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September 25: New Rector takes over
25 september, 2008

September 25: New Rector takes over

Fr. Virgílio do Nascimento Antunes, the newly appointed Rector of the Shrine of Fatima, took over his new job on Thursday, September 25. The ceremony of investiture was held during the 11h00 Mass in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, which was presided over by the Most Rev. António Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima. Afterwards folowed a moment of thanksgiving and of consecration to Our Lady in the Little Chapel of Apparitions.

Every Sunday: Pipe Organ Concerts at the Prayer Area
24 august, 2008

Every Sunday: Pipe Organ Concerts at the Prayer Area

Every Sunday, up to the last weekend in October, in the Prayer Area of the Shrine of Fatima, a Pipe Organ Concert is held. Each concert of the Pipe Organ of the Prayer Area of the Shrine, has a duration of 30 minutes, from 16h45 to 17h15. (...)

Anniversary of the Fourth Apparition of Our Lady
16 august, 2008

Anniversary of the Fourth Apparition of Our Lady

The 4th apparition of our Lady of Fatima occurred on August 19, 1917, at Valinhos, distant about 500m from the Village of Aljustrel, because, on the 13th , the children had been kidnapped by the County’s Administrator and taken to Ourém. The monument commemorating this apparition (see photo) was built by Hungarian Catholics and inaugurated on August 12, 1956. The white statue of Our Lady of Fatima is the work of Sculptor Maria Amélia Carvalheira da Silva. Program (...)

September’s Anniversary Pilgrimage
15 august, 2008

September’s Anniversary Pilgrimage

“Jesus is the Truth that frees us”. With these words Cardinal Martino summed up, during his homily, his reflection on the importance of living and seeking the truth. “Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus, light of the world, true light illuminating all men, came to free us from lies, to turn His Face to God, to us and to the entire freedom. The struggle between truth and lies, freedom and slavery, is reduced, in the end, to acceptance or refusal of the Son. Not to adhere to Him means to kill our truth and God’s Truth”, Cardinal Martino stated at Fatima.
13 august, 2008

International Anniversary Pilgrimage of August 12/13

The Most Rev. Kamwenho, Archbishop of Lubango, Angola, presided over the August 12/13 Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Fatima, which coincided with the Pilgrimage of the Migrant and the Refugee. At the International Mass on the morning of the 13th, prayers were said, during the Prayer of the Faithful, “for the migrants and their families, that the Lord may always be at their side so that they may overcome the material and spiritual obstacles and difficulties they will encounter”.

President of Timor visits Fatima
26 july, 2008

President of Timor visits Fatima

It was an honor and a joy for the Shrine of Fatima to welcome, on the morning of July 26, 2008, the visit of the President of Timor, Dr. Ramos Horta, former recipient of the Nobel Peace Award. On the occasion of the ceremony held by Msgr. Luciano Guerra, Rector of the Shrine of Fatima, to welcome the Timorese group, Mr. Ramos Horta wrote on the Book of Honor of the Shrine: “It is with much emotion that I come to Fatima in pilgrimage to thank the Most Holy Virgin for sparing my life, so that I can continue serving my people in particular and mankind in general”. (...)
July 21/25
20 july, 2008

July 21/25

The National Secretariat of Liturgy is holding in Fatima, at Paul VI Pastoral Center, the XXXIV NATIONAL ENCOUNTER OF LITURGICAL PASTORAL MINISTERY. The general theme proposed to the participants is: The Most Holy Trinity in the Church’s Liturgy.

16 july, 2008

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was moved to Most Holy Trinity Church.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at the Shrine of Fatima was moved, on the afternoon of July 13, during the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, to the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, in Most Holy Trinity Church.

July 19/20: Pilgrimage of Movement of Message of Fatima
08 july, 2008

July 19/20: Pilgrimage of Movement of Message of Fatima

The Movement of the Message of Fatima (MMF) makes its pilgrimage to Fatima this weekend of July 19/20. ‘Listen to God and live in the Truth’ is the motto of this National Pilgrimage, which is being presided over by the Most Rev. António Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, who is the Assistant General of MMF. The main Mass of the Pilgrimage will be celebrated on the 20th, in the altar of the Prayer of the Shrine, at which time the messengers will renew their consecration to Our Lady of Fatima. (...)
July 26/27: Grandparents’ Pilgrimage
08 july, 2008

July 26/27: Grandparents’ Pilgrimage

Grandparents and grandchildren are invited to join the Grandparents’ Pilgrimage to be held in Fatima the weekend of July 26/27. All are invited to take part in the Rosary and Candlelight Procession on Saturday night and in the 11h00 International Sunday Mass in the Prayer Area. On June 26, the Church celebrates the liturgical Feast of ST. JOACHIM and ST. ANNE, parents of Our Lady and grandparents of Jesus.

