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03 december, 2009

Father Fernando Leite has departed for the Father’s House

The Shrine of Fatima, which was following up, though from afar, the weak state of health of Fr. Fernando Leite, SJ, one of the most important students of the Message of Fatima, while announcing his death, expresses here its gratitude towards this Jesuit priest, both for the high number of publications on Fatima and for his direct, monthly and encouraging collaboration with the Editorial Staff of Voz da Fátima (Voice of Fatima), official newspaper of the Shrine of Fatima, collaboration which Fr. Fernando Leite only ceased offering during the last few years of his life, because of evident physical impossibility and with sadness on both parts. Rector Fr. Virgílio Antunes, on behalf of the Shrine of Fatima, offers its condolences both to the blood family and the religious community of Fr. Fernando Leite, as well as to all his collaborators and friends.

26 november, 2009

Exhibition “Testimonies of Light”

With the purpose in mind of helping pilgrims to celebrate Christmas, the Department of Art and Patrimony of the Shrine of Fatima (DAP) organized a new exhibition that chose, as main motto, the concept of Light, to remind us that “the Word was the true light”, as St. John wrote in the Prologue to his Gospel. Between 6th December 2009 and February 2010, some of the most valuable candles donated to Our Lady of Fatima will be able to be seen in the entrance hall of ‘Convivium de Santo Agostinho’, in the Complex of Most Holy Trinity Church.

23 november, 2009

I saw the Holy City… New CD by the Shrine’s Choir

Five years after the first publication of “Marian Hymns of the Shrine of Fatima” (October 12, 2004), which has since then been republished, the Shrine of Fatima presents a new musical work, available for sale at the Bookstore of the Shrine of Fatima. The voices in this CD, titled “I saw the Holy City”, belong to the members of the Choir of the Shrine of Fatima, reinforced, as it is the custom during the anniversary pilgrimages, with some elements of the choir groups of the Parishes of Alburitel and Our Lady of Pietà (Ourém). Mr. Nicholas Roger is the organist.

28 october, 2009

May Fr. Louis Kondor Rest in Peace

ELHUNYT P. KONDOR LAJOS - NYUGODJÉK BÉKÉBEN! Yesterday, October 28, Fr. Louis Kondor, Vice-Postulator for the Cause of Canonization of the Little Shepherds of Fatima, died in Fatima. His mortal remains will be present, for a vigil of prayer, at the Seminary of the Word of God, in Fatima. Funeral Mass and funeral service will be held on Friday, October 30, at 11h00, at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity / Shrine of Fatima. Burial will be at the Cemetery of Fatima.

26 october, 2009

Starting on December 19: “Day with Children”

Starting in Advent, on the third Saturday of every month, the Shrine of Fatima invites the younger ones to a special program, just tailored for them. This project, titled “Day with Children”, is free and open to all. It begins on December 19 and includes times for celebration of Mass, prayer and catechesis.

16 october, 2009

Cycle of conferences

The Shrine of Fatima resumes, in November 2009, a cycle of monthly conferences. Each conference, free and open to the general public, will be held at 16h00, in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, at the Shrine, on the second Sunday of each month.

13 october, 2009

Fatima, June 2009: Congress on Jacinta Marto

By a fortunate coincidence we’ll have the Holy Father in Fatima in the year we celebrate the centennial of the birth of Jacinta Marto, the little shepherd seer who most expressed her dedication to the Pope and to the Church. From amongst the events of Fatima, this is a most significant element, since it reveals a most relevant feature of the spirituality of little Jacinta. It is in this context that the Shrine of Fatima, in order to mark these commemorations, is going to hold a congress on Jacinta Marto. It will take place on June 4 thru 6, 2010, at Paul VI Pastoral Center, in the Shrine of Fatima, and it will be titled “Jacinta Marto: from encounter to compassion”.

12 october, 2009

“Share with joy, like Jacinta”

Besides the preparation, in a festive atmosphere, of the visit of Holy Father Benedict XVI, which will coincide with the tenth anniversary of the beatification of seers Francisco and Jacinta Marto (May 13, 2000), the Shrine of Fatima also marks, in 2010, the Birth Centennial of Jacinta Marto. In the context of the celebration of this Centennial, there will held in June – on a date and with a program still to be announced - a congress that will start off with the life and testimony of Jacinta Marto. Also, during the annual Children’s Pilgrimage, on June 9/10, the little seer of Fatima will be the inspiring figure.

07 october, 2009

"Celebration. Gratitude. Abstraction – Christ-King 50 Years”

From October 12 to November 30, 2009, the Shrine of Fatima welcomes the Exhibition “Celebration. Gratitude. Abstraction. Christ-King 50 Years”, which shows works of Francisco de Noronha Andrade. It can be found next to the Perpetual Adoration Chapel, in the Complex of Most Holy Trinity Church.

03 october, 2009

Berlin Wall torn down 20 years ago

On November 9, 1989, the wall dividing Berlin in two zones began being torn down. Its construction had been ordered by the authorities of the Eastern sector of the city and began on August 12/13, 1961. After the tearing down began, some fragments of the “iron curtain” found their way to the Shrine of Fatima, some of which are in exhibition at two different sites.

01 october, 2009

Would you like to sing in a Choir?

The Shrine of Fatima has planned for Friday, October 9, at 19h00, an audition for new members of the children’s choir of the Shrine of Fatima Schola Cantorum Pastorinhos de Fatima. The audition will be held in the House of Our Lady of Sorrows, at the Shrine, and it is open to children with ages between 5 and 14.

