02 march, 2009
The Diocese of Leiria-Fátima has scheduled for the next 29th of March its 78th pilgrimage to the Shrine of Fátima.
Under the motto ‘Go to the heart of the faith. Stay firm and solid in your faith’, the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima is making its 78th pilgrimage to the Shrine of Fatima on Sunday, March 29.
The program has in mind the spirit of the Pauline Year and of the Centennial of the Birth of Blessed Francisco Marto.It is a repeat of a tradition going back to 1931, one year after Bishop José Alves Correia da Silva declared the apparitions of Our Lady worthy of belief. This act, which is joined by many thousands of laypeople, religious and priests accompanied by their bishops, at the ‘altar of the world’, is one of the most meaningful manifestations of the Diocesan Church. |
