About Saint Ann · Fairview, Oklahoma
St. Ann Church is a small Catholic mission church in Fairview, a farming community in Major County, northwestern Oklahoma. As a mission of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in nearby Okeene, St. Ann is served by the same pastor who travels from Okeene to celebrate Mass for the Fairview faithful. It belongs to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The parish sits on South 6th Avenue near Locust Street and is one of the small rural outposts that knit the Catholic presence together across the open wheat-and-cattle country of northwest Oklahoma.
- Patron
- Saint Ann (mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
- Rector
- Rev. Jaroslaw P. Topolewski
- Diocese
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
Why belong here
St. Ann offers Catholics in the Fairview area a regular weekly Sunday Mass and a midweek Mass close to home, without having to drive to Okeene or Enid. As a mission of St. Anthony of Padua in Okeene, it shares in the pastoral care, preaching, and sacramental ministry of that parish, and it keeps the Eucharist present in a small rural community in Major County. It is the kind of welcoming, close-knit country parish where the same faces gather week after week.
Mass times at Saint Ann
Weekly Mass schedule
Identity and Patron
The church takes its name from Saint Ann, the traditional mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus. Her feast day is July 26, a holy day that has long been celebrated with special devotion in Catholic parishes named in her honor. As a mission dedicated to Saint Ann, the Fairview community looks to her as a model of quiet faith and grandmotherly care.
Mission Status and Pastoral Care
St. Ann is canonically a mission of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Okeene, the next town about 20 miles to the southwest in Blaine County. That means it does not have its own resident pastor; instead, Rev. Jaroslaw P. Topolewski, the pastor of St. Anthony of Padua, is responsible for both parishes and also for St. Thomas Apostle Church in Seiling, forming a small cluster of rural Catholic communities in northwest Oklahoma. Worshippers in Fairview are encouraged to register with the Okeene parish office for sacraments, marriage preparation, baptismal classes, and other pastoral needs.
- Mission of St. Anthony of Padua, Okeene
- Served by Rev. Jaroslaw P. Topolewski
- Clustered with St. Thomas Apostle, Seiling
Parish Life and Community
As a small rural mission, St. Ann is the kind of parish where almost everyone knows everyone. The congregation draws Catholics from across Major County and the surrounding farm and ranch country, and visitors typically find a warm welcome at Sunday Mass. Because the parish is staffed from Okeene, lay involvement is essential — parishioners commonly serve as lectors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, ushers, sacristans, and in music ministry. For sacramental preparation, RCIA, and formal catechesis, families typically work with the Okeene parish office.
Diocese and Governance
St. Ann falls under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, the Latin Church diocese that covers most of central and western Oklahoma. The Archdiocese maintains a Parish Finder directory that lists St. Ann among its churches and points parishioners to the Okeene office for administrative needs. GCatholic, an international Catholic directory, classifies it as a church within the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and assigns it Church ID 33182.
- Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
- GCatholic Church ID 33182
Visiting and Contact
The church is located at 424 South 6th Avenue at the corner of South 6th Avenue and East Locust Street in Fairview, the seat of Major County. The contact phone line (580) 822-3544 rings into the Okeene parish office, which can answer questions about Mass times, sacramental records, hall rentals, and parish registration. There is no parish-specific website; the best online entry point is the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Parish Finder page.
- Address: 424 South 6th Ave., Fairview, OK 73737
- Phone: (580) 822-3544
- Archdiocese Parish Finder: https://archokc.org/parishfinder