19 september, 2009

Faro welcomes Pilgrim Statue about to say farewell to Algarve

The City of Faro welcomes, from September 19 to October 3, one of the pilgrim statues of Our Lady of Fatima. It is all part of a visit which concludes the pilgrimage the Marian Statue has been making through the Diocese of Faro, Algarve, since October 2007.

17 september, 2009

International Anniversary Pilgrimage of October 12/13.

We want to welcome the Holy Father with filial affectionDue to the fact that the Apostolic Nuncio in Portugal, Most Rev. Rino Passigato, was in Fatima taking part in the celebrations of October 12/13, where he concelebrated, the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, at the end of Mass, decided to send, through this representative of the Pope in Portugal, a message of appreciation to His Holiness Benedict XVI.This pilgrimage was presided over by the Patriarch of Lisbon, His Eminence José Cardinal Policarpo.

16 september, 2009

‘Day of the elderly’ - on Wednesdays

‘Day of the Elderly’, on Wednesdays In order to offer a more intimate and special welcome to elderly people visiting the Shrine of Fatima, the Shrine is proposing a special program for all those wishing to take part in it, either individually or in group. The ‘Day of the elderly’ is being launched in April, from Easter Sunday up until the end of October, always on Wednesday, with the following time schedule:

15 september, 2009

“A Day during Pilgrimage” - Until September 15

This project, besides the viewing of videos and the visit to the main sites related to the apparitions, includes also some moments for prayer.

05 september, 2009

International Anniversary Pilgrimage of September

The International Anniversary Pilgrimage of September 12/13 was presided over by the Most Rev. Carlos Azevedo, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon. The theme of the Pilgrimage was: “Modesty protects the mystery of the human person and of its love” (CCC #2522). In his homily, during the Mass of the 13th celebrated in the Prayer Area, Bishop Azevedo prayed to God: “Free our political conscience so that we can fight, with determination, for a Portugal and a world guided by worthy and noble ideals, which may mobilize everyone to cheerfully unite wills so that life may be more beautiful”. More than ninety thousand pilgrims attended this Mass, which celebrated the anniversary of the fifth apparition of Our Lady at Fatima.

13 august, 2009

New exhibition has opened at the Shrine of Fatima ‘Eucharistic Miracles in the World’ can be seen at the Complex of Most Holy Trinity Church

In one of the halls in the Galilee of Apostles Peter and Paul, the one contiguous to the Perpetual Adoration Chapel, at the Complex of Most Holy Trinity Church, the Shrine of Fatima exhibits, until the end of September, ‘Eucharistic Miracles in the World’, an exhibition organized by St. Clement Institute, of Milan, Italy. Can be visited between 9h00 and 19h00, all week long, free of charge, as it is the case with all the other exhibitions open to the public at the Complex of Most Holy Trinity Church.

09 august, 2009

19th August - anniversary of the 4th 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 taken to Ourém by the County’s Administrator . The program for this year’s pilgrimage is this:

22 july, 2009

During the month of August: ‘Youth House’ A space for you at the Shrine of Fatima

The youth pastoral plan ‘Youth House’, promoted by the Shrine of Fatima, is being revived, during this month of August, after several years of interruption. With the collaboration of several religious institutions already used to work with youth, ‘Youth House’ will be located at the South Colonnade, in the former Reconciliation Chapel. It will be a space for listening and dialogue, prayer and reflection. It will be open every weekend in August.

22 july, 2009

August’s International Pilgrimage

August’s International Pilgrimage will be presided over by the Most Rev. Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Brazil, who is in charge of the Pastoral Ministry for Brazilians living abroad.Regarding his second visit to Portugal and Fatima, Bishop Riffinoni speaks to the Shrine of Fatima about the invitation to preside over this pilgrimage and announces the special prayer intentions he brings with him as pilgrim to this shrine.

19 july, 2009

18-19 July

Pilgrimage of the Movement of Message of Fátima Prayer, Pilgrims and the Sick are areas of pastoral ministry that the Movement takes on, while seeking to understand the requests of Our Lady at Fatima and the manifestations of the first pilgrims venturing into Cova da Iria.

15 july, 2009

July 26: Day of Grandparents celebrated at Fatima

In order to celebrate the liturgical feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim, parents of Our Lady and grandparents of Jesus, on July 26, the Shrine of Fatima, with the collaboration of the Movement of Fatima, is preparing an encounter-pilgrimage at the Shrine, on the 25/26 weekend. The program is open to grandparents and grandkids. The admission is free. It is right now being prepared: it includes times for reflection and times for liturgical celebrations.

08 july, 2009

‘Prayer of the Rosary, Way to Peace’

The samples are particularly symbolic. This is more than an exhibition. It is a catechesis. It is an exhibition of 90 rosaries from a Portuguese private collection, belonging to a lady who owns more than eight hundred of them, with origin in various countries and made of various materials and in various colors and sizes. Open to the public at the entrance hall of the Convivium of St. Agustine, in the Complex of Most Holy Trinity Church, until October, the month of the Rosary, the admission to it is free of charge and the exhibition can be visited daily between 9h00 and 19h00.

07 july, 2009

On July 10, at 21h30, at the Paul VI Pastoral Center: Orquestra Clássica do Centro (Classical Orchestra of the Center) holds concert in Fatima

Following a request by the Orquestra Clássica do Centro, welcomed by the Shrine of Fatima, Paul VI Pastoral Center will be the stage for the performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. In stage will be found the Aeminium Choir, directed by Cristina Faria, the Landesjugendorchester Orchestra of NRW, Germany, and the Orquestra Clássica do Centro, directed by Maestro Virgílio Caseiro. Free admission