In Turkey, the Roman Catholic Church faces an uncertain future as it lacks official recognition of its legal status. Thus, the survival of the small parishes signifies the survival of the Catholic Church in contemporary Turkey. This article focuses on the perseverance of the multicultural Roman Catholic community of Our Lady of Lourdes (Notre Dame de Lourdes) of Göztepe (in Izmir) after the arrival of Father Gabriel Ferone in 2008. The revival of Our Lady of Lourdes resulted from people of different backgrounds (i.e., Europeans, African students, Turks) moving to Izmir and joining this parish. The paper also explores the change in the demography of the parish during its transformation throughout the years.

在土耳其，罗马天主教会面临着不确定的未来，因为它缺乏对其法律地位的官方承认。因此，小教区的生存意味着当代土耳其天主教会的生存。本文重点关注 2008 年加布里埃尔·费罗内 (Gabriel Ferone) 神父到来后，格兹特佩 (伊兹密尔) 的卢尔德圣母 (Notre Dame de Lourdes) 的多元文化罗马天主教社区的坚持不懈。不同背景（即欧洲人、非洲学生、土耳其人）搬到伊兹密尔并加入这个教区。该论文还探讨了教区多年来在转型过程中人口结构的变化。