National Missionary Pilgrimage
03 july, 2008

National Missionary Pilgrimage

Organized by the Missionary Institutes Ad Gentes, a Missionary National Pilgrimage is being held this weekend (July 4/5) at Fatima. According to Fr. José Luís Pimenta, with the organizers, they are expecting 20,000 people for this pilgrimage whose motto is ‘Live the Mission, Expand your Horizons’. The celebrations are being presided over by Most Rev. António Couto, Auxiliary Bishop of Braga and President of the Bishops Committee for the Missions. The 11h00 Sunday Mass is being presided over by Most Rev. Jean Louis Bruguès, Archbishop of Angers, France, Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education. This pilgrimage is done in preparation for the National Missionary Congress to be held in September at Fatima.

Course of Liturgical Music in Fatima
01 july, 2008

Course of Liturgical Music in Fatima

Organized by the National Service of Sacred Music and the National Secretariat of Liturgy, and sponsored by the Shrine of Fatima, a course of Liturgical Music will have its first classes between the 18th and the 30th of August, in Fatima. It is an initiative whose principal targets are people in charge of Sacred Music and the Liturgy at the vicar, archpriest or pastor levels, as well as singers, organists and choir directors working in the communities. The course WILL LAST THREE YEARS, with the first classes being held in the last weeks of August, then two days after Christmas and again two days after Easter. The structure and orientation of the Course will be done by the National Service of Sacred Music, whose president is Canon Dr. António Ferreira dos Santos.

International Anniversary Pilgrimage of July
01 july, 2008

International Anniversary Pilgrimage of July

The 23rd World Youth Day, the largest youth event in the Catholic world, being held this year in Sidney, Australia, with the presence of the Holy Father, was mentioned at Fatima, on the morning of July 13, during the Mass of the International Anniversary Pilgrimage, which was being presided over by the Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon, Most Rev. Joaquim Mendes. Thus prayed the faithful at Fatima: “For Holy Father Benedict XVI, so that, during World Youth Day being held in Sidney, Australia, he may rekindle in youth the fire of divine love, which would transform them in sowers of hope in a new mankind.”

July 13: Oratorio on the Apparitions of Fatima performed in Algarve
30 june, 2008

July 13: Oratorio on the Apparitions of Fatima performed in Algarve

The next performance of the Oratorio on the Apparitions of Fatima "‘Fatima, Sign of Hope for Mankind’" is scheduled for this July 13, this time in Algarve, more precisely in ‘Pavilhão da Arena’, Portimão. Admission is free and the show begins at 16h30.

Memorial to Jacinta in Ourém
14 june, 2008

Memorial to Jacinta in Ourém

On June 13, 2008, anniversary of the second apparition of Our Lady at Fatima and also anniversary of the enthronement of the statue of Our Lady in the Little Chapel of Apparitions, a Memorial to Jacinta, the little seer of Fatima who died on February 20,1920, was blessed and inaugurated at the Cemetery of Ourém. This gesture of homage to the Seer and Little Shepherd, who was beatified together with her brother Francisco by Pope John Paul II on May 13, 2000, was a joint initiative of the local government of Ourém and the Secretariat of the Little Shepherds, headed by Fr. Kondor, Vice-Postulator for the Cause of Canonization of Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The monument will recall, for the people of Ourém and the devotees who will visit it, the place of rest for fifteen years of the mortal remains of Jacinta Marto until the day of their translation, on September 12, 1935, to the Cemetery of Fatima and, later on, to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, in the Shrine of Fatima, on April 30, 1951.
Anniversary Pilgrimage of June
28 may, 2008

Anniversary Pilgrimage of June

The Anniversary Pil-grimage of June 12/13 was presided over by the Most Rev. António Couto, Auxiliary Bishop of Braga. Theme: “O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? He who slanders not with his tongue”. (cf. Ps 15)

Shrine of Fatima is joining the Day of Prayer for the Church in China
24 may, 2008

Shrine of Fatima is joining the Day of Prayer for the Church in China

The Shrine of Fatima is joining the Day of Prayer for the Church in China which Holy Father Benedict XVI has called for May 24. The announcement was made on the afternoon of May 12, during a press conference, by the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima and the Rector of the Shrine of Fatima. Let us remember that – in his Letter to the Bishops, Priests, Religious and Faithful of the Catholic Church in the Popular Republic of China – His Holiness addressed to Christians the invitation to a Day of Prayer for the Church in China.

