About St. Lucy · Fowler, California
St. Lucy Catholic Church is a bilingual Roman Catholic parish in Fowler, a small agricultural city in California's Central Valley, situated in the Diocese of Fresno. The parish was established in 1965 and is located at 512 S. 5th Street, at the corner of Tulare and 5th Streets. According to GCatholic, the parish is served by the Teresian Carmelites. It is a multicultural community of faith that celebrates Mass in both English and Spanish, with four Sunday Masses (two in each language) and a full weekly schedule of devotions including weekday Mass, Thursday confessions, Eucharistic Adoration, and a monthly Last-Saturday all-night vigil of adoration.
- Established
- 1965
- Patron
- Saint Lucy (Santa Lucía) of Syracuse, Virgin and Martyr
- Rector
- Fr. Adrian Kim
- Diocese
- Diocese of Fresno (Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, established 1967; Bishop Joseph V. Brennan)
Why belong here
St. Lucy is a tight-knit, bilingual Catholic parish in the heart of Fowler that welcomes English- and Spanish-speaking families alike. With four Sunday Masses, daily weekday Mass (Tuesday is a Communion Service), weekly confession, Eucharistic Adoration every Thursday evening, and a monthly all-night Last-Saturday adoration vigil from 6 PM to midnight, the parish offers abundant opportunities for prayer and devotion. Its small size and rural setting make it easy to plug in, know your neighbors, and grow as a disciple of Christ together.
Mass times at St. Lucy
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Thursday 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Adoration times
- Thursday 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Last Saturday of the month: 6:00 PM – 11:55 PM (all-night vigil)
About St. Lucy Parish
St. Lucy Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish serving Fowler, California, in the agricultural heart of Fresno County. Founded in 1965 and dedicated in the same decade, it is part of the Diocese of Fresno and serves a bilingual community of faithful. The parish is listed by GCatholic as being served by the Teresian Carmelites, a religious community rooted in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Worship is offered in both English and Spanish, reflecting the cultural makeup of Fowler and the surrounding Central Valley farming towns.
- Parish type: Roman Catholic parish
- Diocese: Diocese of Fresno (Bishop Joseph V. Brennan)
- Religious community serving the parish: Teresian Carmelites
- Founded: 1965
- Patron: Saint Lucy of Syracuse, Virgin and Martyr (feast day December 13)
History
St. Lucy was established in 1965, just two years before the Diocese of Fresno itself was canonically erected on October 6, 1967. At that time the parish community was small and rural; early Official Catholic Directory records show that St. Lucy's in Fowler was originally classified as a mission of St. Katherine's Church in Del Rey, the mother church for the area. As Fowler's Catholic population grew, St. Lucy's took on its own identity and developed a vibrant bilingual liturgical life — a tradition it continues today, with the majority of weekday Masses and two of its four Sunday Masses celebrated in Spanish.
- Founded: 1965
- Original status: mission of St. Katherine's, Del Rey
- Diocese of Fresno established: October 6, 1967
- Church building at 512 S. 5th St. dedicated in the 1960s
Clergy & Staff
St. Lucy is led by a small, dedicated pastoral team who serve the bilingual community of Fowler. The parish office can be reached by phone for appointments, sacramental requests, and general inquiries.
- Pastor: Fr. Adrian Kim
- Administrative Assistant: David Cardenas
- Serving religious community: Teresian Carmelites
Visit & Contact
St. Lucy Catholic Church is centrally located in Fowler and easy to find, sitting at the corner of Tulare and 5th Streets. The parish mailing address and office contact are listed below for those wishing to schedule a baptism, wedding, quinceañera, or funeral, or to inquire about faith formation offerings.
- Street address: 512 S. 5th Street, Fowler, CA 93625
- Mailing address: PO Box 308, Fowler, CA 93625
- Phone: (559) 834-2624
- Website: http://stlucysfowler.org/
- Corner of Tulare St. and S. 5th St., Fowler
The Patroness: Saint Lucy of Syracuse
The parish takes its name from Saint Lucy (Santa Lucía) of Syracuse, one of the most beloved virgin martyrs of the early Church. According to tradition, Lucy was born around 283 AD in Syracuse, Sicily, and was martyred in 304 AD during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is one of the few women explicitly named in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I) of the Mass. Because later accounts describe her eyes being torn out before her death — and miraculously restored at her burial — she has been venerated for centuries as the patroness of the blind and of those suffering from diseases of the eye. Her name, derived from the Latin 'lux' (light), makes her a natural patroness for a parish in the rural San Joaquin Valley, where her feast on December 13 brings light into the darkest days of the year.
- Born c. 283 AD in Syracuse, Sicily
- Died 304 AD, martyred under the Diocletianic Persecution
- Named in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I)
- Feast day: December 13
- Patroness of the blind, of eye diseases, of writers, and of Syracuse
Diocese & Region
St. Lucy is one of the parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, which was established on October 6, 1967, with its cathedra at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Fresno. The diocese covers nine Central Valley and Eastern Sierra counties (Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, and Tulare) and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. St. Lucy belongs to the diocese's rural vicariate and is a sister parish to nearby Fowler-area Catholic communities including Our Lady of Sorrows in Parlier and St. Katherine in Del Rey.
- Diocese of Fresno established: October 6, 1967
- Current bishop: Joseph V. Brennan
- Cathedral: St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Fresno
- Ecclesiastical province: Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Vicariate: Fresno Rural Vicariate