Name of Church Our Lady of Peace Church and Shrine
Address 2800 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone number 408-988-4585
Website www.olop-shrine.org
Mass times Saturday vigil, 5 & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 7:30, 9, 10:30 a.m., noon, 2, 5, 6:30 (Spanish) & 8 p.m. Monday – Friday, 6:30, 8 a.m., noon & 5:15 p.m. , also Tuesday, 6 p.m., Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. First Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Confessions Monday, noon & 5:15 p.m., Tuesday – Friday, 8 a.m., noon & 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, during Masses and 3:30 – 5 p.m., Sunday, during Masses.
Names of priests Fr. Brian Dinkel, IVE, pastor. Fr. Thomas Steinke, IVE, Fr. Jonathan Dumlao, IVE, Fr. Wilian Montalvo, IVE, associate pastors. The shrine has a long history of outstanding pastors; its most notable is Msgr. John Sweeny (1924-2006) who conceived of the idea of building the large statue of Mary.
Parish activities Rosary making classes, altar society bake sale, cenacle hour, Knights of Columbus, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Legion of Mary, IVE Third Order, Theology on Tap, many devotions (see parish bulletin for schedule). There is a parish gift shop open daily.
Music Choirs and musicians.
Fellow parishioners Besides local residents, the shrine draws more than a million visitors annually.
Parking There is ample parking around the church and shrine.
Additional observations Our Lady of Peace Church and Shrine is a parish of the Diocese of San Jose staffed by priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word. It is a powerhouse of spiritual activity, with 24-hour a day Eucharistic adoration, about 30 weekly Masses, daily confessions and myriad of devotions. Its most notable feature is its 32-foot stainless steel statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, prominently visible to drivers on the 101 freeway and Great America Parkway which run by the church. The statue was the brainchild of Msgr. Sweeny, created by artist Charles Parks (1922-2012) and installed in 1982. Among those participating in dedication ceremonies was Rosary Crusade priest Fr. Patrick Peyton (1909-92).
Would love to visit this church if I was in California
I have always LOVED the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace, in Santa Clara!
Before Summorum Pontificum, this was the only place in the South Bay where you could occasionally worship in the Old Rite (an indult Mass) … an oasis in a spiritual desert.
One of the very, very few orthodox Catholic parishes in the Diocese of San Jose. No left-wing politics masquerading as Catholic faith here. Unlike the pastoral center and the diocesan schools, the parking lot isn’t full of employee cars that support all things gay and Democrat politicians.
The greatest parish in Northern California! Clearly Our Lady was behind Fr. Sweeney’s efforts, as they were totally different from the reigning ethos of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Diocese of San Jose while he was pastor.
A truly amazing parish. They released a book on the parish’s development and history this summer, called “Our Lady’s Way”. It’s a great read.
In Co Wicklow in Ireland we too have a wonderful Church worth driving to……
It also is named Our Lady Queen of Peace and there we too are so privileged to have Perpetual Adoration and a wonderful Parish committee,
There is daily Holy Mass with Confession and two Masses on Saturdays.
I believe this may be the only Parish Church now in Ireland where Perpetual Adoration is happening….naturally I do not include enclosed orders or special monasteries.
Google tells me I can’t drive there from where I live.
At one time thousands came for the annual Divine Mercy Sunday.