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| The first church built in 1950 by Rev. Fr. Louis Guittat (below) |
As time went by, the first church could not accomodate the the growing Catholic population and the present church was built in 1965 by Fr. Jean Tavennac to the left hand side of the old church.
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| Fr. Tavennac began building the new church in 1964 |
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| Fr. Jean Tavennac |
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| The completed church in 1965 |
HOW DID WE GET OUR NAME?
Fr. Louis Guittat having being parish priest at the Holy Rosary Church and Our Lady of Fatima in Kuala Lumpur, was inspired to combine the two names together and our church in Kota Bharu was given the name Our Lady of Fatima of the Holy Rosary! Though we usually use the first part of our name, Our Lady of Fatima, or OLF, our annual feast day is celebrated on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, which falls on 7th October each year. October is also the month of the rosary established by Pope Leo XIII.FEAST OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
The feast of our Lady of the Rosary was established by Pope Pius V in 1571 after the victory of a naval battle against over 300 Turkish warships at Lepanto near Greece. On the morning of 7th October, all the combined Christian forces in 200 ships knelt down and prayed the Rosary before going into battle. The miraculous victory was attributed to Our Lady of the Rosary.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA
At Fatima, Portugal in the months from May to October 1917, Our Lady appeared to 3 shepherd children, Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto. She identified herself as the 'Lady of the Rosary' and asked them to pray the rosary often for the peace of the world. Consequently, Russia was consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and subsequently the whole world was consecrated to Mary. The Fatima prayer is often prayed at the end of each decade of Hail Mary's "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of Hell. Lead all souls into Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy Mercy. Amen"
(Photos courtesy of Joseph Wang and Jenny Teo)
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| The Feastday Mass was celebrated by Most Rt. Rev. Murphy Pakian, Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur |
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| Archbishop Emeritus Murphy Pakiam encourging all to pray the Rosary in his homily. |
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| Recessional Hymn - "Dear Lady of Fatima" |
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| A surprise dance performance from Michelle Ong,, Maria Tiau, Anne Yeo and Felicia Ong |
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| Congregation clapping in time to the dance and song routine by the Youth |
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| Waiting patiently for their breakfast feast |
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| Hurray, we are going for our feast today@! |
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| Queing up for the delicious nasi dagang! |
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| The gracious Ladies of Fatima, helping to serve the food |
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| Anthony Lee and Alex Poh and others enjoying their feast of Nasi Dagang |
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| Marcellus Chia and Michael Tang |
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| Jane Tew, Mr. Kang, Marcellus Chia, Michael Tang, Anthony Lee, Alex Poh, Philip Tiau and Matthew Teo |
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| 3 members from Kem Desa Pahlawan |
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| Mrs. Soosai, senior parishioner |
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| Dr. David Pereira and some of our young KCYS members |
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| Enjoying their 'feast' of nasi dagang and dukus |
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| Young ladies from Kem Desa |
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| Jovita Ann Noel and her mother, Mrs. Santana Mary |
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| Young students from Universiti Kelantan Malaysia |
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| Mrs. Mollie Sim and two of her grandchildren (children of the late Winnie Sim) |
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| Enjoying the desert of dukus and dokongs |
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| Visitors (former parishioners ) to the Parish with Catherine Lee |
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| Sister Jackie with the Rooney Family, (Rooney and Maria and their 3 children |
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