Centennial of the Birth of Francisco Marto
19 may, 2008

Centennial of the Birth of Francisco Marto

The Shrine of Fatima started celebrating on June 10, 2008, the second day of the Children"s Pilgrimage to Fatima (always held on June 9/10), the Centennial of the Birth of Francisco Marto, the Little Shepherd of Fatima, born on June 11, 1908; and intends to conclude these celebrations on June 2009, also at the time of the next Children"s Pilgrimage. The commemorations in memory of the Blessed Little Shepherd will last a year. Francisco was beatified, together with his sister, the little Jacinta Marto, on May 13, 2000, by Pope John Paul II.

‘Way of Light’ inaugurated in Fatima
12 may, 2008

‘Way of Light’ inaugurated in Fatima

In Fatima, on June 2, a Via Lucis (Way of Light), composed of 14 panels representing the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, will be inaugurated in the zone of Reconciliation of Most Holy Trinity Church. The inaugural ceremony will be held after the 11h00 International Mass and will be presided over by the Most Rev. António Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, who also will have presided over the celebration of Holy Mass. The fourteen stations were designed by Italian artist Vanni Rinaldi, who was born in Soverato, Italy, in 1937, and who, since 1950, resides and works in Rome. He is a painter, engraver, designer and illustrator who began his career in 1968 in the ‘Biennale d’Arte’ in Rome.

Cardinal Saraiva Martins will preside over the May PilgrimageOn May 12/13, 2008
01 may, 2008

Cardinal Saraiva Martins will preside over the May PilgrimageOn May 12/13, 2008

On May 12/13, 2008, the Portuguese Cardinal His Eminence Joseph Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Cause of Saints, will preside, at the Shrine of Fatima, over the International Anniversary Pilgrimage commemorative of the first apparition of Our Lady 91 years ago. The theme of this pilgrimage, proposed, for reflection, to all the pilgrims of Fatima , is ‘"That they may be consecrated in truth". It is based on the eighth commandment: “Thou shall not bear false witness” (Ex. 20, 16). In an interview, by phone, from Rome, with the head of the Press Department of the Shrine, the Portuguese Cardinal talks about his first pilgrimage to Fatima, when still young, and other ones later. He says that every visit to the Little Chapel of Apparitions is “to remember one of the greatest Marian epics, perhaps the greatest one of the past century”. (..)

Leiria-Fatima celebrates Vocational Jubilee at the Shrine of Fatima
03 april, 2008

Leiria-Fatima celebrates Vocational Jubilee at the Shrine of Fatima

The Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Most Rev. António Marto, has invited the couples, priests, religious and other consecrated persons of the Diocese who in 2008 complete 25, 50 and 60 years of vocation to a common celebration. This celebration will be held at the Shrine of Fatima, on Saturday, April 19. The program will begin at 09h00, in the Chapel of the Resurrection of Jesus (on the underground floor of the compound of Most Holy Trinity Church), with the encounter of presentation and testimony, followed by Holy Mass in Most Holy Trinity Church. It will end with a get-together luncheon in the Pilgrims Shelter.

Reverend Fr. Virgilio Antunes named Rector of the Shrine of Fatima
02 april, 2008

Reverend Fr. Virgilio Antunes named Rector of the Shrine of Fatima

Fr. Virgilio Antunes has been named by the Most Rev. António Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Rector of the Shrine of Fatima. The new Rector, named by the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima for a mandate of five years, will take charge at the beginning of the coming pastoral year.

Secil Engenharia 2007 Prize Awarded to Most Holy Trinity Church
12 march, 2008

Secil Engenharia 2007 Prize Awarded to Most Holy Trinity Church

Secil Engenharia Ci-vil (CivilEngineering) 2007 Prize, promo-ted by Secil Com-panhia Geral de Cal e Cimento, SA (General Company of Lime and Cement) and by the Board of Engineers, was a-warded to Most Holy Trinity Church, Fatima, because of the structural project done by Eng. José Fonseca da Mota Freitas, associated with ETEC, Ltd, a project drawing firm.

More than 199,000 Confessions in 2007
03 march, 2008

More than 199,000 Confessions in 2007

Chapel of Reconciliation More than 199,000 Confessions in 2007 at the Shrine of Fatima Fatima is more and more sought as a place of encounter with God’s Mercy Taking into account that the year 2000’s theme is ‘God is Merciful Love’, we are glad to notice how the Mother of God guides Her children towards an encounter with the Mercy of God in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The numbers speak for themselves. In 2007, at the Shrine of Fatima, 1999,333 people went to Confession, 9,016 more than the previous year. From amongst them, there were 34,653 foreigners, 1,049 more than the previous year. The 190 priests hearing confessions throughout 2007 did a good job. They came from Brazil, Angola and Mozambique, Portuguese speaking countries; but also from Malta, Italy, Spain and other foreign-language speaking countries. A heartfelt thanks to these priests for the good work they did, for they are God’s main collaborators in the realm of grace. Fatima, 2007.03.03 Fr. Clemente Dotti Shrine’s Chaplain in charge of Reconciliation

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