2011-10-13
Pilgrimage to Fatima
On 13 May 1917 the Virgin Mary reportedly visited three shepherd children in fields near Fatima. Today several million head for the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima to take part in the Pilgrimage to Fatima.
Most visit especially around the anniversary of the first visit in May
but there are smaller pilgrimages on the 12th and 13th of each month.
From Easter to November the pilgrimage begins on the evening of the 11th
and includes multi-lingual masses, Stations of the Cross, Eucharistic
processions, International Rosary, a candlelight procession and a Night
Vigil. The pilgrimage culminates in the Adeus procession at 10 am.
The Virgin, who originally appeared to the children and asked them to
return six times on the 13th of each month, promising to tell them who
she was and what she wanted in October. There were many sceptics and the
children were interrogated by the church authorities. They refused to
change their story and people began to come to Fatima to await the
vision. Although only the children have ever seen her, by the last
appearance, 70,000 people gathered in the town to witness the "Miracle
of the Sun". Eye witnesses reported that the skies cleared to reveal a
sun which grew into a blinding ball of fire and that miracles took
place.
The Virgin told the children the three "Secrets of
Fatima": a message of peace and a vision of hell, which was related to
the First World War; the second concerned Russia, wars and persecution,
just weeks before the Bolsheviks took St Petersburg; and the third
secret, revealed by Pope John Paul II, was a symbolic revelation, saying
that if Russia is healed, there will be peace, if not its errors would
spread throughout the world...
When: 12 - 13 Oct 2011
Where: All over Fatima, Costa de Prata, Portugal
From: whatsonwhen.com
last modification: 2011-09-26
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