Courses promoted by the Shrine of Fatima

Course on the Message of Fatima | 2013-2017

Opening session in June 2013

Retreat House of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 

Many people who are interested in Fatima haven’t yet had a change to identify in a comprehensive and co-ordinated manner the message that God brought to mankind through Our Lady in Cova da Iria. It’s a very extensive message and with many religious elements that shape the proclamation of hope for men and women of our times. In this cycle of celebrations, that is a preparation for the Centennial of the Apparitions of Fatima, the Shrine of Fatima has included, among its purposes, the task of «develop the various thematic aspects of the message of Fatima and its implications in Christian life» and more specifically, «reread it theologically in a broader context of the Christian message».

It is for this reason that, the Shrine of Fatima has introduced the Course on the Message of Fatima, addressed to the devotees and pilgrims of Fatima, to the pastoral ministries in various areas, to the employees of the Shrine of Fatima or Marian movements and intended for all the Christians who are interested in better understand the spirituality of Fatima. The Shrine of Fatima has tried to explain the key elements of the apparitions of Cova da Iria, to systemize the thematic contents and to provide a context to the various aspects of these apparitions, carrying out a deepening of the message of Fatima and a reflection on some of its implications for the Christian life.

Content addressed

  • Theological Framework of the apparitions: meaning of Maryophanies
  • Ongoing importance and meaning of Fatima
  • Events and key players of Fatima
  • Centrality of God and call to adoration
  • The Trinitarian face of God in the Message of Fatima
  • Eucharistic adoration as a call to a self-giving conduct
  • Mary as intercessor and the prayer of the Rosary.
  • Mary as a manifestation of the maternal presence of God
  • The Immaculate Heart of Marty introduces us to God’s compassion for the world
  • The pedagogy of the Secret: from fear to hope
  • Reparation as a call to take part in the God’s work of redemption
  • Consecration as self-giving and acceptance
  • Biography and spiritual profile of the Seers of Fatima

 

Editions

  • 1st  – June 7 to 9, 2013
  • 2nd – October 18 to 20, 2013
  • 3rd – January 10 to 12,  2014
  • 4th – June 6 to 8, 2014
  • 5th – October 17 to 19, 2014 
  • 6th – January 9 to 11, 2015
  • 7th – June 5 to 7, 2015
  • 8th – October 16 to 18, 2015
  • 9th – January 8 to 10, 2016

 

Training course on Fatima for authors of projects within the scope of the Centennial of the Apparitions | 2015

January 30 until February 1, 2015

John Paul II Hall | Paul VI Pastoral Centre 

The establishment of the training course on Fatima for authors of projects within the scope of the Centennial of the Apparitions by the Shrine of Fatima, occurred exactly in the context of the preparation/celebration journey of the Centennial of the Apparitions of Fatima and the purpose was to provide useful tools for a proper understanding and a faithful analysis of the subjects related to the history and the Message of Fatima. In this way, the course was designed to train the different agents who perform training sessions/or catechesis on the content and meaning of the Fatima-Event.

The course was also designed to facilitate to the various authors and their teams the content of the projects included in the program of the Organizing Committee of the Centennial of the Apparitions of Fatima for a more agile and accurate approach to the inspiring subjects of their works.

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Mary in the mystery of Christ and Church. Course on Mariology | 2014

September 18 December 18, 2014 | on Thursdays

Good Shepherd’s Hall | Paul VI Pastoral Centre 

The course on Mariology - Mary in the mystery of Christ and Church was created in the context of the Degree in Religious Sciences conducted between 2012 and 2015 in Fatima according to a specific protocol between the Faculty of Theology of the Portuguese Catholic University, the diocese of Leiria-Fatima and the Shrine of Fatima. The course, part of the curricular plan of the degree but open to the public in general, intended to offer a global perspective of the role of Mary in the history of salvation and in the life of the church, in the light of the Second Vatican Council and an attitude of sensibility, aware of the ecumenical questions. 

In order to help deepen, in theological terms and in a more existential perspective, the place of Mary in the understanding and in the experience of the Christian event, the course started by highlighting some Basic presumptions of theological interpretation to keep in mind when studying Mariology and Marian Piety. From that hermeneutical basis and from the data achieved regarding biblical evidence in its whole, a reflexive path was made on the main doctrinal elements that the Church suggests on Mary: virginal maternity, Immaculate Conception, Assumption to heaven of body and soul, cooperation and intercession in the light of the faithful statement in the communion of the Saints. Finally, in a more practical/pastoral perspective, there was a succinct reflection on the meaning of “Maryophanies” (Marian apparitions), Maryan experience of popular Catholicism, the interpellations of the Ecumenical horizon and the following of Jesus inspired in the image of Mary and her path of faith.

FOLDING FLYER

 

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