Our Lady of Fatima Hospital history

On May 13, 1917, the three children took their flocks out to pasture in the small area known as the Cova da Iria (Cove of Peace). They suddenly saw a bright flash of something akin to lightning, followed quickly by another flash in the clear blue sky.

Jacinta and Francisco both fell ill to the influenza pandemic that swept through Europe in the autumn of 1918.

On the day of his death, April 4, 1919, he received Viaticum, his first Holy Communion, besides the Precious Blood given to him by the Angel of Peace, that at this point was still unknown.

On December 10, 1925, while at the Dorothean Convent in Pontevedra, Spain, Lucia had another apparition of the Blessed Mother, this time with the Child Jesus.

On June 13, 1929, Our Lady returned again as Sister Lucia was praying in the convent chapel at Tuy, Spain.

In 1930, he issued another pastoral letter on the apparitions, which after recounting the events at Fatima, contained the following brief but important statement:

The Third Part as written down by Sister Lucia on January 3, 1944:

A HUMBLE BEGINNING. In 1967, Jose C. Olivares, a Chemistry professor-entrepreneur and his son-in-law Doctor Vicente M. Santos, a physician, founded Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in Valenzuela, a former municipality of Bulacan.

And in 1976, the first batch of Nursing graduates garnered an unprecedented 100% passing average in the Nursing Board examinations.

In 1979, Doctor Vicente M. Santos, together with his wife Mrs.

In the 1990’s, a more progressive and responsive perspective was embodied by Fatima Medical Science Foundation, Inc. and Our Lady of Fatima College.

In 1996, the institution started to offer two programs, the Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy and BS in Occupational Therapy and the students were housed at Fatima Physical Rehabilitation Center and Eye Clinic at Regalado, Fairview, and Quezon City.

BECOMING A UNIVERSITY. The transformation of the college and conversion to a university in December 2002 was indeed a long-awaited fulfillment of the pioneering dream of the founders of this institution.

After the death of Doctor Vicente M. Santos in 2003, Doctor Juliet O. Santos became the second President of the University.

In 2008, Doctor Caroline Marian Santos Enriquez became the Third University President after the death of Doctor Juliet Santos.

And in June 2012, university-wide ISO implementation was put into place to increase customer satisfaction, improve product quality, and achieve international quality recognition.

The Sisters of Coimbra released her biography in 2013; the English translation is published by the World Apostolate of Fatima, USA: A Pathway Under the Gaze of Mary.

ANOTHER EXPANSION: NUEVA ECIJA. Before the end of the year 2015, OLFU administrations announced that the University has acquired the Nueva Ecijar Doctors’ Colleges, Inc. (NEDCI), a school located in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.

On May 13, 2017, during the 100th anniversary celebration at Fatima, Pope Francis canonized Jacinta and Francisco; they are the youngest non-martyr saints declared in the history of the Church.