formation Coordinator
- Yolanda Urías — Safe Environment Coordinator
- Eva Melendez — Guadalupanas Coordinator
- Cornelio Garibay — Knights of Columbus Coordinator
- Andrea Ramirez — Altar Servers Coordinator
- Gilda Morales — Children's Choir
- Lupito Alvarado — Baptismal Classes
Ministries and Parish Life
Parishioners at Our Lady of Miracles are invited to participate in the life of the mission through a number of long-standing Catholic ministries and lay organizations. Guadalupanas foster devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe; the Knights of Columbus support the parish's works of charity and fraternity; the children's choir lifts up the liturgy; altar servers assist at Mass; and baptismal classes accompany parents preparing for their child's baptism.
- Guadalupanas
- Knights of Columbus
- Children's Choir
- Altar Servers
- Baptismal Classes
- Religious Formation
- Safe Environment program
Sacraments
Our Lady of Miracles, in union with its cluster parishes, celebrates the major sacraments of the Catholic Church. Baptisms are prepared for through parish classes, and the Anointing of the Sick is offered each month at the First Friday Bilingual Mass.
- Baptism — preparation classes coordinated by Lupito Alvarado
- Anointing of the Sick — 1st Fridays of the month at 6:00 p.m. Bilingual Mass
- Holy Days of Obligation — Masses as announced
Support and Donations
Our Lady of Miracles is supported through the generosity of its parishioners and friends of the mission. Donations to the Sunday Offertory Collection can be made online through the El Paso Diocese Foundation's secured giving portal (with 'Our Lady of Miracles, Sierra Blanca' noted at checkout) or mailed to the parish at 556 East Cavender Street, Sierra Blanca, TX 79851.
- Online giving via the Diocese of El Paso Foundation's secured portal — designate 'Our Lady of Miracles, Sierra Blanca'
- Mail donations to: 556 East Cavender Street, Sierra Blanca, TX 79851
- Mailing address: P.O. Box 144, Sierra Blanca, TX 79851
Visit and Contact
Our Lady of Miracles Catholic Church is located at 556 East Cavender Street in Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County, Texas. Because pastoral visits are by appointment, parishioners and visitors are encouraged to call the parish office at (432) 283-2042 to schedule a visit, request sacraments, or arrange for a Mass intention.
- Address: 556 East Cavender Street, Sierra Blanca, TX 79851
- Mailing: P.O. Box 144, Sierra Blanca, TX 79851
- Phone: (432) 283-2042
- Website: ourladyoffatimac.wixsite.com/website/our-lady-of-miracles
- Diocese of El Paso: elpasodiocese.org
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Rev. Sergio Legarreta-CarrascoJune 2024 – present
Appointed Parish Administrator for Our Lady of Fatima (Van Horn), Our Lady of Miracles (Sierra Blanca) and Spiritual Administrator at Santa Teresa (Fort Hancock). Ordained May 27, 2022; native of Meoqui, Chihuahua.